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“In my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written
“Up till that point I’d never smoked pot”
How Allan Holdsworth blew Eddie Van Halen's mind and took guitar to a higher plane
We unpack the brilliance of jazz-fusion trailblazer Allan Holdsworth, with some help from Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert and Eddie Van Halen
How OMD recorded one of the best anti-war songs ever made
And it’s pretty much the only song about a nuclear bomb you can get away with playing at a wedding
“Before I even buttoned my pants, it hit me”: How a classic Stax soul anthem was written on the fly
“Sam & Dave had great chemistry together – there was no denying that”
“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a superstar
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”
The inventive music theory of one of Tame Impala’s most dazzling songs
We peer into the inner musical workings of one of Kevin Parker’s finest moments
How to re-create one of the most infectious synth riffs of all time
After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software
The intricate genius and powerful subtext behind a Beatles acoustic gem
At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement
Did an overuse of technology lay behind the creative downfall of Kraftwerk?
They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?
Robben Ford on rearranging John Lennon, iconic collaborations and paying tribute to the great Jeff Beck and amp guru Alexander Dumble
Two Shades Of Blues was conceived as a tribute to Beck and Ford's favourite amp builder, and it finds him exploring the Strat and making his own weather with his Overdrive Special