Music Aug 25, 2021
Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones' beat maker for almost six decades, dies at 80
by Kate Holton
Music's biggest legends remember Charlie Watts, who provided the heartbeat for the Rolling Stones in terms of both music and spirit.
Music Mar 12, 2003
by Irma Nunez
When a band has entered its fifth decade and its name is virtually synonymous with rock 'n' roll, it needs no introduction. The Rolling Stones are the Stones. And "Forty Licks," released this year to mark the band's 40th anniversary, is simply a collection ...
Music Mar 12, 2003
Charlie Watts: The beat goes (40 years) on
by Harry De Jong
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, 61, has sunk into a deep leather chair in a huge hotel room in Toronto. In the corner hundreds of jazz CDs cover the walls. The table is strewn with old snapshots. Watts coughs and straightens his brown jacket. The ...
Music Nov 4, 2001
Charlie Watts Tentet: Nothing but a jazz thing
by Michael Pronko
In the 1960s, The Rolling Stones led the way in forging a rougher, rootsier style of rock out of R&B, '50s rock 'n' roll and Chicago blues. As the band's drummer, Charlie Watts helped set a new standard of rhythmic structure for rock, and ...