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“Mark Knopfler, he's soloing kind of all through the record. And that's what I did, too”: Bruce Hornsby explains why a classic Dire Straits song is a “kindred spirit” to his biggest hit

He also reveals which hip-hop interpolation of The Way It Is he likes the best

"I started getting all these Google alerts about this group Bon Iver, because Justin Vernon was shouting me out in the press”: Bruce Hornsby explains how he first heard about Bon Iver, and reveals the song of theirs that he considers to be “transcendent”

"I started getting all these Google alerts about this group Bon Iver, because Justin Vernon was shouting me out in the press”: Bruce Hornsby explains how he first heard about Bon Iver, and reveals the song of theirs that he considers to be “transcendent”

"His layered vocals are crazy, all the harmonies that he puts together. It’s very special”

Bruce Hornsby looks back with new album 'Indigo Park' that mixes simplicity and complexity

Bruce Hornsby looks back with new album 'Indigo Park' that mixes simplicity and complexity

Bruce Hornsby has a new album that looks back on his life with warmth, humor and deliberate weirdness

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"The reason that song is the heartbreaker it is, is because of the way that he interprets those chords. That’s not how the demo sounded”: Bonnie Raitt praises Bruce Hornsby’s piano playing contribution to one of her signature songs

According to producer Don Was, though, it wasn’t all plain sailing during recording

‘I’m an old bastard looking back’: the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby

The AOR jazzer behind smash hit The Way It Is veered off into the avant garde. But he’s having sudden mainstream acclaim. ‘Well,’ he says as he releases yet another album, ‘it’s nicer than being ignored’

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Add to playlist: the maximalist melancholy of Hannah Lew and the week’s best tracks

The Californian creative navigates seamlessly from bass-driven disco to sparse electronic beats on her expansive debut album

The Guardian - UK

“You don’t want your favorite tone. The secret is to set your gain, roll your volume back and challenge yourself to play cleaner”: Joe Bonamassa on defying the blues police, his greatest tone discoveries and why you’re not a success until you’re a meme

When you’re on a winning streak, don’t mess with the formula – and opinions be damned, says blues phenomenon Joe Bonamassa

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“It was one of the most moving pieces of music I'd heard. It hit me in a hard way... Instantly, I knew it was the best thing I'd ever been part of": How I Can’t Make You Love Me links Bonnie Raitt, George Michael, Prince, Adele, Bon Iver and Bruce Hornsby

“It was one of the most moving pieces of music I'd heard. It hit me in a hard way... Instantly, I knew it was the best thing I'd ever been part of": How I Can’t Make You Love Me links Bonnie Raitt, George Michael, Prince, Adele, Bon Iver and Bruce Hornsby

“There was an article in the newspaper about a guy,” says songwriter Mike Reid. “He lost his wife and he lost his family and he got himself in trouble and the phrase was ‘well, you can’t make a woman love you if she don’t’”

"His piano playing and composition style has influenced both my development as a musician and, more significantly, music as a whole": A pro keyboardist gives you 5 ways to play like Bruce Hornsby

"His piano playing and composition style has influenced both my development as a musician and, more significantly, music as a whole": A pro keyboardist gives you 5 ways to play like Bruce Hornsby

"Many years ago, I met Bruce as a wide-eyed 13 year-old," says Jeff Babko. "When his first record was released and exploded on the radio airwaves, I felt as if I’d brushed up against Superman"

“I’m old enough to know that the Top 40 is a fickle mistress. I have no desire to get caught on that treadmill”: Bruce Hornsby on The Way It Is, having a hit with Don Henley and being “the Sid Vicious of the accordion world”

“I’m old enough to know that the Top 40 is a fickle mistress. I have no desire to get caught on that treadmill”: Bruce Hornsby on The Way It Is, having a hit with Don Henley and being “the Sid Vicious of the accordion world”

As he releases a new album with experimental chamber ensemble, yMusic, the singer-songwriter and pianist looks back on his storied career

“I wrote it in my garage, in my house in California”: Bruce Hornsby plays an emotive orchestral version of The Way It Is in BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room

“I wrote it in my garage, in my house in California”: Bruce Hornsby plays an emotive orchestral version of The Way It Is in BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room

Released in 1986 and sampled by Tupac Shakur, the song has become a timeless classic

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