Listen John Lennon’s acoustic demo of ‘Help!’ from 1970
Revisiting an old favourite.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2023
How Joni Mitchell inspired Stevie Wonder: “That’s the kind of influence I like”
Mitchell and Wonder have both made significant contributions to music.
The album that got Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard into classic rock
How Howard got into rock music.
The album that made a teenage St. Vincent fall in love with “weird music”
St Vincent on the music that made her weird.
Dave Grohl on the guitarist who took things to a “whole new level” beyond Jimi Hendrix
“Heavy metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin.”
Paul Stanley on the song Kiss wrote while “drunk on success”
Paul Stanley talks ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’.
The Siouxsie and the Banshees song inspired by Alfred Hitchcock
Siouxsie and the Banshees became a staple of ‘goth’ music.
2005: The strangest year in UK music chart history?
Animations, indie-rock, R&B, and reality TV shows ruled 2005.