Peraino With Lou Reed’s wavering tenor and jangling guitar ... as most were, in Warhol’s handwriting. The initials “A.W.” were scrawled on the first side, and “Philosophy Songs (from ...

Lou Reed, the singer and songwriter whose work as a solo artist and as the leader of cult-favorite band The Velvet Underground influenced generations of musicians, has died at age 71. Rumors of ...

Featuring the earliest known renditions of several Velvet Underground classics, this archival set of acoustic demos highlights a formative period in Lou Reed and John Cale’s artistic partnership.

In 1960, a wiry 18-year-old named Lou Reed transferred from NYU's Bronx campus to Syracuse University. He spent four years making music, poetry, prose and problems before graduating with honors.

A new Lou Reed album will share never-before-heard material and early versions of some of the star’s most iconic songs. ‘Words & Music, May 1965’ is set to be released on August 26 via Light ...

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was more than an hour of feedback and noise with no noticeable structure. A new tribute album called Metal Machine Muzak interprets the spirit behind that work.

Berlin“ will always be the most beloved of the beloved.” Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary: “I love Lou Reed so much. Always.” The Who: “RIP Lou Reed. Walk on the ...

"I hate Lou Reed more and more," Andy Warhol wrote in his diary in 1986, 20 years after the artist helped launch the singer's career with the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed: A Life, by Anthony ...

But an intimate, still. Or the illusion of one. The great virtue of “Lou Reed: The King of New York,” the new and very fine biography by Will Hermes, is that it’s really two biographies ...

Nobody wrote songs about New York quite like Lou Reed. Songs like “Perfect Day,” about spending time in the park, but also songs like “Waiting For The Man,” his bruising tale of going ...