You wouldn't think there would be a whole load of overlap between the careers of Marvin Gaye and Lou Reed, but the former ...

"They did the same with Lou Reed, my partner for 21 years. These are activated by writing short phrases. The engines then write in those styles, which can also be combined or put into prose," she ...

Having encountered the poet and writer as a student, New York songsmith Lou Reed weaved Syracuse advisor Delmore Schwarz's ...

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.

Those songs have popped up on compilations and bootlegs over the decades, but the first official anthology, "Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65," will be released Sept ...

Lou Reed has recorded two new songs inspired by the documentary film Nanking. The songs 'Gravity' and 'Safety Zone' can be streamed on Reed's website. Nanking focuses on the "Nanking Massacre" which ...

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 ...

On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks that ...