He was among the greatest talents of his generation, but never hit the big time. With a new film of his life in the pipeline, Sophia Deboick tells the remarkable story of Terry Reid
Celebrity Studies: Book Review – The Bloomsbury handbook of religion and popular music
The Bloomsbury handbook of religion and popular music, edited by Christopher Partridge and Marcus Moberg, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017, 440 pp., £130.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-47-423733-8
History Today: In Defiance of Her Golden Age
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus was at the heart of daring interwar Paris, where she used her influence to defend those left behind by ‘progress’
The New European: Sex, drugs and troubadours – how rock first rolled in the Middle Ages
Risqué, rebellious and always ready to stick it to the man, the songsmiths of the Middle Ages deserve recognition as the true originators of rock and roll. Sophia Deboick makes the case
The New European: Au revoir France’s everyman
Johnny Hallyday’s skill was his ability to be all things to all people, says Sophia Deboick. It was this that allowed him to become the embodiment of a nation
The New European: Dark side of the mind
This winter marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd’s last Syd Barrett-penned single and the effective end of his career with the band. With the penetrating countenance of an icon in waiting, Barrett briefly shone brightly before abruptly disappearing from the scene, having become the most famous acid casualty of the 1960s
The New European: Murder music – deadly legacy of Norway’s black metal scene
Norway enjoys a reputation as some sort of liberal utopia. Yet in Black Metal it produced the most nihilistic, deadly music genre of all. Sophia Deboick reports
The New European: The Bee Gees – staying alive and being uncool
Has history been fair to the Bee Gees? Long accused of cultural theft, arrogance and – worst of all – naffness, they risk being remembered as a pastiche. But behind the band’s baggage, Sophia Deboick discovers a far more complex legacy
The New European: Pub rock – the forgotten moment in musical history that changed us all forever
Overshadowed by what preceded and followed it, pub rock was a defining genre in the development of music. Sophia Deboick re-establishes the story of a quintessentially British culture and sound which went down surprisingly well on the continent too
The New European: When Alice Cooper met Salvador Dali – the surreal marriage of American rock and European art
Sophia Deboick on a bizarre chapter in rock history to which countless other acts, from David Bowie onwards, owe a debt of gratitude