drummer Tony Thompson fuses influences

The Power Station's percussive powerhouse talks. Bill Milkowski puts pen to paper

Philip Bashe and Don McLeese stop a lone Stone stateside

A little Tonight music from the thin white one, his band, his producer, Uncle Tom Ziggy and all

Duran man Andy Taylor gives Chris Maillard a Station announcement

Any band that call their album 'Steve McQueen' deserve to be interviewed by Chris Maillard

The birth of HM jazz?

Which nutty boy is a home recording fanatic?

could make a star of you

Behind the classic 'Imagination' single lies a sensitive songwriter with a keen ear for melody and a fascination for modern technology. Tim Goodyer talks to Neville Keighley and his session keyboardsman, Peter Oxendale.

The Bahamas boy talks tunes and tides with Adrian Deevoy

The urbane Mr Palmer talks to Hank Bordowitz about crossing over from cult status to general acceptance.

From the profound to the downright silly, we wind up a year's chit-chat

'Is this the one we have all been waiting for?' asks Julian Colbeck. Slotting neatly into the vacant sub-£1000 price bracket, Roland's new keyboard is a fast and easy to use sampler with plenty of attractive qualities. But how does it fare against the competition? Read on to find out...

Six of our favourite drummers choose 30 of their favourite drum tracks.

IT's guide through the MIDI jungle