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Watch Robert Plant perform Led Zeppelin's Gallows Pole during Tiny Desk Concert set

Robert Plant and Saving Grace play intimate set including Led Zep classic

Louder

Spiderbait’s Kram: ‘Which famous person would I fight? Anyone but Danny DeVito’

The drummer-singer talks about his love for Alec Guinness, putting his foot in it with a Bad Seed and the ideal length of men’s shorts

The Guardian - AU

‘She knew where she wanted to go – and just kept going’: the real Janis Joplin, by those closest to her

She was the epitome of Summer of Love chic – and became overshadowed by tragedy. But as her raw power is celebrated on stage in London, her family and bandmates explain there was far more to the singer than her legend

The Guardian - UK

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“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: Revisiting Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance 30 years on

The grunge icons did the show their way - and it was one for the ages

Louder

Len Chandler obituary

American folk singer and civil rights activist who performed with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger

The Guardian - UK

His underrated guitar playing influenced everyone from the Beatles to Nirvana – here's how Lead Belly used his 12-string skills to play his way out of prison

Huddie Ledbetter's magnetic musical talent got him an early release from a hellish Texas prison – yet his full impact on 20th century guitar playing is often overlooked

Guitar World

How can we maximize woke's potential while minimizing the culture war's divisiveness?

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and other major banks has raised fears about a potential 2008-style banking crisis. While this seems unlikely, like so many events these days, SVB’s failure has also been caught in the sticky rhetorical web of the culture war.

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Van Morrison announces extra date for intimate Belfast shows

Tickets on sale Friday

Belfast Live

Van Morrison intimate Belfast shows announced ahead of new album launch

Tickets go on sale November 4

Belfast Live

‘The past is immaterial’: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, reunited after 56 years

At 75 and 80 years old, the much-loved musicians have finally re-formed to pay tribute to their folk-blues heroes. They explain how old records taught them how to play – and how to live

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