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“I didn't want to record a famous Jaco song, but Gil Goldstein found this tape for me – it was Jaco playing piano”: How Richard Bona found a rare Pastorius tune for his Brazilian-inspired solo album

Bass worshippers will need to listen between the layers to catch the bottom-end brilliance of Bona’s Jaco tribute

Guitar World

"Lorde's version is more in tune with the lyrics than our version": Tears For Fears' Curt Smith on his favourite covers of the band's songs

The 80s titans have been treated to renditions of their tracks by Lorde, Gary Jules, Foals, Kanye, Drake and more

Louder

"He warned me, 'You've got to be careful to avoid being pigeonholed'": The The's Matt Johnson on the time he went to dinner with Leonard Cohen

The godfather of gloom told the This Is The Day singer he was annoyed with being called things like the godfather of gloom

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Soul singer Jalen Ngonda: ‘I don’t want to write something I can’t feel’

The Maryland-born, Liverpool-based soul artist is attracting a huge fanbase thanks to his extraordinary voice and sepia-tinged soul sound. He speaks to Roisin O’Connor about falling in love with The Temptations, the looming US election, and how his family discovered his once-hidden talent

The Independent UK

Cold Chisel review: superhuman vocals from Jimmy Barnes anchor immortal songs in triumphant tour opener

Group fires up chilly night before 10,000-strong crowd with blistering 24-song set that exemplifies their decades as a fixture on Australia’s rock’n’roll landscape

The Guardian - AU

Leon Bridges: Leon review – deliciously soulful confection with added country

(Columbia)The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless

The Guardian - UK

“The last time I saw Dimebag Darrell, he hands a bottle of JD over, I take a huge pull off it and throw up. I think I told him I loved him”: Why Nickelback are the rock band all other rock bands secretly wish they were

In 2005, Nickelback were already one of the biggest rock bands in the world – and All The Right Reasons was about to make them even bigger

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Elton John: Never Too Late — release date, trailer, what happens, interview and everything you need to know

Elton John: Never Too Late is a Disney Plus documentary made by Elton's husband David Furnish that shows the singer's life, career and final concert.

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Daniel O’Donnell looks back: ‘In the 80s and 90s, when pop was experimental, some considered my music from a bygone age’

The Irish singer on growing up in Donegal, his father’s early death, and why he still enjoys meeting his fans

The Guardian - UK

“I was just looking for a story to tell the grandkids. It was Flea who said that I might get the gig”: Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery recalls his 2003 audition for Metallica

After surviving Jane’s Addiction and touring with Alanis Morissette, Eric Avery was granted an audition with metal giants Metallica

Guitar World

“It was like that scene in The Fast Show, the MD, cigar in mouth, going ‘Come on guys, impress me’.”: Shed Seven’s Rick Witter on how the Britpop veterans made their make-or-break hit Going For Gold

Shed Seven's Rick Witter on how their anthemic hit Going For Gold came together

Louder

Justin Bieber’s bodyguards ‘checked his pulse’ every night following drug use

Justin Bieber has revealed he was addicted to drugs and his security team used to check his pulse every night.

Evening Standard

“It mentions drugs and boozing and social comment and listening to tunes, what more do you want?”: Noel Gallagher on the making of Oasis’s classic anthem Cigarettes & Alcohol

The fourth single from Definitely Maybe came out 30 years ago this weekend and it marked the moment that Gallagher realised stardom was here to stay

Louder

5 new dance music albums that every audiophile should listen to this weekend

A selection of excellent electronic albums to give your hi-fi system a workout.

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“Caravan were changing… I’d written For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night and intended to record it under my own name”: Pye Hastings planned his solo debut 44 years before it happened

As his band reached its 50th anniversary, the Canterbury veteran still worried if going solo with From The Half House was the right thing to do

Louder

“Ozzy put a pint glass over his mouth and sucked it until he burst all the blood vessels around his face. Then he turned into a character from Planet Of The Apes”: Gary Moore’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and Led Zeppelin

Ozzy, Robert Planet, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Ginger Baker – late, great guitarist Gary Moore crossed paths with them all

The Guardian - UK

‘Absolutely mindblowing!’ Shed Seven score their second No 1 album of the year

Britpop band cement comeback by becoming only the 20th act to achieve two No 1 albums in a calendar year

The Guardian - UK

Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium

Filled with chaotic sounds and infectious melodies, there’s a ferocious pace to the mysterious figure’s first European headline – a ribcage-reverberating success

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MusicRadar

Pink Floyd are in the Money as they seal their back catalogue deal for £400 million

Sony Music have parted with the big bucks for the band’s music and imagery but the deal excludes publishing rights

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“The Sound of Silence was the first song I wrote which seemed to come from some place that I didn’t inhabit”: Paul Simon tells all in a new three-and-a-half-hour documentary

The master singer songwriter is back and despite losing his hearing in one ear, is determined to keep making music

Guitar World

“It feels a bit wrong to play it. But I don't think anyone who has a guitar that they love would want it to never be played after their death”: Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O'Connell reacts to playing Rory Gallagher's prized guitars

O'Connell also tries out Gallagher's 1959 Silvertone, 1963 Epiphone Coronet and 1968 Martin D-35 ahead of the much talked-about auction

The Independent UK

Perrie Edwards: ‘Parting ways with someone can be a scary thing’

Exclusive: Little Mix star has released her third solo single – she tells The Independent about the romantic story behind it

Evening Standard

Who else has performed at the Tory conference after Peter Andre is ridiculed

Singer enjoyed event – and so did Conservative members … but his appearance might not win him new fans

The Guardian - AU

Remembering Jack Colwell: an astonishing musical talent, and a generous and loyal friend

The Sydney singer-songwriter, musical director and choirmaster has died at the age of 34. The legacy he leaves is larger than he will ever know

MusicRadar

"I dream of the studio being a place that anyone can access, not just those with the money to do so": Jack Antonoff reveals plans to make public recording studios available to those who can't afford them

The Public Studios initiative will fund the building of studio spaces in LGBTQ+ youth shelters

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