(Credit: Bent Rej/Alamy/Far Out) Music Frank Zappa and the legend of Jimi Hendrix’s charred guitar Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Fri 22nd Apr 2022 18.00 BST To state the bleeding obvious, playing the guitar is pretty hard. However, like two strapping six-footers in a world of munchkins, Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix…
(Credit: Alamy) Music DJ Shadow’s favourite Radiohead album Jordan Potter Fri 22nd Apr 2022 07.00 BST The 1990s saw music diversify more than it ever had before; in the musical maze of the ’90s, you could fill your ears with Britpop, grunge, hip-hop, trip-hop, shoegaze, and a galaxy of other…
(Credit: Press) Music When Florence and The Machine covered Fleetwood Mac song ‘The Chain’ Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Thu 21st Apr 2022 21.30 BST Florence and the Machine are no strangers to Fleetwood Mac covers. Back in 2018, a session at SiriusXM produced a wonderful cover of the Stevie Nicks-penned classic…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Two times The Beatles blatantly ripped off Chuck Berry Joe Taysom @josephtaysom Thu 21st Apr 2022 16.00 BST The Beatles were Chuck Berry obsessives, and his records were one of the main components that bonded the friendships of each member. In their earlier days, the Fab Four…
(Credit: Matt Becker) Music Listen to Neil Peart's astonishing isolated drums on Rush song 'Vital Signs' Sam Kemp @SamWKemp Thu 21st Apr 2022 13.00 BST If you’re looking for insight into Neil Peart’s drumming, you’ve come to the right place. The Rush musician is widely regarded as one of the…
(Credit: Alamy) Music The song Lenny Kravitz wrote for his daughter Eoghan Lyng Wed 20th Apr 2022 16.45 BST Lenny Kravitz has many strong ballads to his name. The guitarist channelled the energy of Led Zeppelin on his debut album, before turning to more soul-inflected melodies on ‘Always On The…
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Music Watch Dave Grohl perform an acoustic version of 'My Hero' back in 1999 Jamie Kahn @notmyyaztattoo Wed 20th Apr 2022 13.30 BST ‘My Hero’ by Foo Fighters is a song that hits hard, maybe even more so now than it did at its time of release.…
(Credit: Press) Music Revisit a rare version of Angel Olsen song 'Lonely Universe' Jamie Kahn @notmyyaztattoo Wed 20th Apr 2022 06.00 BST Angel Olsen’s voice is already enough to give you chills. That factor, paired with her haunting music and songwriting, goes above and beyond in terms of musical prowess…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Watch Amy Winehouse's final recording session Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Tue 19th Apr 2022 15.30 BST The last few years in the life of Amy Winehouse were a slow descent into darkness. Much has been made of her last days, but the truth was that Winehouse began to…
(Credit: Alamy) Music The reason why Joe Strummer returned to music Mick McStarkey Tue 19th Apr 2022 09.00 BST When Joe Strummer made a comeback in 1999 with his new outfit, The Mescaleros, nobody could quite believe it. The former Clash frontman had returned from his extended period in the…