The guitarist recalls creating a song that helped his Newcastle-based band reboot the UK indie-rock scene in the post-Britpop years...
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The go-to bass player for Prince, Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck is now going it alone as a solo artist...
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The American singer-songwriter recounts the inspiration and creation of her most widely recognised song, which she still sings at 67...
The masters of pyrotechnic electro noise break down their unique way of working and the benefits of being a duo...
We choose to revel in the big-chorused glory of mid-90s British pop music, with some of the era’s defining players...
One half of the American country music duo reveals how he has transformed himself into a songwriter of prolific capacity...
The founding member of both The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash reveals all about his new album and group...
Learn about one of the 90s’ biggest pop smashes and the highest charting debut single by a female solo act...
Inspired by his dad’s love of cars, The Darkness frontman hit the overdrive button to launch his rock band’s career...
With influences stretching back to the Ottoman Empire, we just had to learn a little more about this Oxford group...
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