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“She sang like an angel. She walked through this world like an angel, and now she’s back with her own kind”: Bono and others pay tribute to Clannad singer Moya Brennan

Group played crucial role in revival of Irish language music

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“I was in the restroom when Isaac called out, ‘Come on, David, get out of there.’ I yelled back, ‘Hey man, hold on, I’m coming!’ Before I even buttoned my pants, it hit me”: How a classic Stax soul anthem was written on the fly

“Sam & Dave had great chemistry together – there was no denying that”

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“Ever since I was a little kid and singing in the shower I'd dream about one day being in the RnR hall of fame”: Oasis to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame and Liam Gallagher seems… delighted

He’s changed his tune

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“Tours are so brutal and taxing, and I like to have a puppy room for the guys to go chill in”: Trailer for Billie Eilish’s 3D James Cameron-directed concert film is out and contains some unexpected canine chums

She would like you to see her puppies

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"It's giving let's smoke and watch YouTube": Zara Larsson clarifies her thoughts on Justin Bieber's divisive Coachella set, as fans compare and contrast it to Sabrina Carpenter's

Carpenter brought a full Hollywood production – Bieber just his laptop

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“Some of these recordings, on crappy little cassette tapes from the early '90s, sound incredible”: Meet the fan who has recorded over 10,000 gigs and is now letting everyone download the audio

Aadam Jacobs’ collection is gradually going online

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“Joni hates the word ‘confessional’ as she thinks it implies you’ve done something wrong”: Brandi Carlile names her favourite Joni Mitchell album – and hails Joni’s 1971 classic as a record that “changed songwriting forever”

Carlile and Mitchell have formed a strong bond in recent years

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"The good news is, I can still play music. I can still play guitar": No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont reveals that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease

Band’s Sphere shows will go ahead as planned

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“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar

“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

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“Is it cool if I bring some rock royalty on the stage right now?”: Billy Corgan suffers mic malfunction as he makes his first ever appearance at Coachella alongside Sombr to sing a Smashing Pumpkins classic

You wait 30 years to sing one of your biggest hits in the desert, and then this happens

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“Let It Happen is prog in its purest form. I stand by that one as decidedly progressive”: The inventive music theory of one of Tame Impala’s most dazzling songs

We peer into the inner musical workings of one of Kevin Parker’s finest moments

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“It has a super catchy riff, but it is a song that you have to hear a few times. I don’t think it would’ve been given the time of day without the enormous impact of the video”: How to recreate one of the most infectious synth riffs of all time

After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software

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“It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know”: The story of the Beatles' 1968 acoustic gem and its powerful subtext

At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement

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“When the computer came along, the magic was over because we didn’t play together anymore”: How technology ultimately killed Kraftwerk

They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?

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“It makes my productivity faster, better, more creative”: 5 production tips we learned from watching house producer Hammer create a track from scratch

Watch the Bicep collaborator build a raw, analogue house track in the studio

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“It was the way for me to learn to approach the guitar a different way, because Jeff Beck was not an early influence”: Robben Ford on rearranging John Lennon, iconic collaborations and paying tribute to Jeff Beck and amp guru Alexander Dumble

Two Shades Of Blues was conceived as a tribute to Beck and Ford's favourite amp builder, and it finds him exploring the Strat and making his own weather with his Overdrive Special

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“It’s like you are witnessing the fading of your own memories”: How Boards of Canada brewed a serene genre-blurring classic

It’s perhaps Boards of Canada’s most well-known track, serving as many a newcomers' route into their nostalgia evoking universe

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"Danelectro’s finishing falls noticeably short of what the market now expects at this level": Danelectro Dan O. Cool 12 String

Plenty of Dano charm in the tone department, it's just a pity about the build

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"Record everything all the time – and keep it all": 8 pro techno producers explain how they create their tracks

We delve into our In The Studio archive to compile the techno secrets behind releases on esteemed labels including Drumcode, Cocoon, Dekmantel, Second State and more

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“It was too long, too slow, too boring and it had a viola solo... It was the antithesis of a single”: Midge Ure talks us through the making of Ultravox’s iconic Vienna

Ultravox’s stately powerhouse was an unlikely hit single - but its classically-inspired uniqueness was key

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Hip-hop progenitor Afrika Bambaataa dies at 68

Although Bambaataa played a significant role in the development of hip-hop, his later life was mired by child sexual abuse allegations

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Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan on her bad guitar habits: “I have so many!”

Finger and thumb placings are particularly tricky

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“Own a piece of grunge history”: Could your next amp be Kurt Cobain’s stage-played Fender Twin? Nirvana’s Bleach-era touring backline goes up for sale

Black and silver panel Fender Twins loaded with JBL speakers – bring yer own Boss DS-1 and you're good to go...

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“The story he’s never told — the band, the fame, the heartbreak, the healing. And yes, the astrology”: Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal writes his first-ever autobiography and it's an astrological memoir

Welcome To Your Life: Love, Death and Tears For Fears hits shelves on August 4th

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