What “pained” Nina Simone about Janis Joplin
“She got hooked into a feeling – and it wasn’t on drugs.”
Music Archives: 10/2023
How a Bulgarian vocal trio changed a classic Kate bush song
The song “written for the Bulgarian girls.”
The Black Sabbath album Tony Iommi calls “very confused”
A balanced account of a controversial record.
Why Etta James went “crazy” over The Rolling Stones: “they know what the hell to do”
Keith Richards covered Etta James back in 1974.
How David Gilmour wrote the solo for ‘Comfortably Numb’
One of his finest moments on the six-string.
The lost Beatles song cut from ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
There was no room for ‘Shirley’s Wild Accordion’.
The unbelievable true story of forgotten folk artist Judee Sill
She had a rare talent which has been criminally overlooked.
Ozzy Osbourne’s ’13’ regrets: “It wasn’t a glorious period”
“It wasn’t an earth-shattering experience for me.”
Brian May explains why Lemmy was “unique in just about every way”
A candid account of the late rocker.
The album Butch Vig calls a masterpiece: “I’ve played it 1000 times”
“I just never get tired of it. It’s so ambitious in its scope.”