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“When it was finished, I collapsed in exhaustion”: How Moby carefully crafted Play and rescued his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

MusicRadar · Nov 11, 2025

“I wasted a lot of time and money”: How Moby made the record that saved his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

MusicRadar · Nov 8, 2025

How O Brother, Where Art Thou? got inspired – then upstaged – by its own soundtrack

INSIDE FILM: For their freewheeling comedy – back in cinemas this week – the Coen Brothers sought creative help from super-producer T-Bone Burnett, whose music for the film sparked a folk revival upon its release and launched the careers of many of its contributors. It may be the film’s greatest…

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025

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“The Yardbirds had no need to worry about Clapton’s departure – they had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page onboard”: The history of the ’60s British blues boom –the movement that carried a tidal wave of guitar heroes across the Atlantic

With the death of John Mayall in July, we lost one of the architects of the '60s blues boom that transformed Britain’s music scene and restored America’s blues guitar pioneers to their rightful place. Here's how a grassroots scene changed the world

Guitar World · Oct 22, 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

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they read last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

Blues, booze and debauchery: the agonising life and death of Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield inspired Dylan to plug in, was a virtuoso singer and mouth harp player, and took black blues to white America. But beneath the surface, trouble was brewing

Louder · May 4, 2023

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America Over the Water by Shirley Collins review – a vivid tale of ballads, gunfire and rattlesnakes

In this welcome reissue of her 2004 memoir, the celebrated folk singer recounts her song-hunting 1959 journey through the American south with the folklorist Alan Lomax

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

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