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“I’m curious about this new technology”: Jose González has collaborated with ChatGPT on his new album
But the Swedish singer songwriter has a more nuanced view of AI
We dig into the Blow Monkeys’ AIDS crisis-inspired hit from 1986, with new insight from its writer
The lush Blow Monkeys classic helped propel the band to fame, but its darker subtext was missed by many
Eric Johnson on the $400,000 rig he hardly played, the Dumble that got away, and his masterplan for setting his playing free
The Texan virtuoso discusses inspirations from jazz greats, admits he was too busy practising to join a band, and tells us what we can expect from his career-spanning Texaphonic Tour
“I immediately heard the melody in my head”: How Madonna created a dancefloor classic — with the sample from heaven
An intoxicating mash-up of ’70s disco, ’80s electropop and 2000s club music
“As an English boy at the time, you’re encouraged not to show your emotion”: How the young Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s definitive songs
The band’s first song to pass one billion streams on Spotify
Re-create the sound of the powerful Where’s Your Head At bassline - which Basement Jaxx nabbed from Numan!
Where’s your head at? Because our headspace is deep in Moog territory, as we rebuild a classic Gary Numan bass patch that was famously sampled by Basement Jaxx
Prince’s Purple Rain co-star recalls the moment he had the idea for one of his greatest songs
10 years after his death, Apollonia Kotero is one of many friends and collaborators who’ve been remembering him
“A man walked into the party and I thought, ‘Wow, he’s really vain’”: The No 1 song that propelled Carly Simon to stardom
It also left legions of fans speculating on who it was actually about
