ALTHOUGH HE WAS 84 and had been ill for several years, the passing of soul-funk-R&B legend and general jack-of-all-trades Steve Cropper still stings — a lot. Perhaps it’s because Cropper, despite his

Fondly remembered this month...

October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026

From Black Sabbath awakening to jam band to Hanoi Rocks to decades-straddling solo artist, via Finland, London, NYC and beyond, he’s been up, down and up again, through thrills, spills, triumph and tragedy. You could say he’s really lived the rock’n’roll life, but that would be an understatement.

Broadcaster and biographer Humphrey Burton became familiar to millions of television viewers in the early 1980s as the genial presenter of the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year, the programme he launch

New tribute to their former guitarist Brian James is delivered with real passion.