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17 of the best Kate Bush songs to test your hi-fi system

Treat your hi-fi system to some of Kate Bush's best songs that are beautifully recorded and produced.

What Hi-Fi? · Mar 6, 2024

Maya Shenfeld on AI: "I can’t imagine machines entirely replacing what we do, but it could help make mixing faster or make production more accessible on an educational level"

An existential ode to climate change, Berlin-based composer Maya Shenfeld on her evocative second album, Under the Sun

MusicRadar · Feb 22, 2024

"George Martin knew Robert Moog, and asked him to come to Abbey Road and show us this Moog thing": Paul McCartney on the synth used on the final Beatles album and how its 'noise' created tension in the band

Did the Moog synth speed up the demise of the Beatles?

MusicRadar · Feb 21, 2024

"We actually took it to a musicologist because we didn’t want to get sued": the story behind George Thorogood & The Destroyers' Bad To The Bone

George Thorogood’s ode to brawlin’ and heart breakin’ Bad To The Bone was inspired by The Rolling Stones and almost recorded by Bo Diddley

Louder · Dec 18, 2023

“The only way we could afford it was to record on New Year’s Eve, because no one else wanted to.” How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes

A cash-strapped Iron Maiden slept on floors and recorded on New Year’s Eve to make their debut EP. 45 years later, it’s one of rock’s most sought-after rarities.

Metal Hammer · Nov 30, 2023

"Dwarves with trays of cocaine on their heads? It never happened. Well, I never saw it. Actually, it could have been true...": What really happened at Queen's most outrageous party

In 1978, Queen launched their Jazz album with a huge Halloween party at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. People are still talking about it

Louder · Nov 27, 2023

"He used to stand at the side of the stage and watch our every move": How Johnny Kidd & The Pirates made one of the great British rock'n'roll records and inspired Jimmy Page

Knocked up in a hurry, intended as a B-side and with a title the band were all originally “ashamed of”, Shakin' All Over was an instant hit and a huge influence over those who followed

Louder · Nov 27, 2023

HMV Reopening Raises Revival Hopes For London's Oxford Street

British music retailer HMV returns to the iconic site of its former flagship store in central London on Friday, in a much-needed boost to the flagging fortunes of the capital's premier shopping street.

International Business Times · Nov 24, 2023

Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ Recording Console To Fetch Over £1m At Auction

Historic EMI TG12345 Mk I unit used by Fab Four to record groundbreaking album to be auctioned in London

Zenger · Nov 21, 2023

"He liked the look of the knobs": The extraordinary story of The Beatles' Abbey Road mixing desk that was rescued from a skip and is now worth over a million pounds

Here comes the seven-figure sum - that's what you might have to pay for the desk that was used to record Fab Four's final album, then given to a school that binned it…

MusicRadar · Nov 21, 2023