<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Artists ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists Tue, 26 May 2026 14:38:12 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “The most exclusive party of the year”: Watch Diplo DJ at his 6 year old son’s kindergarten graduation ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/djs-producers/the-most-exclusive-party-of-the-year-watch-diplo-dj-at-his-6-year-old-sons-kindergarten-graduation Q9vvD4yfQoFpMtdzyNJDAd Tue, 26 May 2026 14:38:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was speechless to see that kind of God-given ability. You never forget something like that”: Kiss frontman Paul Stanley on the 1969 gig that made him realise what it meant to be a rock star ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-was-speechless-to-see-that-kind-of-god-given-ability-you-never-forget-something-like-that-kiss-frontman-paul-stanley-on-the-1969-gig-that-made-him-realise-what-it-meant-to-be-a-rock-star sKQJR94gke475LXQeVNP2Y Tue, 26 May 2026 13:59:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I lost six months of scheduled work... It happened because I was a woman and I’d written pop songs”: Linda Perry calls Billie Joe Armstrong a “pussy” for backtracking on her producing Green Day ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/producers-engineers/i-lost-six-months-of-scheduled-work-it-happened-because-i-was-a-woman-and-id-written-pop-songs-linda-perry-calls-billie-joe-armstrong-a-pussy-for-backtracking-on-her-producing-green-day pQydpf3CzoJXViy5r57FX9 Tue, 26 May 2026 12:11:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all and end-all of everything”: Sonny Rollins has died, aged 95 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-think-when-the-creative-person-ends-he-continues-in-the-next-existence-im-a-person-who-believes-this-life-isnt-the-be-all-and-end-all-of-everything-sonny-rollins-has-died-aged-95 DrZUpxPzcCzVekc923LZ9S Tue, 26 May 2026 11:48:36 +0000 Tue, 26 May 2026 13:55:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every time I sing ‘If everything could feel this real forever’ – and everyone else is singing it in time – that’s pretty powerful”: How Dave Grohl created the cathartic rock anthem that became the Foo Fighters’ signature song ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/every-time-i-sing-if-everything-could-feel-this-real-forever-and-everyone-else-is-singing-it-in-time-thats-pretty-powerful-how-dave-grohl-created-the-cathartic-rock-anthem-that-became-the-foo-fighters-signature-song w4SS2CGKfACoH6yaPMhTMn Tue, 26 May 2026 09:44:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to have the most Steve Vai song possible on the record – but I didn’t want it to be the classic guitar battle”: Matteo Mancuso on his blockbuster Steve Vai collaboration – and the advice the guitar icon gave him ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/matteo-mancuso-on-his-steve-vai-collaboration-solar-wing 6xfknp4HsaJRfDSQQN4FwN Tue, 26 May 2026 09:04:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/when-we-went-to-record-it-the-record-company-said-they-wont-play-that-its-too-long-but-we-said-we-dont-care-how-the-young-lynyrd-skynyrd-turned-a-simple-love-song-into-a-southern-rock-epic meP7pkRr3dB9oKQWZafDXL Mon, 25 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/best-of-musicradar-i-began-writing-a-song-in-my-head-about-the-drudgery-of-being-an-astronaut-an-entire-verse-fell-out-of-my-mind-and-onto-the-page-the-classic-song-that-transformed-elton-john-into-a-global-superstar EuDY2ZZ3DszWhL8TuVx4gc Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “By using Sellotape I could make it play two preset rhythms at the same time, creating cool beats”: 50 years ago this summer, Jean-Michel Jarre began making the album that took electronic music global ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/by-using-sellotape-i-could-make-it-play-two-preset-rhythms-at-the-same-time-creating-cool-beats-50-years-ago-this-summer-jean-michel-jarre-began-making-the-album-that-took-electronic-music-global ff69w2YBxEsedvEeM6PcCn Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was very emotional. There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of Abba’s melancholy parting shot ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/it-was-very-emotional-there-was-a-feeling-that-this-was-the-end-the-mystery-of-the-day-before-you-came-abbas-final-enigmatic-question-mark jPMjYvvzCWyAn9Y3R8EPsJ Sun, 24 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “She sang it once. That was it. That’s the record, that’s the vocals. From a vocal standpoint, no one has that much courage. And of course it was spectacular”: How Alanis Morissette made You Oughta Know – with a little help from two Red Hot Chili Peppers ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/she-sang-it-once-that-was-it-thats-the-record-thats-the-vocals-from-a-vocal-standpoint-no-one-has-that-much-courage-and-of-course-it-was-spectacular-how-alanis-morissette-made-you-oughta-know-with-a-little-help-from-two-red-hot-chili-peppers