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Barack Obama shares his summer playlist, from Charli XCX to The Rolling Stones

Former US president has been sharing his favourite anthems annually since 2015

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024

How we made Romulus, My Father: ‘I said no to 10 to 12 offers – I didn’t want there to be a film’

Director Richard Roxburgh, actor Kodi Smit-McPhee and author Raimond Gaita share how their tiny adapation of Gaita’s book became a beloved Australian film

The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2024

"Some of his best songs are b-sides": 8 non-album Chris Cornell tracks that showcase his brilliance

On what would have been Chris Cornell's 60th birthday we delve a little deeper to celebrate his legacy with Soundgarden, Audioslave and solo

MusicRadar · Jul 20, 2024

‘They said I was worse than the Sex Pistols!’: folk legend Linda Thompson on trashing dressing rooms and losing her voice

Her struggles with spasmodic dysphonia has led her to write an album for a bevy of other stars to sing. She talks about trauma, ageing and stealing an audience member’s car

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024

‘I wrote it in a bedsit on Nick Drake’s guitar’: how the Dream Academy made Life in a Northern Town

‘When I played it to Paul Simon, he suggested changing the title – saying, “No one’s going to know how to ask for A Hey Ah Ma Ma Ma in a record store”’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024

“Those virtuoso guys can do anything. But sometimes it’s more fun to hit one note and see if it can mean as much. Sometimes it can mean even more”: Rich Robinson on earning AC/DC’s approval, losing guitars to a hurricane, and The Black Crowes’ return

The Robinson brothers are back in session as The Black Crowes complete their triumphant comeback. Here, Robinson gives us the guitar story behind the rock ’n’ roll album of the year

Guitar World · Apr 8, 2024

“I’m constantly going back to Davey Graham… He is massively neglected as an insanely creative player. For me, he’s like Jimi Hendrix – his stuff should be analyzed in forensic detail”: Henry Parker on his journey from metal to virtuoso folk

The English folk phenom returns with Lammas Fair, an album introducing proggy psych to his sound. He discusses his approach to open tunings, paying tribute to acoustic great Michael Chapman, and making the most of resonant strings

Guitar World · Apr 1, 2024

“I was a wreck, physically and mentally. I wanted to cancel shows, split up the band, all these kind of things”: Aiming to make a “super-heavy record,” Opeth embraced the Mellotron and made Damnation instead

Mikael Åkerfeldt – who’d become band leader because no one else would do it – recalls the misery of making the landmark 2003 album which made him feel he could hold his own with the likes of Porcupine Tree

Louder · Mar 20, 2024

“I would love to have been part of some of those great later pieces… But the price you pay is that some people’s lives are not happy”: What if Anthony Phillips hadn’t left Genesis?

Dispelling some of the myths surrounding his departure, the driving force of the formative days shares his theory on how the band might have collapsed anyway

Louder · Mar 7, 2024

"Everyone was going mad about Oasis, but I preferred Blur": Jack Osbourne picks the soundtrack to his life

These are the albums and bands that have shaped Jack Osbourne's tastes

Metal Hammer · Feb 19, 2024