Chrissie Hynde

What do Stevie Nicks and Lady Gaga have in common? Read More

MARK GREGORY had the first clue that he might be "destined to spend a chaotic time on the periphery of the local music and broadcasting scene" on Teesside the day he appeared before magistrates at Guisborough . Read More

LEGENDARY songwriter Ray Davies helped revolutionise music with his band The Kinks - but never got as much credit as contemporaries The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. Read More

What makes the holidays even more enjoyable for me are the sounds of the season. Read More

Was it a bit of sad news or was it schadenfreude when it was announced last week that New York City's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in lower Manhattan would close after a only a year? Read More

Last week we hung out with the rocker crowd from 1981, and this week it's time to see what the new wave kids were into. Read More

Ann Courtney has an entrancing voice, suited equally to textured numbers evoking PJ Harvey and Nick Cave and uptempo kiss-offs recalling Chrissie Hynde and Kristin Hersh. Read More

Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Aretha Franklin, Chrissie Hynde, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant — to town for once-in-a-lifetime tribute concerts. Read More

"It was from a little photograph of Ray Davies (that) I found in a wallet. We were trying to work the song out in soundchecks for a while, but later when my guitar player died I finished the song off with him in mind." Read More