i6JEEiQGcsMtbnigQKpkZK Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/kurt-was-sitting-in-the-bathtub-with-a-walkman-on-listening-to-the-song-and-when-the-tape-ended-he-kissed-me-and-said-oh-finally-now-i-dont-have-to-be-the-only-songwriter-in-the-band-dave-grohls-evolution-as-a-songwriter uLMxo8TaH7y5pDxd9Quzzb Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If we had stuck together we could have been as big as Led Zeppelin – or at the very least, Deep Purple. We had the stuff!”: The heavy rock innovators whose hard-hitting drummer was a star before John Bonham ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/if-wed-stuck-together-we-could-have-been-as-big-as-led-zeppelin-or-at-the-very-least-deep-purple-we-had-the-stuff-the-heavy-rock-innovators-whose-hard-hitting-drummer-was-a-star-before-john-bonham SEwAMtHr5B6hpvYvP5KuP7 Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was a native American reservation where single men would find comfort in a bottle of very cheap wine called Cracklin’ Rose. That wine became their woman. I had to write a song about that”: Neil Diamond on his classic hits and the art of songwriting ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-was-a-native-american-reservation-where-single-men-would-find-comfort-in-a-bottle-of-very-cheap-wine-called-cracklin-rose-that-wine-became-their-woman-i-had-to-write-a-song-about-that-neil-diamond-on-his-classic-hits-and-the-art-of-songwriting oyfoaSrQKLj9YvVYxF9jkb Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I’m so obsessed with Olivia Rodrigo’s Drop Dead trance bass sound that I remade it in my DAW ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/im-so-obsessed-with-olivia-rodrigos-drop-dead-trance-bass-sound-that-i-remade-it-in-my-daw 5nvqG8Qdyx8G89YNxVPXQJ Sat, 23 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People were like, ‘Lou Reed told me to get this!’ And I was like, ‘That’s nuts!’ I should definitely have that on the box”: Oliver Ackermann on the break-stuff philosophy that makes Death By Audio the world's most radical stompbox brand ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/oliver-ackermann-death-by-audio-a-place-to-bury-strangers WvXr3tcPAPpCTBdccCHKoR Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People have used it as their wedding song. I often think, ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?!’”: The classic number one hit with a sting in its tail ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/people-have-used-it-as-their-wedding-song-i-often-think-hey-did-you-listen-to-the-lyrics-the-classic-number-one-hit-with-a-sting-in-its-tail MWAj8JnwdMiMqnVYNd8HBN Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written: “I just held two notes down… it’s shivery, icy, almost like outer space kind of sound. Glen went crazy and said ‘We have to get that, we gotta put that on the fade’” - The story of Wichita Lineman ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/the-song-bob-dylan-called-the-greatest-ever-written-i-just-held-two-notes-down-its-shivery-icy-almost-like-outer-space-kind-of-sound-glen-went-crazy-and-said-we-have-to-get-that-we-gotta-put-that-on-the-fade-the-story-of-wichita-lineman UBemJznZeqmtp6Q538Yodi Sat, 23 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I told them I was dying and they didn’t believe me. I could tell by the look on my doctor’s face that there was something very, very wrong with me”: Robert Smith on the madness and the magic of The Cure’s early days ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-told-them-i-was-dying-and-they-didnt-believe-me-i-could-tell-by-the-look-on-my-doctors-face-that-there-was-something-very-very-wrong-with-me-robert-smith-on-the-madness-and-the-magic-of-the-cures-early-days PuGGwiUXFavdPB4S28txV6 Fri, 22 May 2026 18:35:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “America’s where all the music we loved came from - rock ‘n’ roll, the blues and the whole thing”: Paul McCartney remembers The Beatles' first US TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show as he closes the final Late Show With Stephen Colbert ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/americas-where-all-the-music-we-loved-came-from-rock-n-roll-the-blues-and-the-whole-thing-paul-mccartney-remembers-the-beatles-first-us-tv-appearance-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-as-he-closes-the-final-late-show-with-stephen-colbert p4NZoWF5sMFPac5ony4ntc Fri, 22 May 2026 16:14:46 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 16:15:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used to think expensive analogue synths were boring, but I learned how to make them exciting”: Olof Dreijer on vintage gear and why he "couldn't do what I do without Ableton" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-used-to-think-expensive-analogue-synths-were-boring-but-i-learned-how-to-make-them-exciting-olof-dreijer-on-vintage-gear-and-why-he-couldnt-do-what-i-do-without-ableton vgRZLkMaCr5JtCuXfvBRUg Fri, 22 May 2026 14:47:01 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 15:03:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I lost my virginity to Talk Show Host... I lost my virginity to the intro of Talk Show