Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired ... In the early 60s, California was a leading light of the electric guitar with a number ...

Lou Reed might have been instrumental to the birth of punk, but his musical influences all stem from a variety of different places.

Celebrate the legacy of the music of the late 1950s and 60s, following the birth of rock and roll and the explosion of rhythm and blues, with a new generation of artists. Includes performances by ...