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The never-ending Pink Floyd feud
An exchange of tweets has revived the confrontation between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, with serious accusations against the group’s founder
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Jeff Beck, the most unusual of guitar heroes
The British musician – who passed away on January 10 – was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on two occasions, in 1992 and 2009
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Mark Lanegan’s memoir: A junkie’s equivalent to porn
How one of grunge’s biggest stars hit rock bottom and, eventually, got back on his feet
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Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters: Sitting on top of the world
In the early 1970s, the pioneers of blues and rock and roll began making historic recordings in London. Two albums have just been reissued on vinyl
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Tina Turner, caught between two monsters
The singer survived two decades of marriage to a cruel husband and put up with the most megalomaniac of producers, Phil Spector
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Rosalía: the accessible yet groundbreaking artist
After departing from her origins in traditional Spanish music, it is undeniable that she is now attempting to sell her raging radicalism
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The marvelous soft soul
William “Poogie” Hart, the singer and main composer of the group the Delfonics, died in Philadelphia last week. The Delfonics were the paradigm of the so-called soft soul or sweet soul musical movement. But Hart’s death was not mourned outside his home country
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‘Cut the Crap’: The Clash’s fiasco of a swansong
The last album by the British band was a huge flop. Over 30 years later, it has been remixed by a fan and is circulating on social media under the name ‘Mohawk Revenge’
Bigger than his music
Things I learned by traveling to Mexico: never, under any circumstances, even if you are surrounded by hipsters and metal-heads, make fun of Juan Gabriel
Still Rolling
High ticket prices and an ageing line-up are not enough to curb Spaniards’ enthusiasm for the Stones
Who tops the Spanish critics’ charts?
A group of sociologists has assembled a best-of-the-best list of the top 50 national musicians From the last half century, Radio Futura and Camarón lead the way
Rock Latino
The center of Hispanic culture is shifting westward due to Mexico's demographic weight and its infiltration of the US
“To be honest, it’s been months since I played a record”
At 64, celebrated singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina shows signs of winding down
Germán Coppini, voice of ‘la movida’
Singer with 1980s bands Siniestro Total and Golpes Bajos died on Christmas Eve
Prohibited pop
Fidel is all-powerful. For arriving late for a meeting with him you can spend two weeks locked up under guard, in a shack in the sticks
Off with her head
The relations between Islamic activists and pop culture are explored in an interesting new book: Schmoozing with Terrorists, by Aaron Klein
Dancing to the beat of a different drum
Documentary ‘Off the Beaten Track’ captures the creativity of African electronica
Vee-Jay lost The Beatles
The Chicago firm in 1963 signed a contract to release The Beatles' records in the United States but it lost that license to print money out of mere fecklessness.
Lawyers, guns and money
Almost all the independent recording firms that channeled creative energy were gangsterish in their behavior, if not directly owned and operated by the mob
The spoilt army
While the rest of the world was starved of sounds, US soldiers in WWII could listen to V-Discs
Wish you weren't here
Concerts are becoming disagreeable on account of the cellphones and other wonder gadgets being raised to immortalize what is happening on the stage
Just for the record
No one seems to have mentioned that Cervantes Prize-winner José Manuel Caballero Bonald once ran a record company - and it was one of the best in Spain
Bolshevik indie
Between 1980 and 1981, Robert Wyatt released four particularly Martian singles on the Rough Trade label
The dignity of pop
The trail left behind by Amy Martin calls for a re-thinking of the dignity, the poor-but-honest image of Spanish pop
Spanish rock vanishes
Only one Spanish band made it on Rolling Stone's list of 'best Latino rock albums of all time'
A foreign country
It seems amazing now to read that 50 years ago, Duke Ellington's band toured the East in representation of the US government
Twisting at the Price
A new CD boxed set relives the dawn of rock'n'roll in Spain
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