NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason about the band's epic album "Wish You Were Here" as it's reissued 50 years after its release.

A stunning 50th anniversary edition of Wish You Were Here is filled with heroes and ghosts, as well as demos, outtakes, and ...

The aurora borealis appeared to have made its way south, manifesting inside the Royal Albert Hall for the first of a week of concerts by veteran guitar hero David Gilmour. The lighting display was as ...

You might think that you’re burned out on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here from classic rock radio and beginner guitarists. I certainly ran my cassette copy of the album into the ground in my teenage ...

Some classic rock guitarists are known as much for their instruments as they are for their music. David Gilmour and his Fender Stratocasters fall into that category. The Pink Floyd guitarist amassed a ...

Can a band as big and legendary as Pink Floyd truly have tracks that are considered underrated? Maybe not. Still, the following five songs don’t get as much love as this prog-rock outfit’s biggest ...

Any look back at Pink Floyd‘s longest songs ends up as something of a love letter to the lost musical partnership of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, the latter of whom died in 2008. Pink Floyd’s ...

They made a legitimate claim to the classic rock throne in the 1970s, but Pink Floyd’s discography spanned decades. Many listeners misunderstood their biggest hit, and while the songs might be open to ...

Scientists recently recreated Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)" using patients' neural activity. The researchers analyzed the implanted electrodes in the brains of 29 epilepsy patients ...

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