Vol. 1Thursday, October 22, 2026Est. 2026
Music FolksThe stories behind the people who make the music
October 14, 2026
Long before Eurovision, ABBA’s four members were already stars in Sweden: a folk singer, a teen-idol keyboardist, a chart-topping songwriter and a talent-show winner. Here is how they came together.
October 14, 2026
With a wailing siren and a stomping riff, “Blockbuster” gave glam rockers Sweet five weeks at No. 1 in Britain in 1973, despite an awkward clash with David Bowie.
October 14, 2026
Kate Bush wrote “Running Up That Hill” in 1985 under a different title. Thirty-seven years later, a TV show sent it to No. 1 and set three chart records.
October 14, 2026
Built from a short sketch by drummer Bill Berry, “Everybody Hurts” was R.E.M.’s plainest-spoken song, written with teenagers in mind, and it became one of their best-loved.
October 13, 2026
How five school friends from Manhattan made Is This It, won a Grammy and kept going into 2026.
October 13, 2026
From Manchester's Boardwalk club to Knebworth, a 15-year silence and the 2025 reunion tour.
October 13, 2026
How Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett turned four cartoon characters into one of the biggest bands of the century.