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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
It’s hard to choose just one [Sly & The Family Stone] song but today, it’s this one. Each member holding down their part, knowing their piece of this puzzle, is worthy of being on its own and taking flight at any time. Political, social honesty wrapped up in a helluva good time. Hearing this song or any of their songs for the first time made me want to explore more freedom in constructing songs. They paid no mind to a three minute rule.
The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg
In a year that sees him finish his 'magical memoir', a new album with The Red Elastic Band and a career-spanning homecoming show in Liverpool, former Shack, Strands and Pale Fountains frontman Michael Head takes Patrick Clarke through the 13 records that shaped him
In this month's subscriber essay, Manu Ekanayake revisits the BBC adaptation of John Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to explore ideas of Englishness and patriotism corrupted by the Establishment and private school system (note – contains spoilers!)
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