The Red Bulletin Playlist

Timothy B Schmit has been Eagles bassist for the past 45 years. Here he picks four tunes that helped build the foundation for the Californian band’s huge success.

We asked Flatbush Zombies rapper Meechy Darko to tell us about the songs that changed his life – get to know his tracks of yore and listen to The Red Bulletin Playlist here.

The singer/bassist picks four tracks that have influenced his work with indie band The xx and now as a solo artist

Calexico are known for mixing indie, folk and Latin sounds – here the band’s guitarist and vocalist Joey Burns talks about some songs that inspire their diverse Americana.

One of rock music’s most celebrated bands right now is Fontaines D.C. We asked the Irish quintet’s guitarist to reveal four songs that influenced their music.

The folk music icon on four life-affirming songs that lift his spirits.

As lead singer of Heart, Ann Wilson was one of the first women to front a hard rock band. Here she talks about four songs that still inspire her to keep on rocking.

Bonnie Raitt learned from the world’s greatest blues musicians – and became one of them herself. Here she reveals five tracks that helped turn her into a mean guitar slinger.

From Funkadelic blowing his “little boy mind” to “sorcerers of a black magic” Led Zeppelin, Grammy-winning blues star Fantastic Negrito lists four songs that shaped his style.

The Beach Boys scored hits in the 1960s and ’70s with feel-good songs such as Good Vibrations – here the band’s co-founder Mike Love lists five tracks that get him going.