A 1963 Fender Stratocaster and 70s Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar recently went under the hammer with interesting connections to Noel Gallagher and Ocean Colour Scene respectively. We discover more…

ALTHOUGH HE WAS 84 and had been ill for several years, the passing of soul-funk-R&B legend and general jack-of-all-trades Steve Cropper still stings — a lot. Perhaps it’s because Cropper, despite his

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They’re one of the biggest boy bands of recent times, with 12 No 1 hits and 45 million records sold worldwide. But how well do you know Take That? Now, a new Netflix documentary invites fans to learn

With Joe Bonamassa having gathered the cream of the scene for the B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 tribute album – and written the intro to this feature – we take an alphabetised look back at the blues legend’s classic tracks, hotel bombings, car crashes, conspiracy theories, towering infernos and more…