In both his life and his music, Lou Reed took risks. Sometimes they paid off, sometimes they laid him low, but they were never, ever boring. That’s why Reed’s discography is as fascinatingly ...

Looking back at the moment Lou Reed deemed to be his "finest hour" as a performer, highlighting the often underrated brilliance of his guitar playing skills.

Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins packs a lot into his new book about Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's nearly 50-album discography. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins packs a lot into his new book about Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's nearly 50-album discography.

Whatever Reed’s intentions, MMM was less a dead-end, more a black hole, forcing Lou to appease his label with a more commercial follow-up: the ravishing Coney Island Baby. Its title-track – a paean to ...

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.

Herbie Flowers has passed away, at the grand age of 86. His is not a name that rings loud in the annals of rock ’n’ roll, unless you are one of those who likes to pour over the small-print ...

Not only will you be provided what people wrote to him in his high school yearbook, but you’ll also learn that the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazine gave Reed its best new poet award in ...

'Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965' presents a long-lost recording of the singer and John Cale performing the earliest known versions of the songs that would change rock with the Velvet Underground.

Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins packs a lot into his new book about Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's nearly 50-album discography.