‘He Marches Right Through the Song’: Steve Albini on How Charlie Watts’s Snare Defined The Rolling Stones

Charlie Watts embodies this book’s thesis. It’s impossible to imagine the Rolling Stones without him, and he was just as crucial to their sound as Keith Richards’ guitar or Mick Jagger’s singing. In ...
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“Promises a lot and mostly delivers – although it’s not without a few teething issues”: Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator review

Roland’s flagship drum machine is its first in 40 years to offer analogue sounds – but that’s only part of the story ...
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Drum & Bass / Jungle charts

Review: Now unanimously credited as one of two chance inventors of drum & bass along with his Rage DJing partner Fabio, Grooverider has a lot to contend with, not to mention a lot to live up to. Now ...
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“He tried it when he came in and he said ‘I can’t do it as good as you, Ronnie. You get back on the drums.’”: When Charlie Watts ceded the drums to Ronnie Wood on a ...

Ronnie Wood was given the honour of being the Desert Island Discs castaway this weekend just gone. Though he’s best known as a guitarist, the 78-year-old Rolling Stone is competent on a number of ...