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"They told me to change my name. They also told me to sing other people's songs." How Joan Armatrading refused to compromise, baffled session pros, and made the album that set her on the path to stardom

After accidentally getting a start in the London production of Hair, Joan Armatrading made the demo that (eventually) changed her life

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No rules. No limits. No quarter. Led Zeppelin: 18 months on the road with the biggest band in the world - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in Classic Rock 350: Smashing Pumpkins, Michael Monroe, Jay Buchanan, Joan Armatrading, BB King, Ten Years After, The Mission, The Boomtown Rats, Tyketto, Danny Francis, Peter Capaldi and more

Louder

Camilla celebrates Queen’s Commonwealth essay competition winners

The Royal Commonwealth Society has staged the essay competition since 1883 and received 53,434 entries this year from 54 Commonwealth nations.

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“Jim Carrey stormed the stage mid-song to air guitar his right leg like a maniac”: From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history

Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar

Guitar World

Joan Armatrading composes classical piece that is ‘love letter’ to Birmingham

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will give the first performance of Homeland on December 7.

Evening Standard

"The band's interpretations of other writers' songs are so creative they're essentially new songs with the old lyrics and title": Manfred Mann’s Earth Band mix it up on Nightingales & Bombers

For a band frequently pigeonholed as a singles act, Nightingales & Bombers proved Manfred Mann’s Earth Band could deliver depth and daring in equal measure

Louder

Joan Armatrading shouts out Sabrina Carpenter and Shaboozey: ‘Music hasn’t died, it’s just different’

Revered singer-songwriter, whose career spans five decades, is known for championing up-and-coming artists

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Princess of Wales joins royal family members in celebrating Commonwealth Day

Kate missed the Westminster Abbey service last year.

The Independent UK

Restoring planet’s harmony is vital task, says King in Commonwealth message

This year’s Commonwealth Day theme is Together We Thrive, which celebrates the ‘enduring spirit of the Commonwealth family’.

Evening Standard

King to praise Commonwealth’s ability to bring people together in annual address

This year’s Commonwealth Day theme is Together We Thrive, which celebrates the ‘enduring spirit of the Commonwealth family’.

The Independent UK

Johnnie Walker’s wife raises glass to ‘most devoted husband’ on New Year’s Eve

The DJ’s death was announced by Sounds Of The 70s presenter Bob Harris.

Evening Standard

"I see reviews saying: 'The band were great.' Yeah, the 'band' is me": Joan Armatrading on her new music, riding an elevator with Leslie West and walking with Nelson Mandela

Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading talks about inspirations, what her famous key was about, her popularity with freedom fighters and more

Louder

Joan Armatrading grateful for 'gift' of writing songs

Joan Armatrading has "no idea" how she writes songs and believes it is down to an innate "gift" she possesses.

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Joan Armatrading: ‘I love the Beano – in fact, I was in it, having a slap-up meal’

The singer-songwriter answers your questions on the bank robber that inspired her, playing with Bob Dylan and Clarke Peters, and her love of classic comics

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Joan Armatrading 'loves' listening to Post Malone and Justin Bieber

'Love and Affection' singer Joan Armatrading, 73, still keeps up with contemporary music and is a huge fan of Justin Bieber and Post Malone.

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Joan Armatrading would 'stop being an artist' if she didn't move with the times

Joan Armatrading wouldn't enjoy sticking to the same music she made in the past.

Louder

"A forest of invention and great songs": Joan Armatrading does serious harm to electric guitars on How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

National treasure Joan Armatrading maintains forward momentum

The Independent UK

Albums this week: Joan Armatrading returns to familiar ground, while Kim Deal and Michael Kiwanuka try something new

The Breeders frontwoman brings her trademark attention to detail to a superb debut solo album full of surprises

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Post your questions for Joan Armatrading

As she releases new album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, the veteran singer-songwriter will take on your questions

Louder

At war with their producer. At war with their label. At war with each other: The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opetrh, George Murray, Queen, Vion Hdertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

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Joan Armatrading announces 13th studio album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

Joan Armatrading will release her new LP 'How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean' - her 13th studio album - on November 22.

Louder

Joan Armatrading announces new studio album, releases single inspired by encounter with confrontational young person

Joan Armatrading's twenty-first studio album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean will arrive later this year

Guitar World

“I’m still predominantly a Teleplayer, but I felt like my guitar playing had got a bit stale. I switched to a Les Paul for a year and I think it did the trick”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on rewiring her playing and conquering ADHD in the studio

New album Heavy Soul finds JST pushing her vocals to new limits and pushing tube amps beyond their limits, and it cements her rep as one of the great blues players of our time

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“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

Louder

“It brings you to tears”: Listen to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson plus Jeff Beck's last-ever recording on stunning new version of Mark Knopfler's Going Home, raising funds for US and UK cancer charities

Hear some of the world's most iconic guitarists play together on one of rock's great instrumentals, re-recorded for charity, and available to purchase now

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