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Give It Away? No – Chili Peppers sell their back catalogue to Warners for $300 million
By Beth Simpson published
Deal is separate to their publishing rights sale of 2021

Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back
By Ben Rogerson published
“It was very basic. It was really a cocktail drum machine, you know, for people that play piano in bars”

Alicia Keys celebrates 25 years of her debut album, which featured a notable cover of a Prince b-side
By Ben Rogerson published
“I’ll just never forget the way that landed on me when I first heard it, because he's playing the piano and he's just stomping his foot on the floor”

“We’re playing with tension and release”: Meet Angine de Poitrine, the polka-dotted alien ambassadors of math rock
By Beth Simpson published
Duo have been playing together for 20 years

Teddy Riley on how he sampled a single bar of a Bill Withers song and turned it into an R&B smash
By Ben Rogerson published
“That's the grits, right there. So I had to turn it into grits and eggs"

“Within a few minutes, we’d sampled our first fart”: The mistakes and choices that made New Order’s Blue Monday
By Beth Simpson published
Still the biggest-selling 12-inch of all time

How the Cranberries bucked '90s trends and made the surprise hit that's become huge once again
By Beth Simpson published
The song has recently been given a boost by TV show Love Story, but as befits its title, it never really went away

Mike D of the Beastie Boys breaks silence with debut solo single, Switch Up
By Beth Simpson published
It was co-produced by his two sons
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