We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music ...

Last week I took an early look at the Cardinals projections, and before I take a look at the Cardinals again (think of last ...

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I PLAYED in a local dance band in my early teens, but got thrown out for trying to sound like John Coltrane. I played a solo and thought it sounded great, but the bandleader said: ‘Don’t you ever do ...

February is, as we all know, the shortest month of the year. Thank the gods above for that, as it's also unequivocally one of the worst. Cold weather, long nights, little to look forward to except ...

I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of invention to instruction. How she developed her own approach to the guitar, but ...

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In the dying weeks of the Sixties, a Beatles myth captivated amateur sleuths – turning album covers and lyrics into a ...

This week’s Indie Basement Classic is an ugly beautiful thing that turns 30 this year. For more of this week’s new albums, Andrew reviews Joyce Manor, By Storm, Red Sun and more in Notable Releases. I ...