In 1971, guitarist Phil Manzanera was a 20-year-old rock guitarist without a band. Then, a friend showed him an ad in Melody Maker magazine for a band that needed someone just like him. “The Perfect ...

From Johnny Kidd & the Pirates to Adam Ant and beyond, “rockstar as swashbuckler” has long been a popular trope among image-conscious musicians. But few of the rockers who’ve ever affected a piratical ...

When it comes to bands that amassed critical acclaim in the 70s and 80s, Roxy Music ranks way up there. Music writers fell all over themselves in praising the British band. They fearlessly broke new ...

He also played with Sparks, Ronnie Spector, Cracker and The Runaways during his career. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Sal Maida, the nimble New York-born bassist who played with bands including Roxy ...

The British band Roxy Music, led by singer/songwriter Bryan Ferry, released their fourth album in 1974. It would go on to crack the Billboard top 40 — and it remains thrilling today. This is FRESH AIR ...

Veteran singer and Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry has entered into a partnership with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group “to develop and expand the renowned artist’s musical legacy to new ...

Last year British art rockers and pioneers Roxy Music celebrated 50 years of making music with their first world tour in over a decade. Still united were four of the six original members—singer Bryan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Reissue Section - April 2022 The often enigmatic and consistently stylish British band Roxy Music closed out their U.S. tour ...

Singer Bryan Ferry was the last to arrive on stage on Wednesday, sauntering out like the gentleman of leisure and l’amour you’d imagine him to be, as the audience at the Kia Forum in Inglewood cheered ...

Phil Manzanera, the 71-year-old guitarist for art-rock pioneers Roxy Music, is leaning into a computer camera backdropped by a nondescript hotel room. The band has assembled in Toronto, where they’re ...

The notion of seeing Roxy Music live in concert seemed like a complete fantasy at the dawn of 2022, one of those “Wouldn’t it be great if (pick a name) toured ...

For aged war beasts of the album-rock era, marshalling the troops for milestone-birthday arena tours involves working through decades of material and hundreds of tracks, including songs that were ...