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“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom
By Neil Crossley published
And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica

“I hired all the musicians and the engineers, and pretty much made the record”: Patrick Leonard on Madonna’s Like a Prayer
By Ben Rogerson published
"I haven’t listened to anybody’s records… I haven’t listened to any new music in almost 30 years," he says

“She's redefining what songwriting can be": Rosalia to be honoured at the Ivor Novello Awards in May
By Beth Simpson published
She’s International Songwriter Of The Year

PinkPantheress on her lightbulb MIDI keyboard moment, and her whirlwind music production journey
By Ben Rogerson published
"It's sampling, but in terms of what I was doing, I was being quite low-lift with it,” she says of her early music-making efforts

"The greatest recording ever made”: Jack Antonoff on the crazy genius of his favourite Beatles song
By Ben Rogerson published
"There's nothing like it. There never has or never will be.”

“He thought someone was winding him up": How Rod Temperton ended up writing songs for Michael Jackson
By Ben Rogerson last updated
Barry Blue recalls the moment Temperton got the call to go and work on the album that would become Off The Wall

Billie Eilish explains why her brother Finneas had become a "Rapunzel" figure in her touring band
By Ben Rogerson published
“Finneas and I thought it would be an underrated song. It was one of my favorites, but I was like, ‘This isn’t gonna be the hit"

Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice and likeness in a bid to shake off the bots and protect her big reputation
By Beth Simpson published
There will be no unauthorised Life of AI Showgirl, it seems
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