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In 2001, the suicide of Big Country ’s Stuart Adamson shocked music fans all over the world. How had the man once lauded by DJ John Peel as ‘Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix’ ended up taking his own life? In an exclusive extract from a new book, we look at the inside story of their debut album The Crossing .

The blues rocker plays UK shows in March and April.

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The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Wiry monochrome intensity from indie veterans fully focused on the present