The pop singer who sang like an angel, according to Slash: “The perfect vocal”
Rock and roll meets the mainstream.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 06/2024
The artist John Lennon said never made a bad song: “I’ve loved everything he’s done”
The simple songwriting that never gets old.
Alternative Album Chart: the best new indie and alternative albums this week
The off-the-wall sounds from the underground
Billy Joel on his favourite guitarist of all time: “He was a freak of nature”
Inventing a whole new language.
The Beatles song Paul McCartney knew would be a hit: “This is good”
Knowing the magic as you write it.
The album that got David Crosby back into music: “The best I’ve heard in 10 years”
The beginning of the career resurrection.
The Bob Dylan album he called fully realised: “I felt really accomplished on that”
Putting all the pieces together.
The Led Zeppelin tour Robert Plant hated playing: “It was bollocks”
Not catering to the group’s strengths.
The song Bono calls the highlight of every U2 show: “The gig will come off”
Where all problems fall away.
The potential Van Halen song Sammy Hagar hated: “This is an insult”
Not as involved as he wanted to be.
Tom Petty’s favourite new wave bands: “I can’t get ’em out of my head”
Which art rockers reach the heartland.