John Lennon’s second solo album, ‘Imagine’, was his biggest post-Beatles hit, yet was typically uncompromising, influencing the generations that followed.
“The Father Of The Folk Blues”, Son House, Jr, was a major influence on Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, and helped create the Delta Blues sound.
Composer Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of the main character, Jack Skellington.
The classic song was written by Canadian Robbie Robertson about the last days of the Civil War, and sung by American southerner Levon Helm.
The set contains the 22 singles that the group released in the UK between 1962 and 1970, plus a new double A-side of the mid-1990s singles 'Free As A Bird'...
The only album 2pac released with his group Thug Life, celebrates its 25th anniversary with reissue on 22 November.
First released between 1974 and 1977, the titles are 'Mirage,' 'The Snow Goose,' 'Moonmadness' and 'Rain Dances.'
The flavour of a Beatles reunion on 'Grow Old With Me' is heightened by the presence, on bass guitar and backing vocals, of Paul McCartney.
'Rated R' 'Songs For The Deaf', 'Lullabies To Paralyze' and 'Era Vulgaris' will all be returning on heavyweight, 180g vinyl.
Featuring her classic 1990s singles, the new set tells the story of Blige as she first established herself as a tour de force of ‘90s R&B.
From classic hits sung by Diana Ross, to stunning tracks recorded by later line-ups of the group, the best Supremes songs reveal the group’s unique magic.
Thanks to discerning crate-diggers with a taste for Latin music, from salsa to bogaloo, the best Fania samples became essential building blocks for hip-hop.
Rightfully known as the queen Supreme, the best Diana Ross songs reveal just how much the Motown icon achieved when she stepped out as a solo artist.
John Lennon's solo recordings sound as fresh and as innovative today as they did when they first came out, here are 20 of the best John Lennon songs.
Revealing hidden facets of his live and work, these surprising Freddie Mercury facts are laid bare in the singer’s own inimitable style.
Whether they’re unapologetic in their politics, deploying shredding solos or rolling with swagger, here are seven bands keeping rock alive.
As well as creating their own classics, the group had a knack for reinventing other people’s songs, as our playlist shows.
Thoughtful and insightful quotes about the power of music as therapy and the ways in which it is good for all of us to open up about mental-health concerns.
Drawing upon an array of styles, ‘Grace And Danger’ was a cathartic, sometimes painfully intimate exploration of the breakdown of John Martyn’s marriage.
Taking industrial music into the mainstream, Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ remains an uncompromising, genre-defining album.
A defining albums of the 80s, ‘Kick’ alchemised INXS’s key influences into a highly original pop-rock hybrid, elevating the band to rock’s premier league.
The third album by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ ‘Damn The Torpedoes’ earned five stars from ‘Rolling Stone’ and gave the group worldwide fame.
