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“When Stevie called us, we had to tell him the party was over. We said, ‘We’ve just blown out Stevie Wonder!’” Stuart Zender on sessioning for Stevie Wonder and supplying the funk to Jamiroquai’s first three albums

After he quit Jamiroquai, Stuart Zender became an in-demand session bassist, jamming with Gorillaz, Stevie Wonder, and Amy Winehouse co-writer Mark Ronson

Guitar World

‘Happy by Pharrell is exceedingly annoying – but I love it’: DJ Roger Sanchez’s honest playlist

The DJ does Journey at karaoke and gets the party started with Daft Punk. But which Stevie Wonder track would he like played at his funeral?

The Guardian - UK

‘I sang karaoke with Novak Djokovic – a surreal experience’: Jacob Collier’s honest playlist

The musical prodigy discovered Stevie Wonder aged two and danced to Brazilian jazz at a Grammys afterparty. But what song does he think is the best in the world?

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"I thought, ‘I can’t play now. He’s going to be looking at my fingers and judging me’”: British acid jazz outfit The Brand New Heavies say that Prince came to watch them three times and Stevie Wonder once sang one of their songs to them

Oh, and Mark Ronson credits them with changing his musical direction

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Lorraine Kelly makes Radio 2 debut in huge Christmas BBC schedule reveal

BBC Radio 2 will also host a special celebrating the music of Stevie Wonder

The Independent UK

Babyface's recording studio – home to "125 Top 10 hits, 45 No 1 R&B hits and 13 Grammy wins" – goes on sale for $7 million with $800,000 worth of gear

The Los Angeles recording facility has hosted Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and more

MusicRadar

“Tim wasn’t feeling good, and then Jeff said something derogatory, and Tim just punched him in the face!”: The dramatic story of Jeff Beck’s explosive ’70s supergroup and the song that Stevie Wonder gifted to them and then reclaimed

An eye-witness account from drummer Carmine Appice

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“After the show, they handed me what is to this day one of my most prized possessions”: Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Soundgarden played on the night with Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell, while Olivia Rodrigo honored The White Stripes, the Tedeschi Trucks Band covered The Beatles, and Flea performed with Stevie Wonder

Guitar World

Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone got an all-star tribute at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

Questlove, Jennifer Hudson and Maxwell were also involved

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Maroon 5 confirmed as latest headliners for BST Hyde Park 2026

Group joins Garth Brooks, Pitbull and Lewis Capaldi for Hyde Park concerts next summer

The Independent UK

D'Angelo's funeral took place in Virginia at the weekend

R+B legend D'Angelo was laid to rest in a Virginia funeral service over the weekend following his death last month at the age of 51 from pancreatic cancer.

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As A Fan, I Totally Get The One Thing That Happens On Wheel Of Fortune That Still Makes Vanna White Very 'Nervous'

I don't blame her.

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‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio

Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift finally nominated for the Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame

She could be youngest inductee since Stevie Wonder

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‘The best song to play at a party is the one that gets people to leave’: Sananda Maitreya’s honest playlist

Stevie Wonder rocked the singer’s 10-year-old world and he’s secretly a huge fan of the Carpenters. But what novelty song did he drunkenly sing in karaoke in Japan?

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Glenn Hughes has played with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion and more - but he should never have left his first band

Glenn Hughes has spent more than 50 years in rock - and he's ready to talk about it all

MusicRadar

"Grohl's randomised fills and relentless single strokes at the end of the song makes this one of his greatest drum performances on record": Listen to 11 isolated drum tracks from rock's drumming legends

Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Beatles, Slipknot, The Police, and more

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‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together

Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appeal

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Melanie Blatt struggles to remember her song lyrics

Melanie Blatt has confessed that she can barely remember her song lyrics.

The Guardian - UK

‘Stevie Wonder really stirred something in me’: Melanie Blatt’s honest playlist

The All Saints singer can do all the rap bits in Neneh Cherry’s Buffalo Stance but which Prince tearjerker does she want for her funeral?

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Stevie Wonder’s 'heart is broken' after death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Stevie Wonder’s “heart is broken” following the death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner in a drowning accident in Costa Rica.

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“The groove was a kind of blues groove, and I think I drank a beer, because I wanted to have a kind of slurring sound in my voice”: Stevie Wonder reveals how he recorded the classic Moog synth bassline and “laidback” vocals on Boogie On Reggae Woman

Stevie also says that he’s working on a new “project”, Through The Eyes Of Wonder

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Stevie Wonder won't give up performing

Motown legend Stevie Wonder has declared that he will continue performing on stage for as long as he can still "breathe".

MusicRadar

“But seriously, you know the truth”: Stevie Wonder addresses conspiracy theory that he isn’t actually blind

He gives short speech at Cardiff gig

Evening Standard

corto.alto: 'I sometimes find jazz alienating, and I'm a jazz musician'

The Scottish artist is one of a wave of artists bringing jazz to a new generation. Here, he chats Spotify, Gen Z and why he’d love to play with Stevie Wonder

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