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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 - Caught on Camera

Rick Astley won't listen to Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky

Rick Astley has explained why he doesn't listen to I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue.

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“The good news is it was recorded – you can go online and see it. The bad news is that’s because someone stole all the master tapes”: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter on his supergroup with Joe Walsh, sessions with Joni Mitchell and the voices of Albert King

The session great discusses being hand-picked by Gene Simmons, fitting in with James Brown, creating classic solos for Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, and Frankenstein acts on most of his guitars

Guitar World

“If you see me in my music, I haven’t done my job, but if you see yourself, my job is done”: Brandi Carlile reveals the songwriting maxim that Joni Mitchell lives by

“Joni has a knack for speaking the unspeakable and for making us all feel seen and uniquely understood,” she says

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“There was nothing challenging about it in any way whatsoever”: Robben Ford spent months touring with George Harrison – but the experience didn’t stretch his guitar chops

The Beatle’s music may not have put the fusion star’s guitar skills through their paces, but the tour proved the making of him in other ways

Guitar World

The queens of collaboration in Lucius are finding themselves again musically

Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they've been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers

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Drug runs for the Stones, a love triangle with Joni Mitchell: has Chris O’Dell had the music industry’s wildest career?

She managed tours for Queen and Led Zeppelin and was at George Harrison’s house when the Beatles split – but O’Dell is most proud of her legacy as a woman in a macho industry

The Guardian - UK

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex reveals the song she would think of 'every time' she landed in LA

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has revealed the song she would think of "every single time" she landed in California.

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Sam Fender rocks out with The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel at Coachella

Sam Fender performed with The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel at Coachella.

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“One of the guys said, ‘Joni, there’s this weird bass player in Florida, you’d probably like him’”: How Joni Mitchell formed an unlikely partnership with Jaco Pastorius

Although much of his fame stems from his time with Weather Report, Jaco’s recordings with Joni Mitchell yielded some of the finest bass playing of his career

Guitar World

"People started to leave. I was terrified": The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed

Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The BrownDirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album markedthe end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band

Louder

Trajal Harrell: The Köln Concert review – Keith Jarrett’s bestselling 70s jazz album made visible

Zürich Dance Ensemble’s extraordinary dancers, led by choreographer Harrell, all but embody the pianist’s free jazz musings, with a little help from Joni Mitchell

The Guardian - UK

Joni Mitchell described it as ‘fly fishing’ and Jeff Beck was a master of the craft – learn how to use volume swells like guitar legends Eddie Van Halen, Allan Holdsworth and Larry Carlton

Volume down, pick, volume up... violining offers loads of potential as this lesson proves

Guitar World

‘Joni Mitchell’s Blue revolutionised the way I saw music’: Emeli Sandé’s honest playlist

The singer was a young fan of Mariah and pretends she hates one 70s musical classic, but which aquatic power ballad can she genuinely no longer stand?

The Guardian - UK

Raw, romantic and radical: Joan Baez’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With her Diamonds and Rust album turning 50, we rate the standout tracks from the strident American folk singer and political activist

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Amanda Seyfried says marketing team ‘ruined’ Jennifer’s Body

‘Mean Girls’ star criticised promotional campaign for ‘cheapening’ the cult 2009 film by targeting male audiences with sexualised images of her co-star, Megan Fox

The National (Scotland)

Elaine C Smith: We need proper Scottish honours system – UK's is too political

Elaine C Smith wept when she opened the letter telling her she was to be given the Freedom of the City of Glasgow. Those tears tell a complicated…

The Independent UK

Joni Mitchell streams surge after Amanda Seyfried’s viral ‘California’ cover on Jimmy Fallon

Actor recently debunked reports that she was ‘auditioning’ to play the legendary Canadian artist in Cameron Crowe’s forthcoming biopic

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Amanda Seyfried addresses Joni Mitchell biopic speculations after ‘California’ cover goes viral

‘Mamma Mia!’ star’s pitch-perfect cover of Mitchell’s hit 1971 track led to speculation that she was auditioning to play the folk singer in a biopic

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Saturn’s moons, royal songs and sporting politicians – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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“This is what I learned to play during the pandemic for almost two years”: Amanda Seyfried just showed off her new-found dulcimer skills and proved that she’d be the perfect fit for Cameron Crowe’s Joni Mitchell biopic

An ‘impromptu’ performance of a Joni classic has got the internet talking

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Watch superstar actor Amanda Seyfried cover Joni Mitchell with a stunning dulcimer performance

The Mamma Mia! star covered Mitchell’s classic California during a recent stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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“Are you kidding me?!” Amanda Seyfried shows off her dulcimer chops as she covers a Joni Mitchell classic on Jimmy Fallon

The Mamma Mia star learned the dulcimer during the pandemic, and paid homage to one of her heroes with a cover of California

The Guardian - UK

Gracie Abrams, the year’s biggest pop star: ‘Trump has only been in office a month, and everybody is more at risk’

After dodging toxic fans, ‘nepo baby’ jibes and her own projectile vomit, the 25-year-old has just spent eight weeks at UK No 1. She explains why she’s now writing about our dark, uncertain future

The Guardian - UK

‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album

Retire quietly? The idea filled John with horror. Instead, he and Carlile made his best album in decades. They talk tantrums, mortality – and being tactful with Trump

Louder

10 huge hits given away from one artist to another

From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had classics going spare and shopped them elsewhere.

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