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“It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there…”: How Bob Dylan confronted his own mortality in a hauntingly beautiful song – and re-established himself as an artist of real creative relevance

Dylan wanted a more cinematic texture and a modern sound – but one that was rooted in old American music.

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“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. The audience is on its feet, singing every word. It’s like God suddenly walks through the room”: The epic U2 anthem that drove its creators half mad

During the making of The Joshua Tree, half of the time was spent on this one track

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“If anything makes me regret not pursuing more of an artistic career, it’s looking at Brian Eno”: Still, BJ Cole didn’t do too badly with David Gilmour, The Orb, Bill Nelson, Scott Walker and others

He set out to confound expectations of pedal steel with post-country band Cochise. Thanks to Captain Beefheart, Love and Hank Marvin, the session hero is pleased to reflect that he got away with it

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“It’s hard to watch a friend face down their demons in front of you and come off second best”: The doomed blues hotshot who blew away Bono and toured with Dylan – but ran from fame and died in obscurity

He was signed to the same label as Dylan and Springsteen and brought the blues into the 1990s, but success eluded him

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“I was thinking at the time, if anyone wants to try and copy this video, good luck to them!”: How ’60s soul music, African rhythms and a groundbreaking video fuelled Peter Gabriel’s biggest hit

Gabriel had to lie under glass for a total of 16 hours

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“I thought Bowie was talented even though he lacked direction. I could hear the star quality in his voice”: Tony Visconti’s tales of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Phil Lynott and U2

Bowie, Bolan, Thin Lizzy – producer Tony Visconti has worked with them all

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“We’ve had four days to learn these songs and we’re gonna play every single one of them tonight”: Eric Clapton, Trey Anastasio, Bob Weir, Van Morrison, Mike Campbell, Lucinda Williams celebrate Robbie Robertson at epic Martin Scorsese-curated tribute

The nearly five-hour tribute concert took place on October 17 at Los Angeles' Kia Forum and included tracks from The Band and Robertson's post-Band career

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"There wasn't an option to go and hide in the shadows any more": How Peter Gabriel made So and became the world's biggest-selling cult artist

In 1986 Peter Gabriel released his fifth studio album So. It was a huge international hit. This is how it happened

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"He knows very little about an awful lot, but it’s how he applies that knowledge - and it’s down to confidence, too": How Brian Eno became music's ultimate renaissance man

Producer, collaborator, hard-to-use synth champion, ambient maestro, app developer and chancer Brian Eno is certainly a pioneer, but of what? Well, how about everything?

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“Strat or Les Paul? I’m going to go with Strat. The bar has become a big part of the way I play…” Pete Thorn answers the guitar world’s biggest questions – and names the underrated players you need to hear right now

Is tone in the fingers or in the gear? What’s the best piece of guitar advice you’ve received? What would you like to be better at? Pete Thorn takes our guitar nerd questionnaire…

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"Impeccable, clear and soulful in equal measure": Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson album review

Robbie Robertson hooked up with producer Daniel Lanois for his debut solo album, conjuring up a fashionably atmospheric twist to his ongoing fascination with American culture

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Robbie Robertson’s 10 best recordings – from Bob Dylan to the Band

The heart of the Band, an integral player in Dylan’s rise, and a stunning solo artist, the Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist has died aged 80

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Inside the lost Tony Visconti-produced U2 album that never was

Bowie producer Tony Visconti thought he'd get a crack at working with U2 on their upcoming record, before he was ghosted by Bono and co.

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Daniel Lanois talks producing and his memories of making So with Peter Gabriel: "If you don't get to a soulful place making a record, don't put it out"

"Sometimes groove and tapestry will provide the platform for the big melody to come. You have to be patient," Lanois says of the process writing and recording Sledgehammer in the studio

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‘It speaks straight from the heart’: Bryan Ferry, Adele and Engelbert Humperdinck on Bob Dylan’s Make You Feel My Love

As the ballad appears on the latest Bootleg Sessions box set, some of the many artists who have covered it explain why it tugs their heartstrings

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Bob Dylan almost died in 1997. Months later, 'Time Out of Mind' revived his career

A quarter of a century ago, Bob Dylan found vital new life in an album about death's inexorable approach.

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Review: New boxed set revisits versions of Dylan's masterful 'Time Out of Mind'

Bob Dylan, "Fragments — Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17" (Legacy)

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