Alistair murphy (the curator)

THE NEW YEAR is just a few weeks old and John Fogerty is driving with his wife and manager, Julie, along a stretch of California highway. But as the road unwinds ahead of him, his thoughts are driftin

Way back in 1970, during a long night ...

MOST BANDS THAT SURVIVE FOR FOUR decades enter into a nostalgic phase of their career. But Phish is on fire in year 41. The quartet, which formed in 1983 in Burlington, Vermont, released Evolve, their

When most artists disappear for seven years between albums, the cause is generally writer’s block or an extended holiday. Alison Moyet is different. Since her previous record Other in 2017, Moyet has

In early 1999, no one outside of Des Moines, Iowa knew who Slipknot were. And then they released their debut. Twenty-five years on, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, Jim Root and Ross Robinson look back on the album that changed the world

A spirited valedictory offering from the late Wayne Kramer. Just don’t expect the jams to be kicked out like it’s 1969, warns Andrew Perry.