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Rock of ages: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry and 12 other classic acts still going strong

As Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood release their new album, we pick our favourite over-75s in music

The Velvet Underground: ‘Every part of their story is extremely powerful’

Lou Reed and John Cale’s pioneering band created modern music, according to David Bowie, whose biographer has now chronicled their group and their legacy

Aldous Harding: Warm Chris – Well crafted but anchorless

An admirable showcase of various roles, some of which work better than others

Cate Le Bon: Pompeii – otherworldly and beguiling

Eighth album from adventurous Welsh singer forms its own sonic universe

David Byrne: ‘I couldn't write songs during the depth of the pandemic’

The Talking Heads frontman is opening an exhibition with sketches spanning 20 years

Lou Reed the rock poet: When should songs be considered poetry?

Dylan, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and Lou Reed wrote song-poems that transcended pop, and bands such as Fontaines DC are keeping rock and poetry in perfect rhyme

This Album Changed My Life: The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

Singer Wendy James on a band that was ‘beautiful, anti-social and incredibly musical’

Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treassure: Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan (1992)

Proto-punk rocker Richman wasn’t the first to notice the machinations of the music industry, but he was one of the first to speak out

Suburban rebel who made rock music hip and beautiful

Born: March 2nd, 1942. Died: October 25th, 2013

Cult musician Lou Reed who walked on wild side

After a long career one of rock music’s most influential alternative music figures has died aged 71

From the Velvets to Drella: Lou Reed’s greatest hits

Rock pioneer Lou Reed dies at 71

Founder member of 1960s avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground has died

Mark Lanegan: Imitations

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Film review: White House Down

Barack Obama meets Die Hard in this ludicrously enjoyable thriller