end of the road

The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood has hinted that the band are "on the verge" of touring this year. Rumours have long circulated that the legendary rock'n'roll band will play shows this year to mark their 50th anniversary, with drummer Charlie Watts the most recent member of the group to talk up the possibility of a half-centenary celebration.

The grunge-blues giant returns, now digging deeper grooves and - shock! - nu disco...

Sir Paul’s romantic, (and loving) take on standards...

The birth of the hippy dream, caught on camera...

A new museum dedicated to the life of Johnny Cash is set to open in Nashville later this year.

Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon has said he might not release another album for five years.

Cabaret Voltaire's Steel City noir, now rewired with extras...

Phew and all that. I’ve just been listening again to the 37 minute stream of new music by Neil Young and Crazy Horse that was posted at the weekend on neilyoung.com. I’m sure there were more important things I could have been doing throughout the day, like filling in health and safety reports and similarly essential tasks. But after reading John’s Wild Mercury Blog on the Neil and Crazy Horse jams, which are titled, tantalisingly, ‘Horse Back’, I haven’t needed much encouragement to utterly neglect such housekeeping duties to further take in the roiling brilliance of Neil and Crazy Horse.

Neil Young called Time Fades Away his “worst album”, but this most elusive release is also one of his most important

His first studio album for eight years finds Cohen addressing waning physical powers and moral uncertainties...