From The Vault Archives: 10/2025

Joni Mitchell - 1970s

Joni Mitchell and her defence of her “weird chords”

Wacky but wonderful.

Oct 4, 2025

David Byrne - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - 1984

The song that made David Byrne become a musician: “I have to get out of here”

The epiphany.

Oct 4, 2025

Stephen Stills - 1971 - Musician

Stephen Stills always found Mick Jagger “devastatingly annoying” to watch

“Possessed.”

Oct 4, 2025

The greatest Motown singer, according to science

Rare Earth: The story of Motown’s “too white” funk-rock band

An expansive funk-rock sound.

Oct 4, 2025

Star Child- What does the “baby” mean at the end of ‘2001- A Space Odyssey’? - Stanley Kubrick - 1968

Pre-natal playlist: does your baby actually enjoy music?

Start ’em young.

Callum MacHattie

Oct 4, 2025

Rob Halford - Judas Priest

The triumvirate Rob Halford credits with inventing heavy metal: “The loudest, rawest, rock song ever”

There would be no heavy metal without them…

Oct 4, 2025

Joe Walsh - Guitarist - Singer - Eagles - 2025

“No doubt in my mind”: The main reason Joe Walsh first joined the Eagles

“I knew it would work.”

Oct 4, 2025

Jimmy Page - 1983 - Guitarist - Led Zeppelin - Dana Wullenwaber

Jimmy Page once overdubbed 12 different guitar parts for one Led Zeppelin song

A beautifully complex classic.

Oct 4, 2025

The one musical chord that can stop nightmares, according to science

The one musical chord that can stop nightmares, according to science

The science of a good sleep.

Oct 4, 2025

Howard Stern - Broadcaster - 2020

Howard Stern once picked the “number one” album in the history of music

An authoritative voice on the subject.

Oct 4, 2025

David Gilmour - 2022

The guitarist so good David Gillmour wanted to “hit the little fucker”

Jealous rage.

Callum MacHattie

Oct 4, 2025

John Lennon - 1971 - Musician - The Beatles

‘Some Other Guy’: the forgotten song John Lennon adored

John Lennon was a huge fan of this underrated track.

Oct 4, 2025