The guitarist Mark Knopfler called “the greatest pedal steel player” ever
Unmatched talent.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2025
The one singer Rod Stewart never enjoyed listening to: “Not my favourite”
Not his favourite kind of voice.
The one guitarist Brian May said he wouldn’t be here without: “Could make his guitar do anything”
Finding the right tools.
‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’: the strange influence of a dance classic on ‘OK Computer’
“You gotta get up, you gotta get on.”
Miles Davis’ view on drugs and how the jazz world was policed: “It enhances creativity”
Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday deserved a better fate…
‘Chosen Priest and the Apostle of Infinite Space’: The riddle of the two-month long song
How much time you got?
The album Kurt Cobain said no one could understand: “They wouldn’t know what to do”
Far from everyone’s first choice.