Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of the feature documentary film “Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart,” confirmed Reed’s death today to USA Today. Reed had a liver transplant in May ...

Friends, rivals, and collaborators, Bowie respected Reed not just as a great songwriter, but as an ambassador for a very specific version of New York City.

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential noise-rock band that was a commercial bomb but has since become one of rock’s most important groups.

that would have been more than enough for inclusion into the rock ‘n’ roll pantheon. His Animal Serenade captures a concert at the Wiltern in 2003 but the last time I saw Lou Reed perform in L ...

Lou Reed grew up in Long Island, New York. During his teens, he received electroshock treatment for depression, and would later cite the experience as damaging and transformative. He formed the ...