Behind the scenes of the 1970s music explosion with Bruce W. Talamon Talamon saw it all during the golden age of soul, R&B, and funk. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, this young African American photographer from Los Angeles found himself backstage with an all-access pass to the heart of the music scene....

The Dylan breakthrough portfolio Daniel Kramer\"s classic Bob Dylan portfolio captures the artist\"s transformative \\\"big bang\\\" year of 1964-65....

The eye of the Bowie storm In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars....

The making of Elvis, behind the scenes \\\"Elvis who?\\\" was photographer Alfred Wertheimer\"s response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis....

The official illustrated history of Depeche Mode by Dutch artist Anton Corbijn In November 2020, Depeche Mode were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Dave Gahan, accepting the honour, said: “I’d like to thank Anton Corbijn who thank God came in at the right time and actually made us look cool....

From Elvis to Nirvana: the most important record covers in rock history Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers....

One quarter of the world\'s most famous group, one half of the most successful songwriting team of all time and one voice for world peace - all achieved in one tragically shortened career....

Raised on the blues, James Marshall Hendrix exploded onto the international stage in 1967 fronting the Jimi Hendrix Experience trio. The world had seen nothing like him before: a wild-haired, blues-rocking, singer-songwriter whose virtuoso psychedelic guitar style and showmanship captivated audiences on both sides of the Atlantic....

Arguably the greatest all-round entertainer of his era, Michael Jackson embodied the paradox of extreme fame: a uniquely gifted singer, dancer and songwriter, his extraordinary talents were matched only by the loneliness, eccentricity and ego-mania of his isolated position atop popular culture....

Via texts and images, this concise overview covers the entire career of the most influential singer-songwriter in the history of popular music. In 2008, Bob Dylan became the first rock artist to win a Pulitzer Prize, for his \"profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power....

The life and music of the first reggae superstar Few artists can lay claim to representing an entire music genre: singer-songwriter, guitarist Bob Marley is one. His name is synonymous with the indigenous Jamaican off-beat music of reggae, a local genre he took from his beloved island homeland to the world....