“It wasn’t a good version”: the song Linda Ronstadt thought she ruined
The hard look of retrospect.
Music Archives: 04/2025
“Making that fit together”: the song that tortured Eddie Van Halen in the studio
When sessions grind to a halt.
“It’s sloppier”: The Paul Simon song that was “poisoned” for him
“It was a record that was jumbled, sloppy.”
“A big turning point”: The three guitarists who shaped Mark Knopfler into a genius
“There was a connection.”
“It doesn’t get any better”: the best collaborator Dave Grohl ever worked with
Knowing his every move.
“Do I really quit this gig?”: the artist that was almost talked out of joining Eagles
Almost missing out on the fun.
The song Lindsey Buckingham wasn’t sure he could even pull off: “If I even had the skillset”
“I’d never written a song for a movie.”
Deerhoof – ‘Noble and Godlike in Ruin’ album review: a Frankensteinian feat of noise and invention
A melding together of improvisation.
