Music Archives: 09/2024

Five one-take recordings that became chart-topping hits

Five one-take recordings that became chart-topping hits

From chart-topping debuts to movie soundtrack favourites.

Sep 19, 2024

Creed

Why do people hate Creed?

The hunger-dunger champions.

Sep 19, 2024

Jerry Garcia - The Greatful Dead - 1972

How did Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia lose his middle finger?

9 fingers, 6 strings.

Sep 19, 2024

The Edge - U2 - 2009 - It Might Get Loud

The U2 song that made The Edge cry: “The lyric became more universal”

The true power of poetry.

Sep 19, 2024

Ann Wilson - Heart - 2023

The two songwriters who shaped Ann Wilson: “Their lyrics are so well done”

The art of the perfect lyric.

Sep 19, 2024

Joe Perry - Aerosmith - Guitarist

The album that made Joe Perry leave Aerosmith: “I had to get away”

“Trouble getting along.”

Sep 19, 2024

Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top - Guitarist

The guitarist Billy Gibbons called a blues “maestro”

A total legend.

Sep 19, 2024

Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant - John Paul Jones - John Bonham

The strange setting where Led Zeppelin recorded ‘Black Country Woman’

A ‘Physical Graffiti’ B-side.

Sep 19, 2024

Roger Daltrey - The Who - Singer - 1970s

The Spin Doctors: The band Roger Daltrey compared to The Who

A bold claim.

Dale Maplethorpe

Sep 19, 2024

Completely inspired- The Nina Simone song written the day after Martin Luther King Jr was murdered

The Nina Simone song written the day after Martin Luther King Jr was murdered

“Extremely powerful.”

Dale Maplethorpe

Sep 19, 2024

Clinic Stars - 2024 - Ivan Fucich

Clinic Stars – ‘Only Hinting’ album review: a beautifully dreamy debut

Ethereal.

Sep 19, 2024

Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones - 2023

The band Keith Richards called the heart of rock and roll: “These cats know their blues”

The pure template for the genre.

Sep 19, 2024