“The secret sauce is that I don’t reharmonise the melody, I reharmonise the key”: Instagram reharm sensation Oli Howe on the formula behind his chaotic reworks of classic hits, and winning the approval of Lenny Kravitz and Justin Timberlake
“I had no plans to join Queen. But I knew we were on to something when we rehearsed three songs together and the TV crew, all hardened old pros, gave us a standing ovation”: Why legendary singer Paul Rodgers joined forces with Brian May and Roger Taylor
“I’ve had moments with it, thinking, ‘This is Bert Jansch’s guitar and I’m lucky to hold it,’ but, playing-wise, it’s not super-inspiring”: Is this Glaswegian maestro the heir to the ’60s British folk crown? Meet the preternaturally gifted Sam Grassie
“Forgive my ignorance about who we do shows with. I honestly don’t keep up with new music”: Jim Root responds to backlash for Slipknot taking Marilyn Manson on tour
“When he was shot, that was a horrible, horrible thing for me. It was like, he was like an older brother to me”: Billy Joel wishes he’d got the chance to perform with John Lennon, and says that Mozart-esque “genius” Jimi Hendrix was “from another planet”
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“At that stage, he was the best keyboard player in the Beatles because Paul and John had not developed their keyboard talents as well as he had”: Giles Martin reveals that his father’s piano solo on In My Life was originally played on an organ
Slipknot’s Jim Root says “Forgive my ignorance about who we do shows with” amid growing backlash against Marilyn Manson support slot: “There are other people with much bigger brains than I that coordinate all that”
“You’re not going to get me into politics, are you?”: U2 suggest that Ed Sheeran was reluctant to get political on recent collaboration
