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“I don’t think anyone is anywhere near Ray Davies as a songwriter. He’s the best we’ve ever had. Closely followed by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

Guitar World

“If I had a perfect Strat, I’d take off a volume and a tone knob – because I’m a dreadful man – just to make it like a Tele”: Graham Coxon on the perfection of the Telecaster (and why you shouldn’t lend him your Strat)

The Blur guitarist reflects on his “wooden wife” –and the charms of the Tele’s weird headstock

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“If James Burton recorded that song one more time, it would not have sounded the same. They caught lightning in a bottle”: An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks

Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds

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Contributors to charity Help (2) album ‘elated’ with Mercury Prize nomination

Artists who contributed to the Help (2) charity compilation have said they are “elated” that the record has been nominated for the Mercury Prize.Help (2) is only the second compilation to receive a nod for the award, after its first volume in 1995, and features contributions from the likes of…

Evening Standard

“He plays those little Taylors. I’m always like, ‘Come on, play a proper guitar’”: Graham Coxon’s thoughts on Damon Albarn as a guitar player

Coxon offers his opinion on what his Blur bandmate is like on guitar

Guitar World

From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final series

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Graham Coxon on Blur, Brexit and his back catalogue

In this edition of arts24, we meet a musical polymath and an icon of British popular music. Graham Coxon is one of the founding members of Blur, pioneers of the Britpop movement that dominated the 1990s music scene. A solo artist in his own right, Coxon has released nine studio…

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“The best songwriter we ever had, followed closely by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his influences and why his new album is coming out 15 years late

Castle Park was recorded in 2011

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Graham Coxon found becoming a songwriter 'hard work'

Graham Coxon found it "hard work" to develop his songwriting skills alongside Blur bandmate Damon Albarn.

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Blur bassist Alex James to host London music events during World Cup

The 57-year-old musician will host three events in Trafalgar Square ahead of England’s big games

Evening Standard

Blur bassist Alex James to host three London music events ahead of World Cup

The 57-year-old musician will take over a pop-up space in Trafalgar Square this June.

Evening Standard

“Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow

Noel Gallagher called him one of greatest guitar talents of his generation. Coxon explains why he doesn’t agree as he shares the origin story of his lost solo album and the future of Blur

Guitar World

“In my older age, I’m thinking, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have been playing Marshalls for 35 years…’” Why Graham Coxon is questioning his classic Blur guitar rig

The Britpop icon is reassessing his gear choices

Guitar World

“I played the songs for him, and he said, ‘No… I don’t think we can use any of that.’ I was like, ‘Right. Cheers’”: Damon Albarn rejected an entire album of Blur songs – and accidentally kickstarted guitarist Graham Coxon’s solo career

With eight solo records and four film scores under his belt, Coxon has looked back on the moment that led to his first solo record, 1998’s The Sky Is Too High

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Alex James says Radiohead make him cry

Alex James has revealed he was reduced to tears performing Radiohead's Creep with an orchestra.

The Guardian - UK

‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s?

Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bed

Evening Standard

Messy Lunch: Gizzi Erskine announces 'chaotic' new food show fuelled by rockstars

The new show is co-presented by journalist Leonie Cooper, who first made her name at NME

Evening Standard

Martin Carthy at EartH: 'Bob Dylan's appearance drew gasps at tribute to English folk hero'

5/5 Barney Whittaker re[orts on a remarkable event paying tribute to Martin Carthy which featured appearances from an array of legends

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Danny Thompson obituary

Bass player and founder member of Pentangle who worked with John Martyn, Nick Drake and Kate Bush

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“His body of work is unparalleled in its quality and also in the incredibly varied number of musicians he worked with”: Danny Thompson, Pentangle bassist supreme, who played for Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, and more has died

Tributes have come in from Tony Visconti, Graham Coxon and others

Evening Standard

Mad for London: Oasis' chaotic supernova years in the capital

The benders, the bust-ups, the legendary gigs... Oasis were made in Manchester but London was where all their dreams came true

Louder

"Fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light." Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur's Graham Coxon

Ash return with first taste of forthcoming album Ad Astra

MusicRadar

“That song is overplayed now": Blur's Graham Coxon has had enough of Parklife

Guitarist also claims he knows all the words to Bat Out Of Hell

Louder

"It's got the filthiest tenor saxophone solo ever." Blur guitarist Graham Coxon reveals the prog rock song that changed his life

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon was a progressive rock fan as a teenager, and one song in particular captured his imagination

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