She also speaks about her fear of intimacy, and an outlook on sex which made her feel ‘self-conscious.’ In an excerpt of the ...

The most influential of these tours was arguably Muddy Waters’ tour of England in 1958. Waters enraptured audiences with his heavy blues sound and the blaring screeches of his Fender Telecaster. To an ...

This song, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, is about the need for love. Written by Paul McCartney when he was 16 and credited to Lennon-McCartney, this song was given to Peter and Gordon ...

Other events include District M, a festival where music meets design, art and architecture. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England’s Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic ...

Burberry presented hippie-inspired crochet dresses, fringed jackets, and tailored suits in acid green, yellow and pink on ...

The Brits made their choice in the mid-2000s when Q Magazine published the top five tracks that were “the ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British,” as chosen by a panel of music ...

None of the topical war songs ground out by the composers of Charing Cross Road (London’s Tin Pan Alley) has excited Britain’s armed forces. Latest try is Thanks, Mister Roosevelt, whose chorus ...

Our staff song pick of the week comes from the newest member of the NEWS & NOTES team. Senior supervising producer Christabel Nsiah-Buadi just joined us last week so we thought we'd start her off in ...

What could be more British than standing in a muddy tent as the sun sets on the cool end of a summer evening? This was the ...