Mike Oldfield was just 19 when he composed his masterwork, Tubular Bells. "I suppose," he later told the Guardian, "I was advanced for my age." Some musicians toil for decades as they work toward ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "When I first began to think of what I should do for my new album, I went on social media and asked the fans for their opinion," ...

“The embellishment of the Coronation dress features delicate garlands of abstract wildflowers from fields and hedgerows: daisy chains, forget-me-nots, celandine and scarlet pimpernel, representing The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do you follow up one of the most innovative debut albums of all time? That was the challenge a young Mike Oldfield found ...

Oldfield once described himself as a ‘sonic mood translator’ because of the way he is able to transfer the essence of a feeling or an emotion and express it in music. Perhaps a key to the popularity ...

Composer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield is an artist like no other. As one of the pioneers of DIY instrumental recording (in which a person overdubs ...

Hi, Mike! How's it going? Good. I've just become a granddad for the first time. Congrats! What's it like to also be the godfather of new age ambient chillout? I don't mind what the category is, as ...

A larger-than-life figure in the unheralded shot put event, Brian Oldfield set the track and field world spinning, literally and figuratively. He elbowed his way onto the world stage with all the ...