David Gilmour has always worked hard to keep the memory of his Pink Floyd predecessor, Syd Barrett, alive. Most recently, he paid tribute by covering two tracks by Barrett on a family livestream. Over ...

A love of Syd Barrett's music was actually one of the few things that the always-fractious Reid brothers agreed upon during their teenage years. And, in a roundabout fashion, it was this shared ...

Exploring comments made by Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour about 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Wish You Were Here', which he says ...

Mason, who last year launched his new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets with the aim of celebrating that early material, recently picked his favorite Barrett tracks for Rolling Stone. He chose ...

Nick Mason recalls the making of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here and the shocking moment when Syd Barrett unexpectedly ...

This is such a great drum track in an interesting time signature. I also think it’s got a great science fiction vibe to it. It’s interstellar, but it’s also a bit more astrology. And then there’s a ...

You will no doubt have read the obituaries for Syd Barrett, who died of cancer on July 7 2006. You will have read about how he was the original guiding light of Pink Floyd, who wrote, sang and played ...

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...

(CBS) Syd Barrett died five years ago on July 7. You may recognize his name as the guy Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters is always droning on about or the guy whose songs you skip when listening to ...

In January 1968, the members of Pink Floyd were on their way to a show in Southampton, England. One of them asked if they should divert to collect Syd Barrett. Another replied, “No, let’s not.” With ...