“The record company said, ‘It’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How Lynyrd Skynyrd created a legendary epic

By Paul Elliott published 25 May 26

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

“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

By Neil Crossley published 25 May 26

“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

50 years ago this summer Jean-Michel Jarre began making the album that took electronic music global

By Andy Jones published 25 May 26

'Dum da da da dem. Dum da da da dum.' You know the one…

“There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of The Day Before You Came, Abba’s final enigmatic question mark

By Beth Simpson published 24 May 26

It was their final recording for 35 years

“She sang it once. From a vocal standpoint, no one has that much courage”: How Alanis Morissette made You Oughta Know

By Amit Sharma published 24 May 26

"I thought maybe ten people would hear this song,” she said

"Kurt kissed me and said, 'now I don't have to be the only songwriter!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

By Neil Crossley published 24 May 26

“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

“We could have been as big as Led Zeppelin”: The heavy rock innovators whose drummer was a star before John Bonham

By Andrew Daly published 23 May 26

“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"

Neil Diamond on his classic hits and the art of songwriting

By Paul Elliott published 23 May 26

“There’s no great difference between me and Metallica”