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Mick Hucknall on the 10 songs that changed his life: “The Beatles changed the way music sounded, but the Stones were the world’s greatest rock band”
By Danny Scott published
“I know my musical history,” says The Simply Red frontman, as he discusses new album, Time, and his lost afternoon with Keith Richards
Tina Turner dies, aged 83: stars pay tribute to rock and R&B legend
By Ben Rogerson published
Iconic singer found fame with Ike Turner but went on to become an even bigger solo star
ABC’s Martin Fry on The Lexicon Of Love and the 40th anniversary live recording: “We’re in Tony Visconti’s studio, being produced by Trevor Horn. And David Bowie’s popped in to say hello”
By Danny Scott published
Sheffield’s most stylish lead singer looks back on a career-defining record and how it came to be
Ed Sheeran wins copyright case and claims that if he had lost “we might as well say goodbye to the creative freedom of songwriters”
By Ben Rogerson published
"It looks like I'm not going to have to retire from my day job after all,” says the star, who had pledged to give up on his music career if he’d been found guilty
The Edge says U2 could have spared Bono “a certain amount of embarrassment” by writing in lower keys to suit his vocal range
By Jonathan Horsley published
“You can hear the strain in his voice,” says the guitarist, who says reworking 40 tracks for the Songs Of Surrender album taught him to “serve the song by serving the singer”
“I took the bait”: Chaka Khan apologises for questioning the rankings of Adele, Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige on a 'greatest singers of all time' list
By Ben Rogerson published
“It was not my intention to cause pain or upset anyone”
“OK, I quit”: Chaka Khan has some thoughts on Rolling Stone’s ‘greatest singers of all time’ list
By Ben Rogerson published
Adele, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Mary J Blige feel the wrath of Khan
Brian Eno just gave ‘The Earth’ its first songwriting credit, and wants other artists to do the same
By Ben Rogerson published
“All musicians are inspired by the precious planet we live on, so it's fitting that we are now able to name The Earth as our co-writer”
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