How I wrote ...
Musicians explain where inspiration for their best songs came from, before performing an exclusive live session
Lily Allen performs Our Time – live session video
Lily Allen visits the Guardian's studio to perform a live version of Our Time, the third single from her soon-to-be-released third album
Kaiser Chiefs perform Coming Home – live session video
The Kaiser Chiefs perform Coming Home, taken from their current number one album, Education, Education, Education & War
Paolo Nutini performs Scream (Funk My Life Up) – live session video
Paulo Nutini and his band the Vipers visit the Guardian's studios to perform an exclusive live version of his blues-funk song Scream (Funk My Life Up)
Jimi Goodwin performs Terracotta Warrior – live session video
Former Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin performs a live version of Terracotta Warrior at the Guardian's studio
Seth Lakeman performs Portrait of My Wife – live session video
English folk singer and multi-instrumentalist performs at the Christopher Wren-designed St James's Church in Piccadilly
Drenge perform Bloodsports – live session video
Grunge duo Drenge come into the Guardian studio to perform Bloodsports, a song included on their eponymous debut album
Neil Finn performs White Lies and Alibis: live session – video
Former Crowded House frontman Neil Finn performs his song White Lies and Alibis, from his forthcoming album Dizzy Heights, live in the Guardian's studio
Live at the Guardian 2013: the best of our exclusive sessions, part two – video
Alexis Petridis picks some of the best performances from the live music sessions recorded this year at the Guardian's studios, featuring London Grammar, Bombino and Primal Scream
Toy perform Join the Dots - live session video
Psychedelic indie-rock outfit Toy crash into the Guardian studio to perform an exclusive full-throttle live rendition of Join the Dots
Broken Bells: Holding On For Life - live performance video
Broken Bells, singer and guitarist James Mercer and producer and musician Danger Mouse, perform an exclusive live version of their new single
Chas & Dave perform When Two Worlds Collide and Ain't No Pleasing You - live session video
Cockney duo Chas & Dave perform an exclusive live session at the Guardian's studios: a song from their new album and a 1982 classic
These New Puritans: Fragment Two - live session video
Joined by jazz singer Elisa Rodrigues as well as live brass, These New Puritans visit the Guardian studio to perform an exclusive live version of their single Fragment Two
Bombino performs Amidinine - live session video
Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter performs a live version of his song Amininine, from his second album Nomad, in the Guardian's studio
Tunng perform So Far From Here - live performance video
'Sci-fi-prog-folk-band' Tunng manifest themselves in the Guardian studio for an exclusive live version of their single So Far From here taken from their new album, Turbines
Franz Ferdinand perform Right Action - live session video
Glasgow indie pop quartet Franz Ferdinand perform an exclusive version of Right Action live in the Guardian's studio
Tricky performs Nothing's Changed - live session video
Trip-hop godfather Tricky brings his brand of dark poetry into the Guardian's studios with a live performance of Nothing's Changed
Rokia Traoré performs Ka Moun Kè - live session video
In an exclusive live session at the Guardian, Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré performs Ka Moun Kè, from her latest album, Beautiful Africa
Suede perform Hit Me - live session video
Re-formed indie-rockers Suede drop into the Guardian's studio to perform a barnstorming live version of their single Hit Me
Primal Scream perform It's Alright, It's OK - live session video
Bobby Gillespie and the band play an exclusive version of their single It's Alright, It's OK recorded live at the Guardian's studio
The DOT perform How We All Lie - live session video
Watch an exclusive live performance in the Guardian's studio by the DOT, featuring Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey
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