It was a fragile psychological state. The result was that he had almost no recollection of having recorded the song or the ...

Based in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting techno-industrial mix. We sit down with Sebastian Szary to find out more ...

One day in October 1972, Paul McCartney received a phone call from Ron Kass, head of Apple Records. McCartney liked Kass and ...

Sad news reaches us this afternoon that Chris Rea has died after a short illness, aged 74. Many news outlets will no doubt be ...

On the one hand, Forbes reported that as of 2010, the song was making Sir Paul between $400,000 and $600,000 per year. On the ...

A record allegedly driven by supernatural forces, Prince swiftly disowned the stark funk of the Black Album - but what caused him to pivot so dramatically?

They found the Höfner in an attic in Sussex, England. It was returned to McCartney and he played it on the final show of his ...

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of inventive instrumentation ...

For Alanis Morissette, 1996 single Ironic was a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it gave her a massive hit, but on the other, she’s had to spend the past 30 years defending the song’s ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...

There are knobs for Tone, Level, Decay, and Modulation, dual footswitches. The jacks are on the top. It’s a serious bit of ...

The German brand behind McCartney's iconic 500/1 Violin Bass has been in existence since its founding by Karl Höfner in 1887 ...