Inside the moment Tom Waits traded his beatnik barfly act for junkyard avant-blues, pushed by Kathleen Brennan, a record collection, and a career meltdown.
Tom Waits’ wild tribute to Keith Richards shows what it really means for music to ‘love you back’ – and why the Human Riff still treats guitar as mystery.
Jeff Beck’s own words on Jimi Hendrix and John McLaughlin reveal how listening, humility and fusion records like Jack Johnson reshaped his guitar playing.
Albert Collins loved Grant Green and Wes Montgomery, not fast scales. How his groove-first philosophy rewired blues guitar and what it means for players.
At 18, Kim Wilde thought she was heading for art school and session work, not global fame. Here is how she was discovered and the songs that made her an icon.
How The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ went from album filler to 1981’s Christmas No.1, Virgin’s first UK chart-topper and a synth pop watershed.
Long before Taylor Swift, Debbie Gibson was a teenage composer-producer turning garage demos into platinum hits and rewriting the rules of 80s pop.
From Bangladesh and SNACK to The Last Waltz, Farm Aid and Hyde Park, the tangled collaborations of Dylan, Neil Young and Eric Clapton quietly rewired classic rock.
The Friends theme made The Rembrandts household names, wrecked their indie cred and hid a surprisingly strong catalog. Here is what they did beyond four handclaps.
How Susanna Hoffs went from LA art student and punk fan to founding guitarist and voice of The Bangles, reshaping 80s pop with jangle and attitude.