In the spring of 1965, Lou Reed was barely 23 and less than a year removed from his college graduation. He had just experienced his first musical success, fronting a hastily thrown-together band ...

To be clear, these are not professional recordings; they’re loose versions of the songs sung into a cheap recorder, and consist of Reed on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica while Cale sings ...

To hear the first few seconds of the video above may catch you by surprise: It’s Lou Reed announcing the title of a song while declaring he wrote the words and music. Only it’s a song we know very ...

Lou Reed’s seminal work with the Velvet Underground is back in the spotlight thanks to the tandem announcements of the Hal Wilner-produced all-star album I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet ...

The 11 titles were “Buttercup Song,” “Buzz Buzz Buzz,” “Heroin,” two versions of “I'm Waiting for the Man,” “Men of Good Fortune,” “Pale Blue Eyes,” “Stockpile,” “Too Late,” “Walk Alone” and “Wrap ...

Long before the experimental rock deity fronted the Velvet Underground and shook up the New York music scene, Lou Reed was a self-taught musician, shy and searching for his sound. A Long Island teen, ...

Lou Reed, the 71 year-old singer and musician who died last Sunday, has experienced a massive surge of interest to his music and has seen sales spike, sending his albums Transformer and Rock 'N' Roll ...

As co-founder of The Velvet Underground in the 1960s, Lou Reed helped change the direction of music. As a solo artist, he challenged convention and never stopped experimenting. And through a new ...

Morrissey has paid tribute to ex-Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed, who died yesterday (October 27) at the age of 71. The former Smiths frontman wrote a message published on the True-to-You website ...

What is the song you were obsessed with as a teenager? By Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Christina Djossa, Amy Pearl, Sara Curtis, Julia Botero, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Lynn Levy ...