How a devastating childhood accident and chance encounters with legends helped Ry Cooder become one of guitar’s most influential stylists

The guitarist would help define the Rolling Stones’ late-‘60s shift to country rock and bring Cuban music to a global audience ...

The influential Chic classic that spawned one of the most recognisable bass lines of all time.

We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music ...