Happy Hour

It's Housemartins again

The Sweetest Girl

The Sweetest Girl, the Coverage version

Boys Don't Cry

RIDERS ON THE STORM

Coverage cops a classic cut

Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top grin and beard it

New Jerusalem

Part 4: Dave Stewart continues his monthly series with a look at the ideas behind his song 'New Jerusalem'.

In Praise Of Learning

Part 12. Dave Stewart wraps up his music seminar with a look at chords and scales, and why you need to know them.

Man Versus Machine

Part 2: Famed keyboardist Dave Stewart continues his monthly column, designed to get you thinking about your music.

No Rhythm

Part 10: No rhythm. Dave Stewart explains ways of making music Without That Insistent Backbeat.

Tuned Percussion

Part 7: Tuned percussion. Dave investigates the enormous creative potential of sampled sounds within music, and offers his rendition of 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'.

New Jerusalem (Continued)

Part 5: Another songwriting masterclass from Dave Stewart, continuing his examination of the ideas behind 'New Jerusalem'.

Simple But Not Obvious

Part 3: Famed keyboardist Dave Stewart continues his monthly column designed to get you thinking more about your music.

Waiting In The Wings

Part 11. Dave Stewart explains the recording of one of his songs and passes on a few tips into the bargain.

Grey Skies

Famed keyboardist Dave Stewart begins this new series designed to give you a few more compositional ideas than you maybe had before!

Shadowland

Part 9: Shadowland. More inside info on the compositional structures Dave adopted on this track.

Sixty Something

Part 6: Sixty something. Dave reflects on originality and where to find it.

terrific tips from the top

Timing

Pitch

7/4

There is life outside of 4/4. We dissect those funny times like five and seven and quarter past four on a Thursday.