Host”: Harry Styles pays a very personal tribute to Thom Yorke as the Radiohead frontman is honoured at the Ivor Novello awards ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/i-lost-my-virginity-to-talk-show-host-i-lost-my-virginity-to-the-intro-of-talk-show-host-harry-styles-pays-a-very-personal-tribute-to-thom-yorke-as-the-radiohead-frontman-is-honoured-at-the-ivor-novello-awards Dn3iBRP8iRT32mrWkSefp3 Fri, 22 May 2026 14:02:14 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 14:11:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Honestly, this song, The Cure, has nothing to do with the band, The Cure”: Olivia Rodrigo gives the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking about her new single ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/honestly-this-song-the-cure-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-band-the-cure-olivia-rodrigo-gives-the-answer-to-the-question-that-everyones-been-asking-about-her-new-single XBqHHeEhLXPXDa2WMZtqsg Fri, 22 May 2026 12:36:52 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 12:43:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there…”: How Bob Dylan confronted his own mortality in a hauntingly beautiful song – and re-established himself as an artist of real creative relevance ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/its-not-dark-yet-but-its-gettin-there-how-bob-dylan-confronted-his-own-mortality-and-re-established-himself-as-an-artist-of-real-creative-relevance 4wtYdyhyRcGFXnueo5FuDZ Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quizzy Gillespie: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #7! ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/quizzy-gillespie-its-musicradars-quiz-of-the-week-7 seMoFx7cPHU378Toie5y3a Fri, 22 May 2026 10:31:03 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 10:35:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just shut up and didn’t talk and did whatever Brian told me to do”: Bruce Johnston and the surviving Beach Boys talk about the making of Pet Sounds ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/i-just-shut-up-and-didnt-talk-and-did-whatever-brian-told-me-to-do-bruce-johnston-and-the-surviving-beach-boys-talk-about-the-making-of-pet-sounds BpEgKPYVcWPsugLv3mFAdn Fri, 22 May 2026 08:12:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Khemmis just made one of the best heavy metal records of the year using a $28 plastic fuzz pedal ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/khemmis-just-made-one-of-the-heavy-metal-records-of-the-using-28-usd-plastic-fuzz-pedal qTuQVTpdYhdeuasB6nFVzN Thu, 21 May 2026 18:05:30 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 22:22:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can’t make music in a test tube and do math. There has to be spontaneity with a little planning and a lot of mistakes”: How Tool created enigmatic, brain-bursting alternative rock with a late-’90s masterpiece ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/you-cant-make-music-in-a-test-tube-and-do-math-there-has-to-be-spontaneity-with-a-little-planning-and-a-lot-of-mistakes-how-tool-created-enigmatic-brain-bursting-alternative-rock-with-a-late-90s-masterpiece eLfLjb4GWH4KMqYVpeQqN7 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:16:01 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 08:48:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Inclusion is not charity and it is not political correctness. It is good leadership, good culture and good business”: Blind record producer to take legal action against the artist management firm he co-founded ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/producers-engineers/inclusion-is-not-charity-and-it-is-not-political-correctness-it-is-good-leadership-good-culture-and-good-business-blind-record-producer-to-take-legal-action-against-the-artist-management-firm-he-co-founded x5vgNXjkaUd4DEjCmf7jGe Thu, 21 May 2026 16:09:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People are rejecting the algorithm. They want to think and feel. They don’t want to be fed things”: Geese’s record label dismisses the suggestion that their success was contrived amid 'psyop' drama ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/people-are-rejecting-the-algorithm-they-want-to-think-and-feel-they-dont-want-to-be-fed-things-geeses-record-label-dismisses-the-suggestion-that-their-success-was-contrived-amid-psyop-drama jzudJcEseazgBsozN4JrqS Thu, 21 May 2026 14:45:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s mad, the splits now - the major labels own your masters. They want 88% and that's standard across the board. So every act who signs to a major is not making money": We talk the modern music industry with Dea Matrona ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/its-mad-the-splits-now-the-major-labels-own-your-masters-they-want-88-percent-and-thats-standard-across-the-board-so-every-act-who-signs-to-a-major-is-not-making-money-we-talk-the-modern-music-industry-with-dea-matrona 5BkXtbn8UA4H9SEvF9AL2E Thu, 21 May 2026 12:23:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love Stevie. But when that happened, the angels