Graham Nash: ‘Most of the sad songs are about my relationship with Joni Mitchell’

The Crosby, Stills and Nash singer on the wild early years, feuds, divorce and ego

David Crosby on Stills, Nash and Neil Young (‘probably the most selfish person I know’)

At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy

Joni Mitchell: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) review – Essential listening

Not many artists can successfully crack open the hard shell that protects them from themselves

Glen Hansard: ‘I have regrets about Apollo House’

The Frames frontman is in danger of becoming an elder statesman

15 of the best rock and pop concerts and festivals in Ireland this week

Roseanne Cash, Caribou, Indiependence, Castlepalooza among the highlights

Gathered from Coincidence review – three-disc compilation of British folk-pop classics

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Chelsea Manning’s release is the inspiring proof: we can overcome

Chelsea has taught me that no matter how huge the obstacles to social and political change may seem, when people come together nothing is impossible

Kris Kristofferson and me: Rita Coolidge’s tales of pain and hedonism from rock’s inner circle

The ‘Delta Lady’ talks about her volatile marriage to Kris Kristofferson, her partying past, not being credited for her work on Clapton’s Layla and violence against women

Lykke Li: ‘I had the blues and that was a good thing’

Sadness permeates the Swede’s third album. She talks about musical catharsis and how David Lynch led her to meditation