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Rick Astley: ‘I’m boring away from the spotlight – that’s why my life works’

The singer, 58, on why he likes being boring, isn’t afraid of getting his hands dirty and how the internet gave his most famous song a new lease of life

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

"I know me and I know my playing... and then there's Rain": The Beatles' greatest b-side was ahead of its time, but it also exposed a difference of perspective between Lennon and McCartney

Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future

MusicRadar · Apr 27, 2024

“When I recorded with Jason Becker, he was still able to speak… he articulated exactly what he wanted, down to every pinch harmonic, vibrato and out-of-tune note”: Shrapnel veteran Michael Lee Firkins reflects on the final days of shred

The former Shrapnel star discusses bringing bluesgrass to shred, working with the great Jason Becker and his pivotal role in establishing the Yamaha Pacifica

Guitar World · Apr 27, 2024

“Sometimes I make the bassline too complex and too noodly, but Thom is good at putting the brakes on that”: How Colin Greenwood came up with his deceptive stop-start bassline on Radiohead’s Airbag

Colin Greenwood’s bassline drives the opener of Radiohead’s OK Computer, even though it contains more rests than licks

Guitar World · Apr 27, 2024

“Substantial pleasures… even if they arguably venture too far into prog indulgence”: Renaissance’s 2024 reissue of Tuscany, featuring live Japan set

Classic line-up’s 2001 reunion album is enhanced with the inclusion of In The Land Of The Rising Sun

Louder · Apr 27, 2024

“Trent would play it in the car and we’d drive round New Orleans”: Nine Inch Nails producer Alan Moulder on the record that reminds him of making The Fragile

Moulder recalls the pair listening to a lot of hip-hop for inspiration when making Nine Inch Nails' third album

Louder · Apr 27, 2024

New in Latin Music: New material from Belinda, Bad Bunny, Fonsi, Laura Pausini, Nicki Nicole, Annita...

Montaner, Mau y Ricky, Elena Rose, Jesse y Joy, Jorge Drexler, Kenia OS and Jhay Wheeler also have premieres this week

Latin Times · Apr 27, 2024

“It takes me into the condition that I like best of all, to be the hunter, the student, the geek”: Robert Plant on the record he likes to start his day with

The ex-Led Zep icon has a compilation that takes him back to early blues trailblazers

Louder · Apr 27, 2024

Il Divo celebrate 20 years: 'It started as a musical experiment but audiences kept responding'

EXCLUSIVE The classical crossover progenitors reflect on their two-decade success: ‘We don’t get Grammys, we don’t know Taylor Swift. You go to an Il Divo concert to feel the passion and to connect to your soul’

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2024

“Vim and vigour fizz… energy levels are cranked up compared to the studio versions”: Transatlantic’s two-night Live At Morsefest 2022

Seemingly without the use of oxygen tents, the supergroup risk exhausting the listener with The Whirdwind, The Absolute Universe and a selection of crowdpleasers

Louder · Apr 27, 2024