Tag: rock
Icons October 2017
Ruling the Wavelengths: How Britain Defined Popular Music
Without even a sideways glance at a certain Merseyside foursome – but with one eye on that unstoppable institution, The Rolling Stones – our man attempts to discover the secrets to the UK’s ongoing clout in the global popular music arena…
Icons September 2017
Bruce Springsteen: Still The Boss
Perfecting the guitar from the ripe age of 13, the denim, biker-boot and bandana-donning rock ‘n’ roller was as serious about social issues and political protest as he was about playing to the crowd.
Icons August 2017
Debbie Harry: Sylph-Perpetuating Myth
At the height of her punk power, Debbie Harry was lionised as she ironised. But at all times she was in control, a woman whose image was no one’s business but her own.
Icons March 2017
The One True King: Chuck Berry
Transgressor of genres, pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, and the man Sir Mick Jagger credits with blowing “life into our dreams of being musicians” – The Rake honours rock deity Chuck Berry.
Icons October 2016
Born To Run: Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is one talented American, who turned his humble beginnings into eighteen studio albums and worldwide success.
Style October 2016
Chain Reaction: America and the Rise of Rakish Man-Jewellery
The Rake examines America’s rich culture and how they have laid the foundations of the current surge in trend of ‘Man Jewellery’.
Icons August 2016
Dark Age: Nick Cave
Nick Cave may be approaching his sixties, but he shows no signs of slowing down or mellowing out. Thank goodness for that, says Ben St George.
Icons August 2016
Let There (Still) Be Rock
As our hat-tip to grey eminence – to experience over youth – takes off, we consider why the elder statesmen of popular music still rock harder than their youthful successors.
Icons July 2016
Let's Spend Some Life Together: Mick & Bianca Jagger
A whirlwind romance-turned shotgun wedding with a Rolling Stone was never going to have “longevity” written all over it…
Icons July 2016
SHAM BAM, THANK YOU, MA’AM: HIDDEN LOVE IN HOLLYWOOD
How sham Hollywood marriages hid midcentury movie stars’ salacious secrets.
