It's been forty years since the release of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and twenty five since it initially left the Billboard Top 200 album cha...
I was saddened to learn of the recent passing of the influential album cover designer Storm Thorgenson, with whom I spoke in 2005 during a short transatlantic phone call.
British music, art, and culture in general has reached every corner of the world and this does create a favourable impression of the nation - useful for business and politics in addition to just feeling a bit more welcomed when visiting a new place as a tourist.
Guitar bands are manifold in London town, and it's been a while since that fact could be stated with any certainty. Tastes are reverting as live music played in intimate venues becomes a necessary constant in these cash-strapped, culturally arid times.
On paper, modern British society has never had it better. We all have the vote, we have (more or less) equal opportunities, we have freedom of movement, speech, action, choice, everything.
What vexes me most is not that these artists are indolently committing crimes against the English language, but that they are wasting a hallowed opportunity. Words add depth, colour and personality to a song. In fact, they become even more powerful when projected onto a musical backdrop, which is why I shudder when lyricists make a conscious decision to rhyme nonsensical syllables.
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Middle-aged music lovers across Britain have immediately gone off Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon after Prime Minister David Cameron named it as h...
David Cameron has revealed his favourite album of all time is Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of the Moon'. In a message posted on Facebook, the prime mini...
Abbey Road Studios burst onto the public pop consciousness when The Beatles were photographed on the zebra crossing outside for their eponymous album ...
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's son, who was jailed for his part in the tuition fee riots, will be allowed to return to Cambridge University, it ...
What we need in this dispute is a healthy dose of pragmatism. Ultimately, the modern dispute over sovereignty is focused on mineral rights - who can earn from oil and gas discovered in the vicinity of the islands.
Pink Floyd bassist and singer Roger Waters has risked upsetting some of his British fans by saying the Falkland Islands should belong to Argentina. ...
Rocker David Gilmour has squashed reports suggesting the living members of Pink Floyd will reunite for a London Olympics spectacular. The guitar gr...
The adopted son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been released from prison, four months after he was sentenced for violent disorder during th...
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend is to discuss the future of the music industry when he gives the first John Peel lecture in honour of the legendary D...
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's son has lost an appeal against his 16-month sentence for going on a drink and drug-fuelled rampage at a student f...
Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has lost his High Court appeal to cut the 16-month prison sentence handed to him after he ...
PA -- Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been at the High Court to hear a plea on behalf of his son for a cut in his 16-month jail sentence for go...
A large inflatable pig has once again flown over Battersea Power Station in London, 35 years since its trotters first took to the sky. The stunt ma...
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's son has launched an appeal against his 16-month jail sentence for going on a drink and drug-fuelled rampage at a ...
