Rock

Anthology 4 makes the extraordinary band seem ordinary

Our writers — and some venerable guests — offer their picks

Celebrating the Stones icon

It’s the story of a mid-Seventies rock band coming to terms with success

No other major rock star is as obviously a product of his time and place as the Stones frontman

She was something much more universal: a survivor

Her new song is more fire and brimstone than climate anthem

‘All of a sudden this troupe of five androgynous midgets in pink chiffon floated in’

The singer once christened ‘the uncoolest man in the universe’ delivered Big Rock Drama in spades

The Rolling Stones drummer was one-of-a-kind

Part of what makes them special is the depth of their catalog

‘I like your shirt today,’ Sir Ray Davies says to the waiter who brings his glass of water to the table outside a café in Highgate. ‘How’s your girlfriend?’ It turns out the girlfriend is no longer the girlfriend. ‘You broke up? You know, that happens. It’ll be OK. You’ll meet somebody else.’ He pauses and then says something that runs through my head for days after our interview. ‘She’ll meet somebody else.’ It’s true, of course; she will. And it’s a human thing to say: both parties to the relationship will move on. But it’s also delivered with a hint of claws. Who wants to be told, fresh from