Music

When Dire Straits released their self-titled debut in 1978, it immediately marked them out as something different. At a time when punk was still reverberating and arena rock leaned toward spectacle, the band’s sound felt controlled, deliberate, and quietly confident. Much of that identity stemmed from Mark Knopfler, whose fingerpicked guitar style and understated delivery … Read more

The One Tender Song Rod Stewart Wants Played At His Funeral: “i Want This Melody To Remind You That I Loved You All.” Rod Stewart, whose voice has echoed from London’s gritty backstreets to the world’s most prestigious stages, has shared a deeply personal wish about how he would like to be remembered. Now in … Read more

“Dom has one of the greatest voices in the history of music, and as grand as that may sound there is no hype in what I’m saying”: Billy Corgan heaps praise on Yungblud, who the Smashing Pumpkins have just collaborated with… By any reasonable measure, Yungblud had an exceptional 2025. His fourth studio album, Idols, … Read more

Billy Idol Should Be Dead: New documentary “digs deep” into star’s “emergence as a prototypical punk rocker” and transformation into an MTV superstar… A full-length documentary exploring the wild, improbable journey of Billy Idol is finally arriving—and few careers feel more deserving of such close examination. Titled Billy Idol Should Be Dead, the film made … Read more

“Ozzy came to see us in Los Angeles and said it was the creepiest thing he’d ever heard, which coming from him is the biggest compliment”: Nina Persson on the Cardigans’ Sabbath covers… Swedish indie favorites The Cardigans have kept a low profile for years, with their last studio album arriving back in 2005. That … Read more

“The most unsurpassable bass performance I’ve ever heard.” When Geddy Lee calls it “an absolute influence on me,” you know it’s legendary. Some basslines don’t just shape songs — they shape generations… Rock music has produced many legendary albums, but only a few truly capture the raw power and energy of a band at its … Read more

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic… For Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Free Bird” is more than just a song — it’s the band’s defining … Read more

“We all adored BB, and he asked us to write something for him. But when we listened back to the demo we agreed we should keep it. Sorry, BB!”: The classic song that Whitesnake wrote for the King of the Blues – but didn’t give to him… In 1980, Whitesnake earned their first UK Top … Read more

“I told Céline that if she recorded the Titanic song, it would ruin her career. I didn’t like the song – I still don’t. So I didn’t produce it. I turned it down”: Music legend David Foster says that he passed on producing Céline Dion’s biggest hit.. Few figures have shaped mainstream pop quite like … Read more

“Of course she wants to record that song – it’s the best song written by a human being”: James Taylor explains how he had to tell Carole King that he’d recorded one of her greatest songs without her knowing, and before she’d released her own version.. For more than 50 years, James Taylor and Carole … Read more