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The “stunning” 1965 song David Crosby hailed as Bob Dylan’s greatest
One starry night. The post The “stunning” 1965 song David Crosby hailed as Bob Dylan’s greatest first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The 1981 Genesis classic Phil Collins fell out of love with: “I don’t really want to sing this”
“I don’t really want to sing this”. The post The 1981 Genesis classic Phil Collins fell out of love with: “I don’t really want to sing this” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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“The paganism was never a problem. All of us shared an interest in that side of things”: The story of Sabbat’s cult pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
This feature from Louder revisits the making of Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays, the acclaimed 1989 album by Nottingham pagan-thrash band Sabbat, exploring how a British group with strong folk, progressive and pagan influences briefly rivalled thrash contemporaries from the US and Germany during a period when British metal was otherwise struggling to make an…
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4 Wonderful Albums Proving That Singer-Songwriters Were Still Thriving in 1976
American Songwriter highlights four albums from 1976 that showcase the enduring strength of the singer-songwriter genre, arguing that although the movement is often said to have peaked in the early 1970s, it remained vibrant well into the decade. The piece profiles releases by four major artists, each praised for demonstrating exceptional songwriting craft and personal…
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Ranking Keith Richards’ 10 best guitar riffs: “I’m blessed”
Far Out Magazine has published a ranking of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ ten best riffs, celebrating his decades-long influence on rock and roll rhythm guitar playing. The piece argues that Richards built his reputation not through technical flashiness, like contemporaries Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, but through economy, mood and instinctive feel, drawing on…
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“If I could start again, I’d pick up a saucepan rather than a guitar.” CJ Wildheart on his new album, career choices, and his relationship with Ginger
Chris “CJ” Jaghdar, a founding member of The Wildhearts who had two spells in the band before an acrimonious split in 2022, has spoken about his eighth solo album, Devil, and the possibility of a reunion with the band. The interview touches on his career choices, his musical direction, and his relationship with former bandmate…
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Born 114 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the “Greatest Country Music Visionary You’ve Never Heard Of” Who Basically Invented the Genre (And Discovered Jimmy Dean and Patsy Cline)
Connie B. Gay, born 114 years ago today (22 August 1914) in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, is credited as one of the founding figures of modern country music, having coined the term “country music” itself and transformed what was then dismissively called “hillbilly music” into a major commercial industry. He served as founding president of…
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Apple Music to add labels to AI-generated music later this year
Apple Music has confirmed it will introduce “Made With AI” labels for AI-generated tracks later this year, requiring record labels and distributors to tag songs where “a material portion” of the content was created using AI. The move follows an earlier pledge from Apple in March to flag AI-made music, which had not yet materialised,…
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Watch Courtney Love sing Addison Rae’s “saddest song”
Courtney Love has posted a cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” on Instagram, reworking the pop hit into a more subdued, mellow rendition that she described as the “saddest song”. The Hole frontwoman’s tribute continues a run of cross-generational pop moments, coming shortly after Slayyyter covered Hole’s 1994 track “Violet” on triple J’s Like A…