“Just amazing”: Tom Waits’ favourite Ray Charles songs
“I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years.”
From The Vault Archives: 06/2024
Unforgettable: The group Lucy Dacus called “one of the best bands ever”
The emotional heart of the indie scene.
The album Sammy Hagar said changed his life: “Set me on my course”
The epitome of rock and roll finesse.
How Kim Gordon inspired Carrie Brownstein to greatness: “Liberating”
“You don’t have to wait for someone else’s permission to be yourself.”
The album that Eddie Van Halen was blown away by: “Amazes me every time I hear it”
Never getting old over time.
Why Robert Plant is baffled by a Led Zeppelin reunion: “I feel slightly disappointed”
Not trying to live in the past.
The Guns N’ Roses song Slash thought was too lightweight: “I was never a big fan of it”
Sweetening up their harsh persona.
The Fleetwood Mac album cover Lindsey Buckingham hated: “Never forgiven”
“I wish I could have been on my own cover…”
Tom Petty on the best album he ever made: “That one I think is the most me”
Everything working out alright.
“A grand sound”: The hit song Stevie Nicks cut in one take
Following the magic of spontaneous inspiration.
The Rolling Stones track Mick Jagger called “fucking marvellous”
“Billy doing the piano part and singing. Fucking marvellous.”
