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Bonnie Tyler on the classic song for which she will always be remembered
The popular Welsh singer has died aged 75
Carlos Santana on Miles and McLaughlin, Hendrix and SRV, and his quest for eternal melody
“I wanted my guitar to sound like a female – like the voice of my favourite singers”
The songwriting theory and modest gear behind Kylie Minogue’s 2001 pop gem
The dazzling track heralded the jaw-dropping return of the former pop pixie, yet Can't Get You Out of My Head was cooked up in record time by its writers - and with just one synth!
“I spent hours in the studio on this one song. I probably spent $10,000 trying to get it to work”
“Kirk knew exactly what he liked – he was into Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Schenker”
“He said, ‘There’s this band from America called Guns N’ Roses. We should take them on tour with us’”
“Nothing evil – just a lot of high jinks”
“After Smells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place for bands like us”: The life and death of a hair metal band
Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them
“When he sang the chorus for the first time, I said, ‘No – it sounds ridiculous!’”
“I really thought people would just laugh at us when they heard it”
Do you know that there's a right and wrong way to hold a guitar pick? How to best handle your plectrum while playing
Too tightly? Too loosely? Two fingers or three? What angle? What pressure? Here’s everything every guitarist needs to know for perfect pickin’
