John Cale

Lou Reed and John Cale’s pioneering band created modern music, according to David Bowie, whose biographer has now chronicled their group and their legacy

An admirable showcase of various roles, some of which work better than others

Eighth album from adventurous Welsh singer forms its own sonic universe

The Talking Heads frontman is opening an exhibition with sketches spanning 20 years

Dylan, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and Lou Reed wrote song-poems that transcended pop, and bands such as Fontaines DC are keeping rock and poetry in perfect rhyme

Singer Wendy James on a band that was ‘beautiful, anti-social and incredibly musical’

Proto-punk rocker Richman wasn’t the first to notice the machinations of the music industry, but he was one of the first to speak out

Born: March 2nd, 1942. Died: October 25th, 2013

After a long career one of rock music’s most influential alternative music figures has died aged 71

Founder member of 1960s avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground has died

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Barack Obama meets Die Hard in this ludicrously enjoyable thriller