Lou Reed selects the greatest-ever songs to be produced by his beloved home city of New York, highlighting its musical history and cultural significance.

The Velvet Underground legend Lou Reed lived a wild life. One crazy night in London, an unlikely cult hero became his drug ...

In an interview with The New Cue last year, for example, he recalled his encounters with Lou Reed in the ... didn’t get in New York. They’d never seen such large lumps of it. That was an icebreaker.” ...

Lou Reed grew up in Long Island, New York. During his teens, he received electroshock treatment for depression, and would later cite the experience as damaging and transformative. He formed the ...

Lou Reed, as was often the case ... Transformer is Reed’s best-known album, but 1989’s New York contains his best solo work. "Halloween Parade" is among the most touching songs he ever ...

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential noise-rock band that was a commercial bomb but has since become one of rock’s most important groups.