Popdose — What does one of Ben E. King's greatest songs with the Drifters have to do with the '60s Counterculture movement? Let's find out and live for today more info

Guardian Music — Versatile guitarist who had a million-selling hit with Love Is StrangeMickey Baker, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile and prolific guitarists of his era. During the 1950s, any producer making R&B or rock'n'roll records in New York w... more info

ContactMusic — Move over Will, Simon, Neil and Jay! The girls are coming! The team behind the hit Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners are reportedly about to launch a... more info

Popdose — The Drifters were legendary for their music, and their story more info

Topix — You would think that after many years in the business you must have gone through everything that can possibly happen to you on the road, but for veteran group The Drifters they found that isn't always so after their tour bus was raided by thieves. more info

ContactMusic — Veteran soul group The Drifters have called in police after thieves raided their tour bus and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.The... more info

The Independent — US soul group The Drifters have had some £8,000 worth of equipment stolen from their tour bus. more info

Guardian Music — The Shads' No 1 hit from 1960 conjures up the twang of the west … and a time before the Beatles ruled the airwavesThere was a time in the early 60s when an English guitarist and former skiffle player who looked rather like Buddy Holly seemed th... more info

ContactMusic — Country group The Dirt Drifters have apologised to fans after calling off their upcoming summer 12 tour The five-piece was due to hit the road for a U S trek to promote debut album This Is My Blood but theyve axed all their concerts citing personal..... more info

Song, by Toad —  Lungs, Dirt and Dreams is pretty well described by its title actually, and has a kind of thunderously epic quality which constantly kicks back against the kind of defeatism this kind of music tends to evoke. You could easily compare a lot of this to... more info