Jeff Bridges picks his favourite Tom Waits song
Bridges on the best of Waits.
From The Vault Archives: 09/2023
The mysterious poem Fleetwood Mac drew inspiration from for ‘Bare Trees’
Danny Kirwan departed the band after its release.
The 19th-century Native American chief who inspired a Soundgarden song
“But how can you buy or sell the sky?”
How The Byrds reinvented country music on ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’
Going back to the roots of American music.
The Talking Heads song written about “a joyful look at doom”
“It’s this little ditty about how there’s no order and no plan and no scheme.”
Pearl Jam’s odd obsession with basketball player Mookie Blaylock
Grunge’s massive love for basketball.
The romance that inspired Stevie Wonder’s ‘Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing’
It was love at first sight at a record store.
Jerry Cantrell once claimed that Axl Rose threw away an Alice in Chains demo tape
A surreal anecdote from an era long since passed.
The Elton John album Bernie Taupin thought was their worst
“A load of clinical, boring, middle-of-the-road shit.”
How Harvey Weinstein’s conviction changed Lana Del Rey sets
“I thought it was funny at the time, and I obviously find it really sad now.”
The song Joni Mitchell wrote during the Los Angeles riots
A sonic observation on the ugliness in society.