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Luke Edwards

Luke is a freelance music journalist and the founder of the British Music History YouTube channel and website. Formerly Head Of Music at De Montfort University’s student radio station, Demon FM, he has been sharing his passion for music for many years, writing for numerous online publications ever since contributing to the NME Student Guide in 2008. While much of his career has been spent working as a professional marketer and content-marketing strategist, his long-term goal is to use his writing as a springboard to establishing himself as a music historian.

Articles by Luke Edwards

Best Guitar Solos: 40 Face-Melting Fretwork Performances

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Best Guitar Solos: 40 Face-Melting Fretwork Performances

From rip-roaring metal bends to soul-stirring vibrato, the best guitar solos push guitarists to the edge with earth-shattering consequences.

‘Radio-Activity’: How Kraftwerk Went Nuclear With Their Fifth Album

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‘Radio-Activity’: How Kraftwerk Went Nuclear With Their Fifth Album

Veering off the autobahn, Kraftwerk’s ‘Radio-Activity’ album turned their electro-pop dial to radio communication and nuclear power.

Best Yes Songs: 20 Prog-Rock Classics You Can’t Refuse

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Best Yes Songs: 20 Prog-Rock Classics You Can’t Refuse

From prog-rock masterworks to art-pop reinvention, the best Yes songs prove why the virtuoso British legends are so genre-defyingly original.

Best Bruno Mars Songs: 20 Hits From The Uptown Funk Master

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Best Bruno Mars Songs: 20 Hits From The Uptown Funk Master

From retro-soul party anthems to come-to-bed ballads, the best Bruno Mars songs prove he’s a master of crafting unbeatably catchy pop hits.

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah): Chic’s Debut Disco Detonator

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Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah): Chic’s Debut Disco Detonator

A pure blast of floor-filling panache, Chic’s debut single, Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), subverted disco’s escapism.

‘The 2nd Law’: Behind Muse’s Thermodynamic Sixth Album

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‘The 2nd Law’: Behind Muse’s Thermodynamic Sixth Album

Amid the gloom of the banking crisis and the jubilation of the London 2012 Olympics, Muse’s sixth album, ‘The 2nd Law’, saw them go for gold.

Best 2000s Music Videos: 20 Promo Clips That Defined The Noughties

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Best 2000s Music Videos: 20 Promo Clips That Defined The Noughties

From newfangled CGI to jaw-dropping choreography, the best 2000s music videos broke new ground and helped usher in the viral video era.

‘Photograph’: How Nickelback’s Signature Ballad Became A Classic Meme

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‘Photograph’: How Nickelback’s Signature Ballad Became A Classic Meme

As a nostalgic ode to their hometown, Photograph became one of Nickelback’s biggest songs and birthed an internet sensation.

Why Liam Gallagher Is The Last True Rock’n’Roll Frontman

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Why Liam Gallagher Is The Last True Rock’n’Roll Frontman

The voice of a generation fronting Britpop legends Oasis, Liam Gallagher’s solo comeback proves why he’s one of the last great rock icons.

Disco Freakout: How Nile Rodgers And Chic Brought Funk To The Masses

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Disco Freakout: How Nile Rodgers And Chic Brought Funk To The Masses

Chic’s funky, upbeat music went beyond the dancefloor, bringing disco to the mainstream and leaving an influential legacy on pop culture.