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Neil Young never really concerned himself with being in the conversation of the greatest of all time. Whereas most people tried to match what giants like The Beatles or Bob Dylan could do with their songwriting, Young was far more interested in seeing where his music would take him, even if it involved taking his classic…

Janis Joplin was a defining icon of counterculture. Sadly, she also defined its inevitable demise meaning that her final day in the studio came far too soon. However, even this recorded swansong encapsulated the era. In quickfire time, the belting star powered through a quick single take of the masterful ‘Mercedes Benz’, and then a tribute…

The British multi-instrumentalist record producer Mark Ronson will not feature in the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, despite producing the late artist’s 2006 album of the same name and performing frequently during her live performances. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, Back to Black will follow the promising star from her teen years in London to her meteoric rise to…

The late George Michael has won the fan vote among the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. The Wham! frontman earned 1,040,072 votes in a poll that allows fans to back an artist either online or in person at the body’s official headquarters in Cleveland. Michael was followed by Cyndi Lauper (928,113 votes), Warren Zevon…

It’s difficult to imagine whether the members of Queen ever experienced any creative hardships. Each brought their own unique flair, but the unity of Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon formed an entity where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. Still, as with any legendary outfit, some projects flowed more…

In December 1968, The Beatles had just released their first double LP, which was officially self-titled but is generally known today as The White Album. But tempers were fraying, and frictions were growing in the band, particularly as its original leader, John Lennon, seemed increasingly concerned with his own projects. Lennon’s new fiancée, Yoko Ono, had sat…

While it’s not necessarily new to discuss the potentially destructive impact of technology on musical creativity, it is interesting to consider the broader effects of the digital age on art as a whole. Some argue that technology enhances creative flow by providing new tools and platforms, but others, like Neil Young, view this transformation as somewhat…

“My friends all drive Porsches”, sang hippie queen Janis Joplin on the 1970 track ‘Mercedes Benz’, but she could regularly be seen bombing down the highways of the West Coast in a stunning example of German engineering, too. The car manufacturer is famed for making luxurious performance vehicles that are as innovative as they are eye-catching, but…

After releasing their first two albums to cult acclaim around the turn of the millennium, Slipknot had carved out a space for themselves that had polarised audiences, making them both feared and revered on record in music videos and the live arena. Yet, following the release of their dark, crawling 2001 record Iowa, things started to change significantly….

The 1970s were incredibly kind to Olivia Newton-John. She released two number-one albums, 1974’s If You Love Me, Let Me Know, and the following year’s Have You Never Been Mellow, before rounding off the decade with an excellent acting performance in one of the most popular movies of all time, the 1978 musical drama Grease. Grease, directed by Randal Kleiser…