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The styles of Slash, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and a suite of other rock gods are placed under the microscope for this comprehensive lesson – tabs and audio included

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Aug. 6-12 include singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot and actor Anna Kendrick

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and the rest: They all owe so much to the instrumental artists of the 50s and 60s

She made her name with Ike, but her stardom became all her own. As Tina: The Tina Turner Musical celebrates five years in the West End, we round up the best of a barnstorming performer

Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo play in a deserted pub, Sultans Of Swing sent Dire Straits on a journey to superstardom

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

John McCusker tells Nan Spowart about 10 things that changed his life

In spite of a nifty set and new songs, this story of an oil-man trying to buy a Highlands village never quite comes alive