New on RBP: Country-rock queens Emmylou Harris, Carlene Carter & Holly Gleason. Plus Gene Guerrero on the Grand Ole Opry in 1971 and farewells to Sonny Curtis and Danny Thompson. www.rocksbackpages.com #CountryMusic #EmmylouHarris #DannyThompsonRIP #GrandOleOpry

New episode: Greil Marcus discusses the 50th anniversary edition of his masterful 'Mystery Train' and listens to an audio interview with the Sex Pistols' graphic designer Jamie Reid. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

New on RBP: Greil Marcus' magnificent 'Mystery Train' at 50, plus an audio interview with Sex Pistols designer Jamie Reid. And we remember the great Jackie Wilson & pay tribute to Bobby Hart, Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe and Lacy Lady DJ Chris Hill. www.rocksbackpages.com #GreilMarcus #SexPistols

New on RBP: a Spinal Tap special, plus a David Bowie audio interview from 1997, featured writer Keith Cameron on Manic Street Preachers and our farewells to Mark Volman, Rick Davies & Bruce Loose. www.rocksbackpages.com #DavidBowie #SpinalTap #Supertramp #Turtles

New podcast episode: The Guardian's Alexis Petridis reminisces about Acid House and Mixmag, listens to Mat Snow's 1992 KISS audio interview and discusses the role of music journalism in 2025. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

New on RBP: Mat Snow's audio interview with KISS' Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley from 1992, plus The Guardian's Alexis Petridis meets Prince & Daft Punk. Plus archive articles about Suede and Saint Etienne and 50+ new additions to the RBP library... www.rocksbackpages.com

The 'head return to the stage in November!

Thomas Alan Waits in a new Jarmusch film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgPE...

New on RBP: celebrating Van Morrison at 80, plus a Kanye West audio interview from 2004, Chris Ingham on Steely Dan and 50 new additions to the RBP library from Bob Dylan (1964) to Charli XCX (2024). www.rocksbackpages.com

New podcast episode: Blues & Soul veteran David Nathan discusses Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin and the year the Bee Gees went disco. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

New on RBP: a Dionne Warwick audio interview, plus the summer the Bee Gees went disco, David ("the British Ambassador of Soul") Nathan in the spotlight and our farewell to Rolling Stone legend and Ray Charles biographer Michael Lydon. www.rocksbackpages.com

Nelson George on Trump's attacks on academia, DEI and African-American history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyUy...

New on RBP: an audio interview with James Chance from 1995 and archive pieces about '70s glam-prog contenders Be-Bop Deluxe. Plus featured writer Mick Houghton in the spotlight and interviews with Derek & the Dominos legend Bobby Whitlock, who left us last week... www.rocksbackpages.com

Insta post from Jimmy McDonough of Shakey fame. Coming in spring 2026... www.wolfandsalmon.com/product-page...

New podcast episode: the legendary Byron Coley recalls his encounters with Captain Beefheart, talks us through his career from New York Rocker to Forced Exposure and pays tribute to Terry Reid. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis... #TerryReidRIP

New on RBP: remembering the Dead's Jerry Garcia, 30 years after his passing. Plus audio of the incomparable Captain Beefheart speaking in 1972 & Beefheart devotee Byron Coley in the RBP spotlight. And we say goodbye to Terry Reid & Eddie Palmieri... www.rocksbackpages.com #JerryGarcia #Beefheart

River man: Record Mirror's Lon Goddard talks to blue-eyed-soul icon Terry Reid (1949-2025) in 1969 and Sounds' Penny Valentine interviews the singer in the week 1973's classic River album is released. www.rocksbackpages.com

The squeeze-box king: Joe Nick Patoski talks to Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (1939-2025) in 1977 and Ry Cooder discusses the Tex-Mex accordionist with Richard Harrington in 1976. www.rocksbackpages.com

New on RBP: Just how much did Elvis owe to the Dutch "huckster" who became "Colonel Tom Parker"? Plus a 1996 audio interview w/ neo-soul deity D'Angelo, a spotlight on the brilliant Brian Cullman, and fond farewells to Cleo Laine, Tom Lehrer & Golden Earring's George Kooymans. www.rocksbackpages.com

New podcast episode: Record Mirror legend Val Mabbs remembers her close encounters with Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Marc Bolan. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

New on RBP: Bob's electric apostasy, plus our farewell to Ozzy, a Walker Brothers audio interview and Val Mabbs' encounters with Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon... www.rocksbackpages.com #OzzyRIP #BobDylan #Newport1965

R.I.P. rock-photo archivist (and Phil's baby brother/manager) Michael Ochs (1943-2025). A very entertaining guy, even if he wasn't hugely popular with, er, rock photographers. Read Richard Cromelin's interview with him from 1980... www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Arti...

Looks pretty fuckin' funny already. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

New on RBP: classic Siouxsie & the Banshees interviews, plus Kevin Rowland, Connie Francis R.I.P., Pat Blashill's Texas punk and a 1990 audio with the Strawbs' Dave Cousins. www.rocksbackpages.com

R.I.P. Spinal Tap's "Viv Savage", the keyboard maestro who wanted to have "a good time... all the time". Dave Caffinetti in Rare Bird, March 1970.

