Jessy Lanza on the Roland Aerophone, recording in a treehouse and losing a Juno at the airport By Danny Scott published 15 September 23 Meet the Canadian producer adding a strange, techno twist to neo-soul with new album Love Hallucination
Mick Hucknall on the 10 songs that changed his life: “The Beatles changed the way music sounded, but the Stones were the world’s greatest rock band” By Danny Scott published 26 May 23 “I know my musical history,” says The Simply Red frontman, as he discusses new album, Time, and his lost afternoon with Keith Richards
ABC’s Martin Fry on The Lexicon Of Love and the 40th anniversary live recording: “We’re in Tony Visconti’s studio, being produced by Trevor Horn. And David Bowie’s popped in to say hello” By Danny Scott published 19 May 23 Sheffield’s most stylish lead singer looks back on a career-defining record and how it came to be
Joey Santiago on his top 5 Pixies guitar performances: “The only rule we had was to try and get away from the 12-bar blues framework. I love the blues, I love AC/DC, but music is allowed to do different things” By Danny Scott published 21 October 22 “It would have been great to be one of those million-notes-a-second guys like Blackmore or Eddie Van Halen, but I loved how George Harrison could add so much to a song without all the ego stuff”
Alexander O’Neal on being fired by Prince, rising again with Jam & Lewis and his 5 career-defining records By Danny Scott published 12 September 22 “Prince was from another planet. Whatever you can imagine musically and whatever you can imagine creatively, he could do it”
Bruce Hornsby - the 10 albums that changed my life: “Elton John burst into the room wearing a Tina Turner wig” By Danny Scott published 16 March 22 Classic interview: “It’s amazing how much impact one song can have”
Kiefer Sutherland on gigs, playing guitar and 6 songs he fell in love with: “This interview is doing nothing for my reputation, is it?” By Danny Scott published 28 January 22 “We all know the stigma that’s attached to an actor who decides to make music”
Bill Bailey: “I got a tremendous amount of pleasure out of listening to the Buzzcocks or the Clash, but playing the piano gave me the same sort of thrill” By Danny Scott published 9 December 21 The mirth-making multi-instrumentalist takes us on a tour of his musical toolbox
Carl Palmer: “As a kid, I found it easier to play drum solos than I did keeping time” By Danny Scott published 5 November 21 The prog legend picks three drummers and singles that changed his life
Roger Taylor on his 5 favourite Queen drumming songs: “Will we ever do another Queen album? I don’t see why not” By Danny Scott published 29 September 21 “C’mon, let’s face facts, here. Drummers are the most talented, most humble, best-looking members of any band”
Nick Rhodes on his top 5 synths: “I’ve got nothing against digital synths, but I just happen to prefer the real thing” By Danny Scott published 14 June 21 The Duran Duran man and Wendy Bevan discuss their brooding electronic project, Astronomia
Soft Cell’s Dave Ball: “To my mind, Kraftwerk are as influential as The Beatles” By Danny Scott published 4 January 21 The synth-pop veteran on synths, production and keeping things simple
Zero 7: “Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people - they called it background music” By Danny Scott published 10 November 20 “For a while, we just kept asking, ‘Why us? How did we sell this many records?’”
Squeeze’s Chris Difford - 10 albums that changed my life: “C’mon… who wouldn’t want to be in a band like The Who?” By Danny Scott published 22 October 20 “Some people see songwriting as a technical process, constructing a song like an Airfix model. That doesn’t really interest me.”
Nik Kershaw - 10 songs that changed my life: “It suddenly occurred to me that I was listening to the perfect pop record” By Danny Scott published 16 October 20 “The One and Only wasn't written for anything specific… Ches happened to wander by and snapped it up”
Rick Wakeman on his top 5 synths: “I suddenly had an instrument that could give the guitar a run for its money” By Danny Scott published 14 July 20 “Without synths, I wouldn’t have been able to play the music I wanted to play”
Tangerine Dream’s Peter Baumann: “There was no preparation. We just switched on the synths, smoked a joint and made some noise!” By Danny Scott published 1 April 20 The electronic pioneer on the making of the band's classic 'Virgin Years' albums
Gene Simmons: the 10 tracks that blew my mind By Danny Scott published 10 May 17 The God of Thunder on the songs that changed his life forever
UB40's Ali Campbell: my top 10 crucial reggae albums By Danny Scott published 2 December 16 "I guess that's the thing about reggae; it's a never-ending story."
Wolfgang Flür talks Kraftwerk, his youth and debut album By Danny Scott published 6 November 15 Former Kraftwerk percussionist sees himself as a presenter of music rather than a DJ
