John Cale is on a formidable hot streak in his 80s. When the Welsh avant-garde legend released Mercy last year, it was his first album in a decade. But he’s already produced another gem with POPtical ...

Music witnessed a revolution in the 1970s, and it was centered in some grungy clubs in lower Manhattan, driven by outcasts ...

With a legendary musical career that spans decades, John Cale is still restlessly creating and collaborating on new music. Who is he? The Welsh musician, producer and avant-garde royalty was one of ...

John Cale is back with a new single, the sultry, groovy “Night Crawling.” The song has Cale recalling his friendship in the early-’70s with David Bowie, and is the first taste of what sounds like a ...

John Cale has announced Mercy, his first album in a decade, which will be out January 20 via Double Six / Domino. He made the album with frequent collaborator Nita Scott and it features many ...

The guiding principle for John Mulaney’s musical guests on his Netflix talk show Everybody’s Live seems to be “why not.” Why not have Kim Gordon and Kim Deal perform together as The Kims? Why not let ...

Cale wanted to talk about language. “Language was both a problem and an inspiration for me,” he said. “I grew up with my mother speaking Welsh, and the rest of my family speaking Welsh.” His father, ...

John Cale has announced his new album Mercy with a video for his new song “Story of Blood,” featuring Weyes Blood. The album features additional contributions from Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, ...

The Velvet Underground founder and Welsh musician will release his next record on June 14 via Double Six/Domino, produced by Cale and longtime partner Nita Scott in Los Angeles. Pre-order/pre-save ...

John Cale, Tony Conrad, Angus MacClise, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (aka Theater of Eternal Music), Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume 1: Day of Niagara (Table of Elements; 2000). John Cale, ...

Leonard Cohen struggled to unlock the potential of "Hallelujah"—it was John Cale who held the key Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” was a complex, nearly indecipherable musical riddle that flummoxed even ...