left the building. It was really over”: Stevie Wonder’s '70s synth guru Robert Margouleff remembers the moment he knew their partnership was over, and explains the problem with today’s music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/we-never-used-click-tracks-if-you-listen-to-superstition-youll-hear-it-speeds-up-and-slows-down-that-imperfection-is-what-made-the-music-compelling-stevie-wonders-70s-synth-guru-on-whats-wrong-with-todays-music-and-why-their-partnership-ended HrGZuPKBDb5vpdkDAGNAE6 Thu, 21 May 2026 11:19:34 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 11:24:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bowie’s literally three feet away, then the hairs on the back of my neck went up and I was like, this is insane – how does this happen?”: David Torn tells us about the time David Bowie's genius was on full display in the studio ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bowies-literally-three-feet-away-then-the-hairs-on-the-back-of-my-neck-went-up-and-i-was-like-this-is-insane-how-does-this-happen-david-torn-tells-us-about-the-time-david-bowies-genius-was-on-full-display-in-the-studio 73AGuFN3eRrKGTV38GfTGT Wed, 20 May 2026 15:20:53 +0000 Tue, 26 May 2026 15:36:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a unique Moog synth that looks nothing like the rest of their line-up – that’s where our name comes from!”: Jump Source on rare Moogs, closet studios and why the best gear “has to have character” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/its-a-unique-moog-synth-that-looks-nothing-like-the-rest-of-their-line-up-thats-where-our-name-comes-from-jump-source-on-rare-moogs-closet-studios-and-why-the-best-gear-has-to-have-character rAYY9FQ7m35UVG5FBWJcFc Wed, 20 May 2026 15:20:35 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made”: Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/its-my-favourite-song-on-the-album-and-one-of-my-favourite-songs-ive-ever-made-olivia-rodrigo-prepares-to-administer-the-cure-but-is-it-about-robert-smith-or-something-else MVprh5qAfXaN7JyHj9vTqg Wed, 20 May 2026 12:06:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm a kid of the '80s, so The Smiths were right there for me. That might explain the Radiohead phenomenon – if we’re going to exorcise this darkness we’re going to go really dark”: Ed O’Brien explores the relationship between music and mental well-being ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/im-a-kid-of-the-80s-so-the-smiths-were-right-there-for-me-that-might-explain-the-radiohead-phenomenon-if-were-going-to-exorcise-this-darkness-were-going-to-go-really-dark-ed-obrien-explores-the-relationship-between-music-and-mental-well-being XgF8fUH9EoYabDL3RJJnPf Wed, 20 May 2026 11:29:49 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 16:50:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s our Stairway To Heaven, our Hotel California. It’s a song that we’re never going to able to duplicate”: The No 1 rock anthem inspired by a “nasty” breakup – written by a singer who dreamed of being in Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/its-our-stairway-to-heaven-our-hotel-california-its-a-song-that-were-never-going-to-able-to-duplicate-the-no-1-rock-anthem-inspired-by-a-nasty-breakup-written-by-a-singer-who-dreamed-of-being-in-metallica DT5UELL83eN83uFTLuvhyE Wed, 20 May 2026 11:12:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They said ‘That’s not the one. The one’s here’. And I was like ‘That’s not my one’”: Dave Grohl recalls the time Nine Inch Nails laughed at him ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/they-said-thats-not-the-one-the-ones-here-and-i-was-like-thats-not-my-one-dave-grohl-recalls-the-time-nine-inch-nails-laughed-at-him XiktFCDko7j2d99x5Feywh Wed, 20 May 2026 11:04:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For all the guitar people out there who look at me as not an electric player, don’t let the person behind the guitar fool you”: PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone for all occasions ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/prs-se-ed-sheeran-hollowbody-piezo-baritone-se-lineup-updates ioGyPGvPKYoPiZauGPHAsP Tue, 19 May 2026 19:15:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Put Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter back in the 1980s and they couldn’t have got arrested": Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley songwriter/producer Mike Stock says that modern pop stars would have struggled to make an impact back in the day ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/put-taylor-swift-or-sabrina-carpenter-back-in-the-1980s-and-they-couldnt-have-got-arrested-kylie-minogue-and-rick-astley-songwriter-producer-mike-stock-says-that-modern-pop-stars-would-have-struggled-to-make-an-impact-back-in-the-day 9jskMCRtV7ywiaRYzvQxTe Tue, 19 May 2026 16:42:52 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 16:46:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Misha Mansoor’s Evertune-equipped 8-string Juggernaut is here and it might be the heaviest signature guitar Jackson has ever made ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/misha-mansoor-jackson-pro-plus-juggernaut-8-string-with-evertune CTxVssF9GafxmSDwofhf4m Tue, 19 May 2026 16:19:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everyone's using the same plugins – if your stuff sounds unique, it’s going to give you an edge”: Carlos de la Garza on the new Death Cab For Cutie project and why drummers make the best producers ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/everyones-using-the-same-plugins-if-your-stuff-sounds-unique-its-going-to-give-you-an-edge-carlos-de-la-garza-on-software-the-new-death-cab-for-cutie-project-and-why-drummers-make-the-best-producers v6x2jVx44tLBjzYhxgUGFD Tue, 19 May 2026 15:50:44 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 15:56:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Black Album, Sad But True – the really bright ‘90s large like a motorcycle metal kind of sound – that came from, or might have been inspired by, Livin’ on a Prayer”: Charlie Puth joins the dots between Metallica, Bon Jovi… and Phil Collins ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/the-black-album-sad-but-true-the-really-bright-90s-large-like-a-motorcycle-metal-kind-of-sound-that-came-from-or-might-have-been-inspired-by-livin-on-a-prayer-charlie-puth-joins-the-dots-between-metallica-bon-jovi-and-phil-collins Mo24P6prWzA8fR53Me6EeR Tue, 19 May 2026 12:04:38 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 13:17:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We have a vision that’s going to take us through multiple albums”: Meet Saint Clair - the artful four-piece that sound like a collision of Radiohead and Pixies ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/we-have-a-vision-thats-going-to-take-us-through-multiple-albums-meet-saint-clair-the-artful-four-piece-that-sound-like-a-collision-of-radiohead-and-pixies FBPzMbqxDANiBymUSSihRd Tue, 19 May 2026 11:48:56 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 13:46:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A barometer is if I wouldn’t say it out loud, then I probably wouldn’t use it as a lyric”: How Olivia Dean’s joyous breakthrough song was crafted ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/a-barometer-is-if-i-wouldnt-say-it-out-loud-then-i-probably-wouldnt-use-it-as-a-lyric-how-olivia-deans-joyous-breakthrough-song-was-crafted FBWuHnfb3tcEY2zavsZ7rh Tue, 19 May 2026 09:55:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Mutt definitely had a signature style of working. On my records, Mutt and I did all the background vocals together; with a band like Def Leppard, he was almost like the other member”: Shania Twain discusses producer Mutt Lange's unique hit-making prowess ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/mutt-definitely-had-a-signature-style-of-working-on-my-records-mutt-and-i-did-all-the-background-vocals-together-with-a-band-like-def-leppard-he-was-almost-like-the-other-member-shania-twain-discusses-producer-mutt-langes-unique-hit-making-prowess iYPAGxwVfzbMRYmsUBrPKL Mon, 18 May 2026 18:35:58 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger. It’s not a song I would have written. It points itself at Roger”: The classic track from The Dark Side Of The Moon that gave Pink Floyd their first US hit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/just-the-quirky-7-8-time-reminds-me-of-roger-its-not-a-song-i-would-have-written-it-points-itself-at-roger-the-classic-track-from-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-that-gave-pink-floyd-their-first-us-hit dQ8DuSh3fjbu9tm8StFRac Mon, 18 May 2026 17:54:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Rick put me on the spot. He said, ‘So, this is a Les Paul.’ I was like, ‘I know.’ Then he went, ‘Okay, and this is a Marshall…’”: Why The Cult scrapped an entire album and re-recorded it with Rick Rubin ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/rick-put-me-on-the-spot-he-said-so-this-is-a-les-paul-i-was-like-i-know-then-he-went-okay-and-this-is-a-marshall-why-the-cult-scrapped-an-entire-album-and-re-recorded-it-with-rick-rubin GPTmLdbU3gDYCCHSEG8xK3 Mon, 18 May 2026 11:53:03 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 12:53:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Having the right microphone is so important to me. It has that warm, crisp and classic sound that I love”: Olivia Dean sings the praises of the affordable live vocal mic that’s still going strong after 60 years ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/having-the-right-microphone-is-so-important-to-me-it-has-that-warm-crisp-and-classic-sound-that-i-love-olivia-dean-sings-the-praises-of-the-affordable-live-vocal-mic-thats-still-going-strong-after-60-years si5RVrEz7RkobsFbMV5TFd Mon, 18 May 2026 11:08:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the record that changed our lives. The record that won us freedom of creative expression”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee recalls how the band's 1976 prog classic 2112 transformed their fortunes ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/geddy-lee-on-the-making-of-2112 xM8K7TwahJ56DDGcdi2vNE Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000