"Given the way audiences and tastes have shifted since, there will probably never again be a musical year as iconic — …"

"In my book Culture Crash, I date the birth of indie [rock] at 1982, when the Smiths began recording and R.E.M. releas…"

"In a nasty piece of timing, 1999 saw the arrival of Napster and the explosion of file-sharing and music piracy. Indus…"

"1967 was the peak year for psychedelic rock. It gave us Sgt. Pepper’s, debut albums by Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and t…"

"It was such an exciting time for this music because it was so new. Everyone was figuring this stuff out for the very …"

"You can’t talk about the Summer of Love without diving into the songs that made it legendary. In 1967, music wasn’t j…"

"I remember vividly in 1974 being in the mass of people, descending the streets in my native Lisbon, in Portugal, cele…"

"East Germany, apparently the most successful Communist regime, although with its economy wrecked by ideological misma…"

"Others took part in mass demonstrations in East Germany, notably in the major city of Leipzig from 4 September, with …"

"Honecker was deposed by his colleagues on 16 October 1989, but, under pressure from popular action, they could not ga…"