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“When the music stopped I found myself still playing that riff”: How Tori Amos created the hit song Cornflake Girl
By Neil Crossley published
Its memorable infectious hooks belie a dark lyrical core

The 'secret sauce' that creates Dijon’s distinctive vocal sound isn't what you thought it was
By Ben Rogerson published
"What you're hearing - the 'processing' - you're hearing bleed," says his collaborator Tommy King. "You're literally hearing the entire song coming through"

“They represent rent paid, instruments bought and careers sustained”: PRS has distributed nearly £275 million in 2025
By Will Simpson published
That’s up 4% from last year

“I know how important it was for her”: Donna Summer is inducted posthumously into Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame
By Will Simpson published
Summer co-wrote I Feel Love and her run of 70s hits

Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model
By Ben Rogerson published
She also discusses her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance of a White Stripes song and duetting with The Cure’s Robert Smith at Glastonbury

How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’s 12 to 12
By Ben Rogerson published
“It doesn't matter what bass Wendy plays because it's just always going to sound like Wendy”

"I’m like, ‘That was me!’”: Maya Delilah on what it's like to be a young female guitar player
By Ben Rogerson published
“It is still so male-dominated,” she says of the guitar world

Who run the world? Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter is highest grossing solo tour of the year
By Will Simpson published
But overall Coldplay come out on top
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