Making a mistake can sometimes make a masterpiece, and sometimes, it can save a career. That is certainly the case for Pink ...

Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett, one of the founding members of ... After that moment Barrett turned into a true recluse, devoting ...

Maggi Hambling without a cigarette. What is going on? “From the minute I had oil paint in my hands, there’s been a cigarette, ...

However, fans who have taken the time to learn about every era of the famed progressive rock band know that the famed outfit’s origins started with the legendary Syd Barrett. Barrett wasn’t ...

Syd Barrett is to be the subject of a new documentary ... story of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain and many others in music and art whose explosive creative drives often rest on fragile exuberant ...

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...

Art Garden Health Syd's Garden will open in the grounds of Addenbrooke's Hospital in 2018 Addenbrooke's offered them a plot a year ago - and fundraising got under way. Mr Pyle knew Barrett as a ...

‘Syd’ Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge ... He was said to be fond of painting, writing and gardening. Pink Floyd ensured he still got regular royalty payments.

Speaking to the magazine about the records that changed his life, Anderson said that the two albums, both released in 1967, were battling it out for the attention of fans of progressive pop, but it ...

Television Personalities, Guided By Voices, Daniel Johnston, Cleaners From Venus, Comus, Gary Wilson, Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, the Red Crayola, Captain Beefheart ...

Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act. By Walker Mimms ...

The 1969 Gibson Hummingbird Acoustic Guitar that Janis Joplin owned and used to arrange and record her classic anthem, Me and Bobby McGee, highlights a roster of rare screen-worn costumes, outfits ...