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“Ray Davies is the best songwriter we ever had”: Graham Coxon on his influences and why his new album is coming out late
By Beth Simpson published
Castle Park was recorded in 2011

“I will never be able to express my gratitude”: Taylor Swift pays tribute to her parents at Songwriters Hall Of Fame ceremony
By Beth Simpson published
She’s the youngest female to be inducted

“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: The classic Guns N’ Roses ballad inspired by Elton John
By Amit Sharma published
Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

How Linkin Park created their biggest song that has now racked up billions of streams
By Andy Price published
Chester Bennington was a little on the fence as to whether Linkin Park’s most enduring track was strong enough to be on their debut

Producer Mike Stock on the secret sauce in Rick Astley's biggest song and hating being called a 'hit factory'
By Daniel Griffiths published
"It made us sound like a sausage factory – that we were just churning them out – and that couldn't be further from the truth, because we always put the time and the hours and the effort in"

The Unofficial Scotland World Cup song is a tribute to LCD Soundsystem
By Beth Simpson published
JJ Bull is a bedroom musician and journalist

"Too silly to talk about”: Elvis Costello won’t be suing Olivia Rodrigo over supposed plagiarism
By Beth Simpson published
It’s alleged her 2021 track Brutal rips off Pump It Up

Rush’s Geddy Lee, Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci on the guitar genius of Alex Lifeson
By Jonathan Horsley published
Lee explains how Lifeson made the Canadian prog trio greater than the sum of their parts
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