Lift a lick, ripoff a riff — how much can you learn from guitar teaching tapes?

Being a brief glance back at the fascinating history of tape recorders, from mono to digital

News from America compiled by Simon Braund

Dealer of the Month

Steve Cogan talks to Chris and Cosey at their Norfolk home

the great acoustic guitar revival

When IBM - the Big Blue - conquered the business computer market, music was the last thing on their corporate mind. Yet in 1990, the PC is gaining ground as a music machine. Ian Waugh reports.

The noise from the black stuff

Sex and drugs and sausage roll?

Neil Innes — Python and beyond

Contemporary American composer Steve Reich talks about train journeys, music video theatre, and the ethics and aesthetics of sampling. Simon Trask goes along for the ride.

brothers patrick and gregory reflect on the pitfalls of early success

Mixing with the master men

Dave Crombie tinkles the RMI Keyboard Computer — not so much a synth, more a souped-up organ.

Gary Moore

Why a pink Strat is Gazzer's fave

bemusing bostoners head for the mainstream

Upcoming systems music composer chats to Simon Trask about modern technology, Renaissance music and Belgian pop.

Ken Freeman, Tony Mansfield and Martin Ware

Really Big Men

The band tipped to make it BIG in '88. Tim Goodyer talks to a DJ/keyboard player with a unique place in rock 'n' roll and a singer/guitarist who's going to make Madonna and Lita Ford look like Dot Cotton and Hilda Ogden.