How do these grab you, darlin’? Nancy Sinatra’s 20 best songs – ranked! Sixty years after the release of her debut album, Boots, we celebrate her finest tracks – from Bond themes to LSD anthems The Guardian - UK · Mar 12
It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked! As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
“He was opening for Bobby Darin and the audience were going, ‘We want Duane! We want Duane!’ Poor Bobby was backstage, almost in tears. From there on, Duane finished the show”: Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa and Vince Gill on the life and legacy of Duane Eddy He was the most successful instrumentalist of the rock age. We went along to last month’s all-star Nashville tribute show to learn first-hand about the Titan of Twang – from those who were inspired by him and those who were there Guitar World · May 15, 2025
‘Bob Dylan was an endearing young scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the singer who burned a path through folk, blues and activism The US singer-songwriter, who has died aged 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angry The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024
“You hear two notes and you know who it is. What a unique thing he created. Without singing a note in his entire life – what a voice”: The life, times and twangin’ tones of rock ’n’ roll pioneer Duane Eddy The good-humoured architect of twang died on 30 April, but his legacy is a guitar tone for the ages, forever evoking greasers, flick knives and hot-rods Guitar World · Jul 30, 2024
“I knew that if I wanted to express myself, it was going to have to be through the guitar”: Why every guitarist owes something to the first rock 'n' roll guitar hero, Duane Eddy The man with the twangy guitar changed the lives of millions and left an indelible mark on tone, and how we play the instrument. We look back on the life of a bona-fide legend Guitar World · Jul 5, 2024
Duane Eddy obituary Guitarist whose string of hit records in the late 1950s and early 60s were noted for their twangy sound The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
Duane Eddy’s twang remains one of rock’n’roll’s greatest sounds The late guitarist was rightly ubiquitous in the late 1950s thanks to his otherworldly sound, earning admirers from Bruce Springsteen to John Peel The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024
Duane Eddy: “Our echo chamber was actually a 2,000-gallon water tank. We went down to the Salt River, visited a junkyard there... and we yelled into tanks” Classic Interview: The rock 'n' roll icon on tone, hit-making and Hazelwood MusicRadar · May 2, 2024
Duane Eddy, who put the twang in early rock guitar with 'Rebel Rouser', dies at age 86 He was a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and "Peter Gunn" influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians. WEKU · May 1, 2024
“One of the most successful instrumentalists in rock history”: Duane Eddy, rock guitar pioneer, dies at 86 Hugely influential to the likes of George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty, the Gretsch-wielding legend was known for his unmistakable, twanging tone and smash instrumental hits like Rebel Rouser Guitar World · May 1, 2024
Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review – a songwriter with stunning melodic power Playing country-inflected orchestral pop with sardonic wit and deep feeling, Mitski underlines why she’s one of the very best singer-songwriters working today The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023