Lou Reed was the victim of categorisation. It would be a sore point throughout his career but on March 20th, Lou Reed was too ...

They were teenagers when they blew up, inspiring hope that Gen Z just might pick up the guitar-music torch after all. Now, ...

Lou Reed has always been a huge Bob Dylan fan, with a 1963 cover of his song 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' representing ...

If you're like me, when you think of Lou Reed, you think of his seminal band the Velvet Underground first and foremost. There's a good reason for that. The Velvet Underground is among the greatest ...

This is part one of a six-part series. Part two can be found here. Holmes Sterling Morrison carried an empty suitcase into Houston Intercontinental Airport on Aug. 22, 1971. Morrison was, until that ...

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential noise-rock band that was a commercial bomb but has since become one of rock’s most important groups.

These three famous rock stars were heavily influenced by jazz, and even diehard fans may not know how deep that influence runs.