“If anything makes me regret anything, it’s looking at Brian Eno”: Still, BJ Cole didn’t do too badly

He set out to confound expectations of pedal steel with post-country band Cochise. Thanks to Captain Beefheart, Love and Hank ...

Paul Reed Smith on how he built his brand, secret PRS players – and why the internet is wrong about tonewood

Once the guitar brand for the one percent, the smash-hit success of the SE line took PRS Guitars mainstream, but for Smith, ...
Hit Channel

Pink Floyd Drop “Wish You Were Here” Video for 50th Anniversary

Pink Floyd just unlocked a time capsule. A new “Wish You Were Here” video drops 50 years later, and it hits right in the ...

David Bowie was the master of reinvention – but this time his legacy was at stake

Ten years after Bowie's death at 69, a brilliant new book charts how after years in the creative and commercial wilderness, ...
American Songwriter

The Childhood Art Classes That Led to the Creation of One of the Most Influential Psych Rock Bands of All Time

Pink Floyd had a series of fortunate run-ins with various art instructors that unknowingly helped pave the way to the band's ...
American Songwriter

3 Rock Songs With Intros You’d Recognize in One Second

While most rock songs center around a titular electric guitar riff, Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” uses a bassline as the basic building block. John Deacon’s riff is almost as iconic as the ...
The Official Charts

100 albums turning 20 in 2026

(Arctic Monkeys) and another a welcome comeback (Take That), between those two saw a host of returns, personal bests and ...
Chapelboro

Live and Local: Counting Down the Top 50 Local Songs of 2025, Part 1

Part 1 of our annual countdown of the top 50 local songs of 2025, featuring a range of artists from music legends to high ...