Nobody wrote songs about New York quite like Lou Reed – whether taking time in the park, or going uptown to score drugs. A new exhibit, Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars, from the New York ...

Will Hermes admits he’s on a fool’s errand with the opening quote of the preface to his 529-page biography of Lou Reed. The mercurial genius most famous as the leader of the Velvet Underground once ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed was born on March 2, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1965, he co-founded the Velvet Underground, a rock band managed by Andy Warhol. Reed went solo in the ...

Saint John’s Eve is a big deal in my hometown of Porto, in Portugal. The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s ...