How AC/DC's 'High Voltage' Became a Classic on the First Take with a Broken Guitar

One musician’s guitar was broken. Another nailed his solo on the first take. The result still powers workouts 51 years later.

The universal nostalgia for "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

A song about a longing for home, John Denver's first hit in 1971 has been embraced by West Virginia in a big way, and has been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own ...
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Kirk Hammett on Gibsons, the magic of Greeny and why he thinks the age of active pickups is over

The Metallica lead guitarist discusses Peter Green's influence, the magic of a Gibson P.A.F. pickup, and how owning Greeny ...
MusicRadar

“What makes this album so interesting is the fact that there are guitars that are not totally in tune – but good luck trying to get a take as good as that!”: The creative ...

Eddie and Alex jammed for hours and hours, day after day, until they hit upon something so unique that is so perfectly ...
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“When he sang the chorus for the first time, I said, ‘You can’t do that – it sounds ridiculous!’”

The classic 2000s hit inspired by Queen and Def Leppard – with not one but two killer guitar solos ...
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Nik Kershaw: You can’t hold on to fame – I jumped before I was pushed

The musician talks life after writing Chesney Hawkes's 1991 number one hit 'The One and Only', meeting his wife at an airport and touring with Elton John ...

Linda Ronstadt's 40 best songs of all time, ranked. Her greatest hits

From "Long Long Time" and "Blue Bayou" to her hit duets with Aaron Neville, these are the 40 best Linda Ronstadt songs for ...
CNET

This Adorable BlackBerry-Inspired Phone Keeps Me Focused in Ways I Didn’t Expect

Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy industry, and outside of work enjoys biking and pizza making. Back in the ...

From legal threats to ‘the worst haircut you can think of’: 25 years of The Office

The beloved BBC sitcom is now a quarter of a century old. Ahead of two TV celebrations, here are 25 things you didn’t know about television’s funniest workplace mockumentary ...
The New Yorker

Florentina Holzinger’s Naked Ambition

The artist Florentina Holzinger’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the ...

Sennheiser HD 480 Pro Plus review: Some of the best studio sound you can buy, for even less

Sennheiser's HD 480 Pro Plus finally makes closed-back headphones stop apologising for their sound. Borrowed 38mm drivers ...

‘Techno in a monastery – are you ready?’ The Greek priest whose doom metal album is the year’s hippest record

His church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin ...