Definitive tomes, secret histories and inspired autobiographies
Graeme Thomson
The inside story of Prince’s album, Piano & A Microphone 1983
Eyewitnesses explain all...
Natalie Prass – The Future And The Past
Modern anthems with a jazz-funk vibe
First Aid Kit – Ruins
Swedish folk sisters gently evolve on sombre fourth
Jeff Buckley’s first steps – an oral history: “He’d always say, ‘It’s about the music, stoopid!’”
February 1993. JEFF BUCKLEY, a hyperactive music junkie just finding his feet in the New York clubs, enters Shelter Island Studios and records 40 songs in three days. As the…
David Crosby – Sky Trails
Pushing his envelope on Joni-influenced sixth solo outing
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Canadians' fifth parties on the edge of the abyss
This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze
The West Country wanderer’s fourth album may be her best yet
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie – Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
Return of the Mac? This fine duo album raises hopes
The Rolling Stones – Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America
An amiable, occasionally revelatory trip to a place where the Stones still symbolise rebellion
Ray Davies – Americana
Fine aural companion to 2013 memoir of the same name
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
A timely testament to change
Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
Dave Longstreth's R&B break-up album
Japandroids – Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Thrilling third from Canadian duo
Peter Green: Man Of The World
Solid portrait of one of rock’s most profoundly gifted lost boys
Kate Bush – Before The Dawn
Sprawling document of her triumphant 2014 return to live performance
New Orleans: Music In Exile
How the Crescent City kept on singing, post-Katrina
Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions – Until The Hunter
Hypnotic third from Mazzy Star and MBV alumni
David Crosby – Lighthouse
Croz cuts loose in a bold new communication
Robbie Robertson on his best albums, from The Band to Dylan
The "mathematical guitar genius" on his greatest work