Marc Bolan and Tony Visconti: The Glittering Secret Behind 1971’s Glam
It is 1971, and your grainy black-and-white telly is suddenly splashed with an impossible spectrum of colour. A man with a velvet suit and...
When Marc Bolan Brought Glam Rock to Our Telly Screens
Cast your mind back to a chilly Thursday evening in March 1971. The nation was huddled around the telly, waiting for the weekly dose...
The Redlands Raid: How The Rolling Stones Became British Outlaws
Picture the scene: it is a chilly February evening in 1967 at Redlands, Keith Richards’ secluded Sussex estate. The air is thick with the...
When Johnny Cash Set the Forest Ablaze: A Wild Tale
It is a story that sounds like a tall tale spun in a dimly lit pub, yet it remains one of the most colourful...
The Whigfield Effect: How One Dance Anthem Humbled British Rock Royalty
It was the summer of nineteen ninety-four, and if you spent any time at a seaside disco or a local social club, there was...
Rollermania: The Tartan Terror That Brought Britain to a Standstill
Cast your mind back to the mid-seventies, a time when the British charts were a battleground of sounds and the airwaves crackled with genuine,...
Waylon Jennings and the Fatal Flight: A Lifetime of Haunting Regret
It was a cold February night in 1959, the kind of winter evening that makes you want to huddle closer to the wireless. In...
The Power Station: When 80s Glam Rock Met Heavy-Duty Funk
Cast your mind back to the mid-eighties, a time when the British charts were a vibrant, neon-soaked playground of synthesizers and excess. If you...
When Ringo Starr Filmed Marc Bolan: The Night T. Rex Ruled...
It was 1972, and the air in London was thick with the scent of glitter, cheap hairspray, and the collective, ear-splitting shriek of ten...
When Whitney Houston Silenced the Cold War in Moscow
It was 1988, and the world felt like a rather brittle, fragile place. The Cold War was not merely a headline in the morning...
Whigfield: The Unexpected Saturday Night Fever That Conquered British Holiday Camps
It was the summer of 1994, and if you found yourself at a Pontins or a Butlin’s holiday camp, you couldn't escape it. A...
Rollermania: The Day Bay City Rollers Caused Total Mayhem
It is May 1975, and if you were a teenager in Britain, the world had shrunk down to the size of a tartan scarf....
Total Eclipse of the Heart: Bonnie Tyler’s Gothic Masterpiece Reimagined
It was 1983, and the British airwaves were undergoing a peculiar transformation. Whilst the charts were dominated by the polished synthesisers of the New...
Bonnie Tyler: The Night A Welsh Icon Almost Lost Her Voice
Picture the scene: it is 1983, the neon glow of the eighties is beginning to colour every corner of the British music scene, and...
The Nine-Pound Masterpiece: How Marc Bolan Created Glam Rock History
Picture the scene: London, 1971. The air in Trident Studios was thick with the scent of cheap cigarettes and the palpable electric buzz of...
When Herman’s Hermits Shattered Their Innocent Image: The 1967 Chaos
In the mid-sixties, if you asked the average mum across Britain who she would trust her daughter with, the answer was almost certainly Peter...
The Shadows: How A Backstage Ukulele Riff Changed British Music Forever
Picture the scene at Abbey Road in 1960. The air is thick with the scent of floor wax and stale cigarette smoke, a world...
Johnny Cash at Folsom: The Rebel Who Shook the Prison Walls
Picture the scene: it is 1968, and the world feels like it is on the cusp of something messy. Whilst the flower power movement...
Waylon Jennings: The Rebel Who Shook the Nashville Establishment
It was 1975, and the air inside the tour bus was thick with cigarette smoke and the restless energy of a man who had...
Bonnie Tyler: The Total Eclipse of a Timeless Power Ballad
There is a specific kind of magic that occurs when music transcends the limitations of time and space. Back in the early eighties, the...
