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“Cedar topped guitars bring warmth and resonance to production models at an attractive price point.”: Solid red cedar tops on a $369 acoustic? Cort unveils a pair of affordable and eye-catching cutaway electros with satin black tops

The handsome cutaway dreadnought and orchestra model acoustics feature solid red cedar on top, mahogany on the back and sides, Fishman electronics – and those ivory pickguards look cool against the black tops

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“On Load and ReLoad we tried to get a little looser, a little bluesier. Greasy is the word”: Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of Fuel with a Danelectro 58 Longhorn Baritone

In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower

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Aphex Twin drops new compilation of super rare vinyl releases

Music From The Merch Desk is available now

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“A feature-packed dual-footswitch stereo phrase looper and drum machine that has far more on offer”: Mooer Audio levels up for its most powerful looper yet, with the GL-100 offering 300 minutes of looping time, AI-driven drum beats and more

This dual-footswitch powerhouse has 100 memory slots, supports full stereo operation, has a count-in feature and even auto-record feature that lets you record loops without touching the pedal

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“This band’s been going for 50 years. When you really think about it, it’s insane!”: Steve Harris says there is plenty of life left in Iron Maiden

“Mick Jagger has set the bar fitness-wise,” Harris says

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"Every year, pour a few pints of beer over it and empty a couple of ashtrays onto the strings. Finally, throw it out the back of the tour bus": Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley on keeping the "character" of his Yamaha CP-70 and the ups and downs of being in a band

“Putting it simply, we’d sort of split up. We no longer felt we were on the same page musically and it looked highly unlikely that we’d ever be celebrating any kind of 20th anniversary”

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"A landmark for Brazilian music, which has often been copied to compose successful international hits": Adele hit with Brazilian injunction to remove song from streaming services

Judge rules that Million Years Ago rips off '90s samba hit

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Watch surviving Soundgarden members, plus GnR's Duff Mckagan kick out the jams at Seattle Children’s Hospital benefit

Reunited band play short six song set

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"There is no getting around the fact that he repeats the phrase 'simply having a wonderful Christmastime' 17 times": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime

Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic, a Christmas song curiously "built around the most advanced synthesizers available in 1979”

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“Think in terms of finding sounds which are the electronic equivalent of a string section; subtle, but you know they're there and you would miss them if they weren’t”:How to start making ambient techno in 10 steps

Keep it chilled, with our 10-step guide to creating the perfect starting point for ambient techno.

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“People coming up to me and saying, ‘Good album, good songs.’ That hadn't happened to mebefore”: David Bowie on his first classic album

“The whole album is so unusual,” says Bowie fan Boy George

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“Major labels are scared – and they should be”: Kate Nash calls for government action to investigate how majors have grown rich at the expense of ordinary musicians

She says the UK grassroots scene is “almost at collapse”

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“I think people are surprised that song was completely made in the box”: Producer Dan Nigro on the Olivia Rodrigo song that has just “one instrument that was recorded live”, and why bands are losing out to solo artists

"People are just less inclined in general to get together to make music, cause you don’t have to," he argues

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“The next thing I knew, I burst into tears... then there were hugs”: Art Garfunkel tells more about his reconciliation with Paul Simon

The old friends were set up by Simon’s son, Harper

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"I'm struggling to see the value of this thing. Is it actually overpriced or is there something I'm missing?": Why is the Teenage Engineering OP-XY so expensive?

Teenage Engineering provoked the wrath of the synth community with the release of its $2299 OP-XY. We take a look at why people are so enraged, why the device is priced so highly, and whether it's actually worth the cash

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“I would love it one day if his estate would grant me permission to do something with it”: Kylie Minogue’s 1992 collaboration with Prince had been lost for more than 30 years, but it’s just leaked online

We finally get to hear a Prince demo version of the mythical Baby Doll, which Kylie wrote the lyrics for but never recorded

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“I had to find ways of doing this - and counting bars is like climbing Everest”: Larry Mullen Jr talks about his long battle with dyscalculia

Drummer has often had ‘pained’ expression on his face as a result

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"It’s the most impressive Squier guitar I’ve played this year, and probably my favourite in a few": Squier Paranormal Troublemaker Telecaster Deluxe review

Squier's affordable Tele Deluxe is a mash-up of Fender and Gibson design points

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“You can only break the rules if you know what the rules are”: How changing up your chord voicing can make your music sound more expansive

Now you’ve composed the chords for your song, it’s time to find your inner voicing!

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“There is a certain sound you can only get from pushing the air, by turning the amps up, running those tubes super hot”: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on what it takes to cover Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to a cookin’ overdrive

Shepherd's tone on Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2 is smoking hot, reference quality blues-rock, but like any master chef, it's all about the ingredients and how you use them

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“A fantastic blend of features, portability, and audio quality that will serve many users well in crafting great-sounding mixes”: Soundcraft Notepad-12FX review

Compact, powerful, and versatile - but is the Soundcraft Notepad-12FX the best option for small studios?

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“I wondered if I was insane for wanting to do this”: How Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen learned to play again after losing his left arm

The full story of his heroic comeback

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“A unique octave bass fuzz with a built-in, 2-voice ring modulator”: The Maestro BB-1 Brassmaster is a super-rare bass octave fuzz from the ‘70s that sounds great on guitar, sells for $2,000+, and Behringer just made a $69 clone of it

The Bass Brassmaster Fuzz comes hot on the heels of the Centaur Overdrive and '69 Vibe, as Behringer continues its run of megabucks vintage stompbox replicas at entry-level prices

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"Coated with analogue warmth, and many a chunky nugget for the keen and avid listener to find": Röyksopp get even more Mysterious with new surprise reworking

A new ambient reinterpretation of the electronic duo’s Profound Mysteries project catches their fans by surprise

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“He thought that he wouldn’t have the ideas, but they were absolutely there": Here’s the songwriting advice that Elton John gave to Chappell Roan

The up-and-coming superstar is just one of today’s artists that have been helped by one of music’s true greats

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