Joy and heartbreak, rendered in analogue, from towering New England talent.

Singer/guitarist/ Time Lord Peter Capaldi on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.

Louisiana soul man ROBERT FINLEY overcame his hardscrabble origins, loss and blindness to finally find success in his later life. Amazingly, he believes he still has much to prove. “Most people retire at 65,” he tells Kevin EG Perry. “Hell, I came alive at 65.”

MATEUS ASATO IS the kind of guitarist we haven’t heard much of lately — a true original. He doesn’t do anything particularly outrageous or revolutionary — there’s no crazy gimmick (yet) that he’ll be

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.

He’s masked. He’s mysterious. He’s known for being in a black metal band. So why does he love Johnny Cash and Linkin Park?