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As Gil Scott-Heron's landmark album Pieces Of A Man turns 50, collaborators and eyewitnesses tell us about Scott-Heron’s creative peak and the power of his songs.

Riding high on the momentum of Fisherman’s Blues, in 1989 The Waterboys reconvened at their new spiritual home in Ireland to make the follow-up. Mike Scott’s plan to broaden the sound didn’t quite go to plan, but as a new box-set reveals, Room To Roam was far from a misfire

BUY THE ROLLING STONES ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE The message, as the Rolling Stones play their first tour dates without Charlie Watts, is that the...

Tony Visconti and other early Bowie collaborators spill the beans

With Michael Chapman’s passing, we have lost a true original. In this interview from 2016, he talks about the many highlights of his remarkable and enduring career

Our Bowie spectacular includes a special posterzine, Collector's cover and more

Locked down in Melbourne, Courtney Barnett has busied herself buying plants, making soups and hoarding vintage gear. Finally, she emerges with a brilliant new album – but how do the Mojave Desert, Arthur Russell and Joni Mitchell feature in its creation?

From her beginnings in LA’s punk scene, via jobs in weed dispensaries and her association with Ty Segall, Shannon Lay has reached the nexus between British folk-rock, spiritual jazz and indie

Dean Wareham, Bedouine, Phoebe Bridgers, Mogwai, Irreversible Entanglements and more

The longtime Stones producer and engineer remembers a “gentleman”