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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

‘Stars’: The Album That Wrote Simply Red’s Name In The Firmament

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‘Stars’: The Album That Wrote Simply Red’s Name In The Firmament

With Simply Red’s ‘Stars’, Mick Hucknall harnessed the personal, emotional and political to create one of the best pop albums of the 90s.

Best 70s Albums: 20 Game-Changing Records Of The Decade

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Best 70s Albums: 20 Game-Changing Records Of The Decade

From fearless folk outings to hard-rock missives, the best 70s albums rescued the decade with a courageous ear and a progressive ambition.

+: Why Ed Sheeran’s Debut Album Was More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

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+: Why Ed Sheeran’s Debut Album Was More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

With his debut album, ‘+’, Ed Sheeran’s era-defining blend of folk-pop balladry and acoustic rap instantly turned him into a British icon.

Best New Romantic Bands: 10 Dandies Who Gave 80s Pop A Makeover

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Best New Romantic Bands: 10 Dandies Who Gave 80s Pop A Makeover

Dressing outrageously and invading the charts, the best New Romantic bands dragged British pop out of the doldrums and into a golden era.

You Need Me, I Don’t Need You: How Ed Sheeran Went Viral

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You Need Me, I Don’t Need You: How Ed Sheeran Went Viral

A caustic burst of pop-rap, You Need Me, I Don’t Need You saw Ed Sheeran vent his frustrations to leap from the loop pedal to a record deal.

Best Robert Plant Solo Songs: 20 Essential Post-Led Zeppelin Tracks

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Best Robert Plant Solo Songs: 20 Essential Post-Led Zeppelin Tracks

From soft-rock hits to folk balladry, the best Robert Plant solo songs reveal what happened when the Led Zeppelin frontman started over.

Songs Ed Sheeran Wrote For Other Artists: 10 Hits That May Surprise You

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Songs Ed Sheeran Wrote For Other Artists: 10 Hits That May Surprise You

With a canny ear for radio-friendly pop melodies, the songs Ed Sheeran wrote for other artists show a flair for chart dominance.

Best Jethro Tull Songs: 10 Flute-Totingly Flamboyant Prog Rock Classics

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Best Jethro Tull Songs: 10 Flute-Totingly Flamboyant Prog Rock Classics

From folky freakouts to feats of sonic daring, the best Jethro Tull songs crowned the group the court jesters of the prog rock scene.

Best Ed Sheeran Songs: 20 Great Tracks From The Folk-Pop Sensation

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Best Ed Sheeran Songs: 20 Great Tracks From The Folk-Pop Sensation

From acoustic folk-pop to rapid-fire wordplay, the best Ed Sheeran songs show why he is one of the world’s finest singer-songwriters.

Best Guitarists Of All Time: 20 Iconic Players Who Electrified The World

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Best Guitarists Of All Time: 20 Iconic Players Who Electrified The World

With fearlessly inventive fills and riotous riffage, the best guitarists of all time tore up the stage and created a rock’n’roll ruckus.