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What is it that makes the "old" ones so attractive when there is a lot of new – and good – music being created? |  Photo: Universal
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"Skyfall" was the first Bond title song to win an Academy Award and a Grammy. | Photo: Alex Kormis (CC BY 2.0 DEED)
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Some guitarists just stay in their box once they can play well enough. That's boring to me, you have to evolve and grow as a musician. | Photo: Facebook
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Outside a pub in a mountain village in Colombia. | Photo: Matěj Ptaszek
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We found our own voice and concept and decided that West Wind should be the debut song. | Photo: archive of Palo Canto
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The Irish singer Bob Geldof will undoubtedly be remembered as an activist, especially as a fighter against famine in Africa. | Photo: Alfred Weidinger | CC BY 2.0 Deed
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Maybe it is precisely because the song is so '80s that it has survived in popularity through the years. | Photo: Jacob Whittaker (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)
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When women no longer have to fight prejudice, endlessly defend their competence and endure a stream of more or less astonished or questioning comments, there will be many more female guitarists, brass players, conductors, composers and sound engineers. | Photo: Unsplash
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Unforgettable one-liners and legendary scenes that perfectly captured all the clichés of rock music. | Photo: The Kobal Collection
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