In the new episode of the RBP podcast, John (Kill Your Friends) Niven talks about his new novel and about his brilliant Band novella Music from Big Pink. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis... #JohnNiven #TheBand #KillYourFriends

New on RBP: a long Lou Reed audio interview from 1996, plus Bobby "Blue" Bland's classic California Album revisited and the great Rolling Stone/New York Times/Deep Blues scribe Robert Palmer in the spotlight. www.rocksbackpages.com #LouReed #BobbyBland #musicjournalism

New on RBP: celebrating the all-star Sabbath extravaganza in Birmingham, a Metal Special featuring a hilarious Ozzy audio interview from 1997. Plus it's 50 years since Motörhead's live debut + Rock Candy man Howard Johnson in the spotlight and QOTSA in the Long Read. www.rocksbackpages.com

New on RBP: a Philly Soul special for ALA Annual, featuring a Stylistics audio interview from 1976 and a spotlight on Tony (The Sound of Philadelphia) Cummings. Plus 50+ new library pieces and a 1975 interview with Brill Building legend Doc Pomus. www.rocksbackpages.com #PhillySoul

Was the old Hammersmith Odeon big enough for the both of them?

New on RBP: a Carlos Santana audio interview from 2010, plus his new biographer Jeff Tamarkin in the spotlight, archive articles about Liza Minnelli and farewells to Lou Christie and Louis Moholo. #CarlosSantana #LouChristieRIP www.rocksbackpages.com

New podcast episode: NME and Wire veteran Chris "Biba Kopf" Bohn relives his trans-European musical adventures, listens to Ornette Coleman talking in 1995 and pays tribute to Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

Very urgent: Val Wilmer meets Brotherhood of Breath drummer Louis Moholo (1940-2025) in summer 1970. www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Arti... #LouisMoholoRIP

New on RBP: career-spanning articles about Californian geniuses Sly Stone & Brian Wilson, plus a Wire magazine special featuring Chris "Biba Kopf" Bohn, Ian Penman on Rough Trade + David Toop's 1995 audio interview with free-jazz giant Ornette Coleman. #SlyStone #BrianWilson www.rocksbackpages.com

Reading the Riot act: June Harris speaks to Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (1943-2025) in August 1968; Roy Carr speaks to the "evasive" Family Stone leader about There's a Riot Goin' On in July 1972; and Vanity Fair's David Kamp tracks down the funk genius in 2007. www.rocksbackpages.com #SlyStoneRIP

The life and death of a California pop genius: Brian Wilson (1942-2025) talks about 'Pet Sounds' & record production in 1966. Plus the head Beach Boy tells Richard Cromelin how he "climbed out of the sandbox" in 1976 & looks back with Mick Brown in 2004. www.rocksbackpages.com #BrianWilsonRIP

How much do we love CMAT? A whole lotta. She's such a fabulous singer and songwriter, and so joyous. Great to read Alexis Petridis' interview in today's Graun. www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int... #CMAT

Nelson George talking to RBP contributor Tom Vickers about "tha funk". What's not to love. nelsongeorge.substack.com/p/tom-vicker...

New on RBP: an audio interview with Coldplay from summer 2000, to mark the 25th birthday of 'Parachutes'. Plus interviews with the brilliant Little Simz, articles by featured writer John L. Walters... and remembering Tim Buckley 50 years after his death. #Coldplay #LittleSimz www.rocksbackpages.com

New podcast episode: Jonathan Gould talks about his new Talking Heads book and listens to Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper talking about Otis Redding and Booker T. & the M.G.'s. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis... #TalkingHeads #OtisRedding

New on RBP: key early interviews with Talking Heads, ahead of Jonathan Gould's definitive biography. Plus legendary Stax bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn talking on the phone in 2001 and our farewell to Rick(y) Derringer. #TalkingHeads #RickDerringerRIP www.rocksbackpages.com

The Bear stirs again.

New on RBP: a 1989 audio interview with fearless guitar maverick & Tom Waits sideman Marc Ribot, plus Sufjan Stevens' confessional masterpiece Carrie & Lowell at 10 years and Liz Evans in the RBP spotlight... www.rocksbackpages.com #SufjanStevens #MarcRibot #musicjournalism

New podcast episode: Paul "the Great Gambo" Gambaccini on Radio 1, Rolling Stone and our 2003 Beyoncé audio. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

New on RBP: listen to Beyoncé being interviewed by Simon Garfield in 2003, plus we celebrate John Fogerty as he turns 80 this month. Plus featured writer Paul Gambaccini on Elton John and Paul McCartney... www.rocksbackpages.com #Beyoncé #Creedence #JohnnyRodriguezRIP #Gambo #EltonJohn #Macca

Sad to hear of the passing of sometime Spinners singer John Edwards, whose self-titled 1973 album on Aware contains the orgasmically grovelling ballad 'I'll Be Your Puppet'. David Nathan interviewed him when he replaced Phillipe Wynne in the Spinners in 1977: www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Arti...

New on RBP: a 1999 audio interview with Arthur Baker by DJ History duo Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton + early encounters with The Fall, Mark Ellen on Live Aid, Richard Williams meeting Mark Knopfler in 1979... and our farewell to blues man Joe Louis Walker. www.rocksbackpages.com

New podcast ep: former Warners head of publicity talks about his Burbank years and reflects on Neil Young, Lowell George and Etta James (pictured with him here in 1978). www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis... #NeilYoung #LittleFeat #EttaJames #Reprise

A Warner-Reprise special featuring Little Feat, Burbank legend Bob Merlis + a 1988 audio interview with Neil Young. Plus a 1996 "summit meeting" 'twixt Tricky and Chuck D... and we bid sad farewells to Wizz Jones, Jill Sobule + Mike Peters. www.rocksbackpages.com #JillSobule #MikePeters #WizzJones

Upcoming at London's Rock Garden, late July 1981. Note acclaim for Nick Cave's Birthday Party.