Johnnie Walker was one of radio's 60s rebels. More than 50 years later, after many ups and downs he was still broadcasting as the BBC's 'Sounds of the 70s'.

Johnnie Walker's long radio career was shaped by his early years as a pirate broadcaster in the 1960s, bobbing around on the ocean on Radio Caroline. Even 50 years ... more rock 'n' roll-sounding ...

At a time when the world was enjoying the sounds of Queen's second album Queen II and Abba's Waterloo, a city trio launched a new radio station ... Stones released its 12th album, It's Only Rock 'n ...

At a time when the world was enjoying the sounds of Queen's second album Queen II and Abba's Waterloo, a city trio launched a new radio station ... It's Only Rock 'n Roll, on October 18th ...

Nearly 3,000 fans from around the world braved the cold and gathered at Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis ...

Mark LeVine is a longtime contributor to Afropop Worldwide, also a scholar, musician and author of numerous books. Here, he reviews Rikki Stein's memoir, Moving Music. Afropop's Banning Eyre recently ...

Even 50 years ... Radio England, a boat moored four miles off the Essex coast. In return, they asked that he change his name - from Peter Dingley to the rather more rock 'n' roll-sounding Johnnie ...

The year 1975 was a very good one for Elton John and Chicago. It was pretty good as well for artists from Olivia Newton-John ...

From Sylvia Plath to Jack Kerouac, these writers inspired the likes of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Lana Del Rey and The Beatles ...

Tabano’s replacement was 19-year-old guitarist Brad Whitford, a friend of a friend from Reading, Massachusetts who was playing with a band named Justin Thyme. They didn’t know it, but the classic ...

Peter Yarrow, who has died aged 86, was the Peter in Peter, Paul and Mary, the American singing trio which took folk music into the commercial mainstream in the 1960s.