Steely Dan Sunday, “Confide In Me” (1993)
You can probably find a little bit of Ray Charles in most anything Donald Fagen plays, but on occassion, his affection for the music of America's most important soul man is explicit.
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You can probably find a little bit of Ray Charles in most anything Donald Fagen plays, but on occassion, his affection for the music of America's most important soul man is explicit.
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In 2006, while in recovery from cancer, Kylie Minogue talked to Another Magazine about her love of Grey Gardens.
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In an often numbingly disengaged world bereft of protest songs — from the left, right or center — Don Quixote is welcome, indeed.
Read MoreSitting in Café Provencal in Herne Hill, South London (chickpea and halloumi burgers on the menu, obscure reggae on the stereo), I am being regaled with stories about Rumer's tangled love life.
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Backtracking is our recurring look back at the pop music that shaped our lives.
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But in the end, she was laid to rest away from the cameras and fans, out of the limelight.
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Frank Sinatra, Jr. was born into one of America's most musical households.
Read MoreNever let it be said that Nicola Roberts doesn't do smiles.
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Mention the words 'V Festival' on the boards of DiS and you're likely to get a torrent of verbal abuse from all and sundry.
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The Your Song hitmaker announced last month (Jun11) he is launching Rocket Music Entertainment Group to look after the careers of several rising new musicians.
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Whatever the weather, Somerset House is a stunning background for a gig and when you have a band like Hurts headlining; the dark clouds that threaten rain at any second just add to the theatricality of the event.
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Though the music starts from midday today there's barely any reason to get excited until after two o'clock when The Vaccines take to the the Big Top stage.
Read MoreMary speaks movingly of her regret that her mother's work wasn't more widely recognised, so often overshadowed by the McCartney name.
Read MoreOh, I know you're physically incapable of making an actively bad record.
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who rely solely on words and those who focus their time on nothing but sound.
Read MoreIn the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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If 'Purple Rain' was Prince's cipher for the melancholy that lurked in the recesses of his flamboyant soul, 'Red Rain' sees Jack wrestle with the anger that's fired him from the outset, making his slide sound positively vicious as the track proceeds to lash down like a fiery hot blizzard of flaming coals.
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Chapter 14 are the product of numerous bands, As I Lay Dying , Austrian Death Machine and Destroy the Runner among them.
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There is usually an afterword from whatever demons forced you to despair in the first place.
Read MoreRumer will release her much-anticipated debut album, 'Seasons Of My Soul', on November 1 (Atlantic Records).
Read MoreThere's a certain irony that whilst millions gawp at their TV screens, getting their only fix of weekly music from the X-Factor, Britain's best new voice is treading the boards away from eyes of the masses.
Read MoreRumer will release her much-anticipated debut album, 'Seasons Of My Soul', on November 1 (Atlantic Records).
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Black Francis's vocals have been called a lot of things, but in all likelihood, they have rarely if never been called: calming, heart-warming and comforting.
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In case you didn't know, Kylie Minogue is a legend.
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