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Michael Schenker talks about new album Don’t Sell Your Soul, the second part of a trilogy that reclaims

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Carlos Alomar reflects on a career that spans decades of innovation and collaboration. He speaks about his early

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Lesley-Ann Jones talks about her new book Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury’s Secret Life and Love. Far from a

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As Del Amitri’s frontman, Justin Currie steered a band that slipped between categories: too sharp to be lumped

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The Zombies bassist-turned-songwriter Chris White opens the vault on a lifetime of music that stretches far beyond Odessey

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When Jimi Hendrix grabbed a bass and jammed with Tomorrow in 1967, a young Steve Howe was right

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Step inside the legendary “tea chest tapes” with Richard Anderson from Cherry Red Records as we explore Joe

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It’s been more than two decades since Sananda Maitreya last headlined a UK tour. Now, with nine dates

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Derek Shulman returns to talk about his memoir Giant Steps, charting his journey from frontman of Simon Dupree

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Few music biographers have lived with the Beatles’ story quite like Philip Norman. Across shelves of bestsellers, Norman

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In the second part of his live interview, Paul Jones charts his path beyond Manfred Mann, through film

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In the first of a two-part interview, Paul Jones reflects on his formative years, from singing in cathedral

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As the voice and driving force of The Swinging Blue Jeans, Ray Ennis helped shape the sound of

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Few musicians of Mike Batt’s vintage are still pushing creative boundaries with the same fervour that defined their

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Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett discusses his new live album The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal

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What do you get when you mix a band of power pop visionaries into the jaws of crooked

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Al Jardine reflects on the life and legacy of Brian Wilson and his own musical path. In the

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Dylan Jones has long been one of British journalism’s more discerning cultural archaeologists, whether digging into David Bowie’s

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Don Powell revisits the defining moments of Slade’s rise, from their rough-edged Black Country beginnings and Chas Chandler’s

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