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![Robben Ford [left] wears a dark suit jacket and v-neck t-shirt as he plays a blonde Telecaster onstage. Photographed in 1975, Joni Mitchell [right] plays her Martin dreadnought live onstage at Wembley Stadium.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VcVHS39qQMWdPw9okeyQx-320-80.jpg)
Robben Ford reveals the Joni Mitchell tone tricks that helped him nail his guitar sound in the studio
By Jonathan Horsley published
Ford has fond memories of touring and recording with the “wonderful” Mitchell, who has a producer knows exactly how she wants a guitar to sound – and how to get the tone

Apparat tells us how he regained his creative demon to make his first album in seven years
By Jim Ottewill published
Producer and composer Apparat reveals the creative process behind the making of his latest record and first in seven years, A Hum of Maybe

How a warped sample and some Anderson .Paak magic helped Ravyn Lenae to create Love Me Not, her viral hit
By Ben Rogerson published
“When I first heard it it reminded me of the feeling I got when I heard Hey Ya!, or when I heard Crazy, by Gnarls Barkley,” she says

“When we go into that song, everything changes. It’s like God walks through the room”: The anthem that drove U2 half mad
By Neil Crossley published
During the making of The Joshua Tree, half of the time was spent on this one track

Geddy Lee on honouring Neil Peart and why he and Alex Lifeson are getting back together as Rush
By Jonathan Horsley published
Rush will to the stage once more to celebrate the life and legacy of the late, great Neil Peart. Lee explains how wellness clinics, fun jams and "unfinished business" made the "R" word easier to say

In an era of loudness, Laufey is flying the flag for "the lost art of dynamics"
By Ben Rogerson published
Her spine-tingling cover of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now suggests she might be onto something

"I've never been interested in it because it's a digital synthesizer": Mike Dean shows off his "crazy rare" vintage PPG Wave
By Matt Mullen published
The super-producer and analogue aficionado praises the "messed up" sound of the PPG Wave 2.3, one of the few digital synths in his extensive collection

“Wu wouldn’t have come to fruition without Power”: Wu Tang Clan mourn their associate Oliver ‘Power’ Grant
By Will Simpson published
Grant was executive producer of their debut album
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