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Mancuso on his blockbuster Steve Vai collaboration – and the crucial advice the guitar icon gave him
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Sicilian guitar maestro wrote the breathtaking Solar Wind to be the most Steve Vai song he could possibly write – and for the man himself to guest on

“The record company said, ‘It’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How Lynyrd Skynyrd created a legendary epic
By Paul Elliott published
"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a superstar
By Neil Crossley published
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

50 years ago this summer Jean-Michel Jarre began making the album that took electronic music global
By Andy Jones published
'Dum da da da dem. Dum da da da dum.' You know the one…

“There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of The Day Before You Came, Abba’s final enigmatic question mark
By Beth Simpson published
It was their final recording for 35 years

“She sang it once. From a vocal standpoint, no one has that much courage”: How Alanis Morissette made You Oughta Know
By Amit Sharma published
"I thought maybe ten people would hear this song,” she said

"Kurt kissed me and said, 'now I don't have to be the only songwriter!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter
By Neil Crossley published
“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

“We could have been as big as Led Zeppelin”: The heavy rock innovators whose drummer was a star before John Bonham
By Andrew Daly published
“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"
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