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“One day I was in an elevator with Miles Davis and he said, ‘Hey, do you got a wah wah yet?’ ‘No, I don’t play a wah wah.’ He says, ‘You gotta get a wah wah!’”: Carlos Santana on Miles and McLaughlin, Hendrix and SRV, and his quest for eternal melody

“I wanted my guitar to sound like a female – like the voice of my favourite singers”

MusicRadar

RAYE helps launch Montreux Jazz Festival with surprise guests

Pop artist was joined by Mark Ronson and Alicia Keys as she got the annual festival off to a tremendous start

The Independent UK

Quote of the Day by Aretha Franklin: “You cannot define a person on just one thing…” – Inspiring lessons on forgiveness, character, fairness, compassion and everyone deserves a second chance by the Queen of Soul known for her powerful voice, timeless music and deep insights into dignity, respect and human nature

Quote of the Day by Aretha Franklin: Aretha Franklin’s quote, “You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should come off,” explores the…

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Clive Davis obituary

One of the most powerful men in the American recording industry who promoted Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and Barry Manilow

The Guardian - UK

How Did Clive Davis Die? The Final Words of Legendary 'Golden Ears' Exec, Who Discovered Whitney Houston, Revealed

Clive Davis, the legendary record executive who shaped generations of pop stars, has died at 94, with his family confirming the news and his cause of death left unshared.

International Business Times UK

10 songs to memorialize Clive Davis, the larger-than-life music executive

No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself

The Independent UK

Clive Davis: How a New York lawyer became ‘the greatest record man of all time’

OBITUARY: The storied record executive, who has died aged 94, spent decades at the top of the music industry. Kevin E G Perry looks back at his influence on the careers of artists ranging from Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin to Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith

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Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

Clive Davis, who rose from a job as a record company lawyer to become one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, has died at the age of 94

The Independent UK

Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94

Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music business

The Guardian - UK

Who I Think Should Win The Voice Season 29 Based On The Semifinal Performances

A champion will be crowned Tuesday!

Cinemablend

“There was a back door to the studio that led out to the street. I went out and I'm not kidding you, but this guy pops out of a trash can – it was Ginger Baker!”: Jimmy Douglass on his early days working for Atlantic Records

Having shaped rock, R&B and hip-hop across five decades, Grammy-winning engineer and producer Jimmy "The Senator" Douglass reflects on his extraordinary career

MusicRadar

Trump is honoring these Black icons in quest "to restore the Nation"

The park will honor Jackie Robinson, Aretha Franklin and Coretta Scott King, amongst others.

Axios

From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the bestselling live albums of all time, is turning 50. You won’t find that on this list, however: instead there’s metal, soul, and an ‘indecently exciting’ No 1 …

The Guardian - UK

“I was so jealous of George Michael”: Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he learned that the former Wham! star was recording a duet with Aretha Franklin

“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”

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Guitar World

“I met Billy Cobham on a Campbell’s Soup jingle and doing an Avon jingle with Herbie Hancock. It was an amazing time”: A pre-fame Stanley Clarke took chance after chance at a 1974 session with Aretha Franklin – and helped define a soul classic

Clarke's early session career offered tantalizing glimpses of his technical prowess and innovations, and hints of how he would transform the low-end landscape with Return To Forever and his own solo albums

The Guardian - AU

Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien: ‘The Spice Girls couldn’t sing. But lovely girls’

The actor, writer and musician on growing up on a sheep farm in New Zealand, being in Spice World and a lovely afternoon with Aretha Franklin

Guitar World

“I said, ‘We aren’t getting paid properly. I’m going back to New York.’ Duane Allman said, ‘I’m gonna go home and start a band with my brother’”: Jerry Jemmott played with B.B. King and George Benson – but two car accidents influenced him the most

A childhood head injury meant the session icon had to find his own way of making music. But after working with King, Aretha Franklin, Benson, Roberta Flack, and many others, he’s proud to be a poster boy for not knowing what he’s doing

The Guardian - UK

‘I once said there’s no way I’ll still be playing Baggy Trousers at 30’: Suggs’s honest playlist

Prince Buster’s Al Capone changed the Madness singer’s life and Aretha Franklin is his go-to at karaoke, but what song makes him cry?

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Clever Dude

8 Legendary Songs From the 60s and 70s That Defined a Generation

The 1960s and 70s were more than just decades; they were cultural revolutions set to music. From civil rights to counterculture, these years gave birth to songs that became anthems of change, love, rebellion, and hope. Whether you lived through them or discovered them decades later, their impact is undeniable.…

Louder

"I was in the hotel with Joni Mitchell, but then the helicopter pilots decided they wanted more money": The last interview with Terry Reid

Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life

Evening Standard

Cynthia Erivo on how Jada Pinkett Smith has helped her navigate fame

Jada told Harper’s Bazaar she’s been ‘checking in’ on the actress a lot

The Conversation

Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

Louder

"Everyone in the band at some point tried to quit during that first album": The soundtrack of Adam Duritz's life

Counting Crows mainman Adam Duritz picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the guitarist he always "says stupid shit in front of"

The Guardian - UK

Terry Reid obituary

Rock singer and guitarist whose 70s albums River and Seed of Memory were acclaimed by new audiences in the 2000s

The Guardian - UK

‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

The Simply Red singer gets emotional over Aretha and wakes up to Ravi Shankar. But which record healed his broken teenage heart?

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