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Scott Walker: Brother beyond

5103 days ago
Guardian Music — He made his name as a crooner with the Walker Brothers, then disappeared. Back with a new avant-garde album, Scott Walker says the darkness has always been thereWhatever happened to the great 20th-century crooner Scott Walker? Simple really. He di... more info

No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker, edited by Rob Young - review

5222 days ago
Guardian Music — Brian Dillon on Scott Walker's manic pop stardom and long vanishing actHas there been a pop singer more flagrantly reticent than Scott Walker? Summon the YouTube spectre of him in his 1960s pomp and you'll discover a performer seemingly cold-stored a... more info

Old music: Scott Walker – The World's Strongest Man

5300 days ago
Guardian Music — Scott 4 didn't chart, but it showed Scott Walker at his warmest and most gentle Scott Walker is the recluse's recluse – a singer and writer who went from teenage heartthrob with incredible hair to tortured soul in the space of four eponymous albums... more info

John Walker - Walker Family To Release Memorial Song

5301 days ago
ContactMusic — Relatives of The Walker Brothers star John Walker are to mark the first anniversary of his death by releasing a free memorial single The singers widow Cynthia Maus and his sister Judy Hoyt drafted in producer Michael James to remix Walkers 2007 track... more info

Readers recommend: songs about last night – results

5377 days ago
Guardian Music — It's the morning after so if you're not feeling too delicate, let's replay your favourite songs about last nightLast week we asked for your favourite songs about last night. Remember last night? Sometimes events seem a little hazy, for whatever reaso... more info

My favourite album: Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker

5551 days ago
Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Bob Stanley celebrates the godlike genius of Scott WalkerWhen this album was released in 1981, Scott Walker's solo career had almost be... more info

New band of the day – No 1,087: Spectrals

5566 days ago
Guardian Music — Louis Oliver Jones might be a 21-year-old lad from Leeds, but his music is totally in hock to American garage rockHometown: Heckmondwick.The lineup: Louis Oliver Jones (vocals, instruments), Will Jones (drums).The background: We realise that rock'n'r... more info

John Walker - John Walker Passes Away After Battle With Cancer

5667 days ago
ContactMusic — John Walker, the American musician and co-founder of 60's band The Walker Brothers, has died aged 67. John Walker passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday (7th April 2011) following his battle with liver cancer, according to his official... more info

John Walker obituary

5667 days ago
Guardian Music — Singer with the Walker Brothers, one of the most popular bands of the 1960sWhile British groups were conquering the American pop charts in the mid-1960s, the American-born Walker Brothers were a three-man invasion of Britain. They were one of the mos... more info

John Walker Dies

5667 days ago
People.com — The Walker Brothers' frontman was 67 and diagnosed with liver cancer last December more info

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