“There are no mistakes”: What did Miles Davis think of Herbie Hancock?
MIles Davis and Herbie Hancock are two giants of the jazz genre, and back in the 1960s Davis gave Hancock a vital piece of ...
Camara Production: How selling nuts established Mali’s defining record label
Revisiting Camara Production, the independent record label set up in Paris to celebrate releases from a variety of gifted Soninke artists across West Africa.
‘Black Dog’: How Led Zeppelin made their classic riff sound unplayable
Led Zeppelin's 'Black Dog' is widely considered the most complex rock song of all time, but how did the band managed to make something so unplayable?
The regrettable mistake Jimmy Page made on ‘The Song Remains The Same’
As far as concert films go, 'The Song Remains The Same' by Led Zeppelin is pretty embarrassing, with even Jimmy Page himself regretting part of the filming.
The pop song Brian Wilson compared to the breakthrough of Albert Einstein’s ‘Theory of Relativity’
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson likened the impact of one vital pop song to the effect Albert Einstein's breakthrough Theory of ...
The cancelled Halle Berry movie the world wasn’t ready for: “It was ahead of its time”
Halle Berry was fully committed to being a hit until nervous studio pulled the plug on a movie that had the potential to ...
‘Leather and Lace’: The closest Stevie Nicks came to country music
When Waylon Jennings approached Stevie Nicks about creating 'Leather and Lace', she set out to create an emotional song in his style.
Jane Fonda names the worst movie of her career
While Jane Fonda has starred in many great movies, like 'Klute' and 'On Golden Pond', she has also starred in some bad ones, ...
Frank Zappa on the guitarist who plays everything “Van Halen ever dreamed of”
Frank Zappa felt Steve Vai was exceptional when it came to technical mastery as he was able to execute various innovative ...
The controversial song Ozzy Osbourne wrote in honour of AC/DC’s Bon Scott
In a past interview, Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne discussed one of his most controversial songs as a response to the death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott.
The Dare – ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ album review: what’s a blogger to The Dare?
On his debut album, 'What's Wrong With New York?' indie sleaze icon The Dare kicks the world in its teeth with untied laces and bass-driven in-your-face fun.
The saddest songs in Leonard Cohen’s catalogue
Leonard Cohen infused each song he wrote with a sense of unparalleled emotion and poetry. Here are our top picks for the saddest songs in his catalogue.