You Never Knew About Talking Heads

Tom Ellard, Severed Head's supremo, on sound surgery and synths.

Talking Heads

After a nine-year career with America's foremost contemporary rock band, Talking Heads' keyboard player Jerry Harrison reveals some of the playing secrets behind their success. Tim Goodyer takes notes.

Shure & Beyer Headset Mikes

Jerry Harrison makes it go

With Talking Heads on the back burner, keyboard player Jerry Harrison is building a strong following as a solo artist. Nigel Lord talks messages and machinery to a Casual God.

Talking Heads, This Mortal Coil, Paul McCartney, and Classic Jimi Hendrix.

Alexei Sayle

lists his nicest songs

Cool notes, hot gossip and tepid talk

Talking Heads keyboard player Jerry Harrison talks to Nicholas Rowland about a forthcoming Heads LP and a solo project he calls The Casual Gods.

The Music Behind The Face

Eno — the man, the painting and the interview.

Go straight to this page if you like a good gossip.

all the gossip that's fit to hint

This, however, is the bit where we tell you gossipy tittle-tattle you've never heard before.

Red Guitars

Red Guitars choose a collective top eight tracks.

would we lie to you

Naked truths from a pop idol

Big in America, big in rehearsal rooms — but why isn't this dead good pop group dead big here?

In 1984, The Blue Nile released an album widely hailed as the finest debut LP of recent years. After five years of silence, they've produced another masterpiece in Hats. Paul Ireson talks to the men behind two of the decade's finest records.

From Gretsches to Strats, from Pop to Jazz. The ever-changing songwriter talks chords, choruses and contrapuntals with Adrian Deevoy

The driving force behind the Cars' success on the road and in the garage tell Chris Maillard what's under their bonnets