Chuck Berry

The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’

Revival69 glimpses into starry Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which gave Beatles fans a new look at John Lennon

Jim Farber

28, Jun, 2024 @7:35 AM

Letter: Kingsize Taylor obituary

Giles Oakley writes: He was a first-class rocker, who kept the joint jumping

Giles Oakley

20, Apr, 2023 @2:35 PM

Jazz on a Summer’s Day review –Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson and more shine bright

Powerful musical moments are undercut by exasperating blandness in this rerelease of Bert Stern’s film of the 1958 Newport jazz festival

Peter Bradshaw

29, Aug, 2021 @9:03 PM

When I met Kirk Douglas, did I ask if he’d assaulted Natalie Wood? No, and here’s why | Hadley Freeman

Chucking allegations around is easy, but unsubstantiated rumours aren’t proof of anything

Hadley Freeman

15, Feb, 2020 @9:00 AM

Ronnie Wood review – Chuck Berry tribute show neither rocks nor rolls

Lulu and Imelda May bring powerhouse guest vocals but the Rolling Stone can’t match up in this mediocre homage

Ian Gittins

22, Nov, 2019 @11:12 AM

Universal Music Group on master tapes fire: 'We owe artists transparency'

Company to investigate 2008 storage unit fire in which up to 500,000 master recordings by Aretha Franklin, Elton John and others may have burned

Laura Snapes

19, Jun, 2019 @9:03 AM

The guinea pig at the Last Supper | Brief letters

Brief letters: Animal iconography | Ladybirds’ absence | Measuring space gloop | Nat King Cole’s Route 66 | Morris mushrooms

Letters

28, Jun, 2018 @5:07 PM

From rock stars to feminist pioneers: the notable Americans who died in 2017

This year we bid goodbye to beloved celebrities Tom Petty and Mary Tyler Moore, as well as controversial figures Charles Manson and Roger Ailes, and others

Mazin Sidahmed in New York

31, Dec, 2017 @11:00 AM

The week in radio: Reith Lectures; Ear Hustle; Chuck Berry: 40 Years On

Hilary Mantel revived the dead, there was a fascinating look inside San Quentin prison and overlooked interviews with the late guitar hero

Miranda Sawyer

18, Jun, 2017 @6:00 AM

Chuck Berry: Chuck review – instantly recognisable rock'n'roll royalty

Berry’s first album since 1979, released after his death, revisits the riffs and themes he made famous in the 1950s

Dave Simpson

08, Jun, 2017 @9:00 PM

Letter: Chuck Berry obituary

Giles Oakley writes: I saw Chuk Berry many times including on his British debut at the Finsbury Park Astoria, north London, in May 1964