The EZ Band from Texas specialise in playing familiar pop hits in the traditional Norteño style – including this one by The Smiths.

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Van Morrison returns with one of his best albums for decades, looking back on his life and career on Remembering Now.

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There are deep cuts and then there are deeper cuts. This UK reggae gem by Sharon Little falls into the latter category.

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Kim Gordon re-records her 2024 song Bye Bye and re-tools it to feature all the words “cancelled” by Trump under his second presidency.

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The word genius gets bandied around rather too much when it comes to musicians. But few would dispute that Brian Wilson was a genius.

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Rick Derringer was one of those names that I heard a lot growing up, without ever being able to place him or recognise a particular song.

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If James Brown was the godfather of soul, then Sly Stone was the wayward genius of a younger brother who followed him into the family trade.

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You’d be forgiven for thinking this might be a deep cut from the back catalogue of Amy Winehouse. But it’s not the Queen of Camden – Kendra Morris comes from 4,000 miles away.

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There’s something about Matt Berninger’s mournful, melancholic baritone that gets me every time. His voice, and his way with words, and his gift for melody.

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In the first half of the ’70s Brinsley Schwarz were the flag bearers of pub rock – the backlash to prog that led directly to punk. Bob Andrews played keyboards.

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