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“He played the role of a bass player very musically. It would be like water, formless, and then crash, and then shape mountains”: Thundercat pays tribute to one of his bass heroes – Sam Rivers

“There’s a special place in my heart for Sam” bassist says

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“It was just a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song. See if I can get away with it’”: How Jack White created the guitar riff of the century – and what is a Seven Nation Army, anyway?

"It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar"

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"We’ve taken what artists love about AutoTune and rebuilt it for a new generation of creators": Antares announces AutoTune 2026 – and discontinues Artist and Access editions

Equipped with an optimized vocal tuning algorithm, Antares says the plugin represents "the most significant update in the software's history"

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“I think it would always have niggled at me. Because those performances with Olivia Rodrigo triggered me, in a way”: Lily Allen says that being invited on stage by a Gen-Z star played a big part in her musical comeback

“I was writing pretty consistently throughout the last four years, but I just didn’t think it was any good,” she says of her absence

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“Its (mostly) stellar build quality sets it apart from many guitars costing twice the price”: Jet JJ-300 P90 review

Jet Guitars' thoughtfully built offset leaves a lasting impression, but it's not without compromise

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“When I wake up, am I going to be able move my hand or not? I don’t know”: Steve Morse reveals how he is playing through the pain barrier – and how arthritis is forcing him to change the way he plays guitar

Morse says you really have to want to play when you have arthritis, but the good news is that he does, and he's determined to make it work – “It’s broke, but I’m gonna find a way”

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"The iconic essence of analogue electronic drums in a practical form factor": HexDrums, Erica Synths' "mutant" analogue drum machine, is available for pre-order

"The industrial magic of Erica Synths techno weapons, fused with the DNA of Hexinverter’s mutant circuits"

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“The vocals are either only in your left ear or only in your right ear. No vocals are straight down the middle - I’m calling this my retro pop vocal production”: Raye breaks down the head-spinning vocal arrangement in her hit single Where Is My Husband!

She also explains why she might be set to make more tweaks to the mix before the song appears on her album

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“The stunningly impressive sonic and visual attributes immediately inspire, at a price which is affordable to all”: Cherry Audio Crumar Spirit review

Cherry Audio captures the Spirit of an Italian Mini, with a meticulous recreation of a unique classic

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“I’ve seen people say that I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff. Yeah, right. I don’t hate anyone! Knock on wood, I’m still here to enjoy it all”: The legendary heavy rock drummer who influenced Bonzo, Alex Van Halen, Tommy Lee and more

"I know my place in rock history," he says

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“During a high school dance in 1955, a Gibson guitar helped change the course of music history”: Gibson unveils Custom Shop Back To The Future ES-345 Collector’s Edition – and there’s a limited edition Epiphone too

The hunt goes on for the original ES-345 used by Michael J Fox in movie, but these limited run replicas have arrived just in time to celebrate 40 years of Back To The Future

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“This is what it feels like to be hunted by something smarter than you”: Grimes’ new single is sung from the perspective of AI

It’s her first single for nearly four years

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With the launch of OneLibrary, DJs can finally use their track collection across different brands' players and software

AlphaTheta teams up with Native Instruments and Algoriddim to launch a new cross-platform format for DJ software and hardware

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“I went to the label and said, ‘This song sucks. This is not the song I wrote.’ They said it sounded fine. I did not agree”: When a songwriter went to war with her producer and record company over the track that became a ’90s anthem

An idiosyncratic and insanely catchy rock-pop classic

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"Despite being aimed at beginners, the keys offer a surprisingly nice bounce and tactile response, making the instrument accessible and enjoyable for new players": Yamaha PSR-E360 keyboard review

Yamaha’s sleekest, simplest keyboard for beginners

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“I expected to hear something weird and melodic. What he played me instead, with two fingers… at first I began to laugh”: After 50 years, the Jaws theme remains iconic, but when Steven Spielberg heard it for the first time, he thought it was a joke

Pretty soon, though, the director realised that composer John Williams had "found a signature for the entire movie”

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“Some might say a guitar at this kind of price point has no business resonating so well”: Harley Benton ST-80FR MN review

Harley Benton pays homage to the golden age of shred with this single-pickup and Floyd Rose-equipped firecracker

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“More flexibility, more accessibility, and more ways to connect with Traktor”: Native Instruments launches entry-level Traktor Play DJ software and bundles it with controllers from AlphaTheta and Reloop

NI's new beginner-friendly DJ application has “everything you need to DJ with none of the complexity”

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“There is no possible way that I would do that”: David Gilmour shuts door on idea of ever performing with Roger Waters again

Plus his wife Polly Samson reveals why she condemned Waters as “anti-Semitic” on X

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“In the hands of lesser musicians, this would simply sound sloppy. In D'Angelo's hands, it’s perfectly imperfect – the precise right amount of wrong”: A music professor breaks down the genius of D'Angelo

"He only recorded three albums and a handful of guest vocals, but those recordings possess extraordinary musical depth"

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“Being able to go into a sacred space like that and start the process was a dream come true”: Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on recording at the studio that Eddie Van Halen built – and the 5150 amp that gave them their fire-breathing tone

“It was literally, the minute we walked in the door, it was very Wayne’s World. ‘We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!’”

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“I would come into the studio with my guitar and notepad and people didn’t want to listen to me. They tried to just give me songs – and I hated that”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create the smash hit that would inspire Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish

It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

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“Anything I could spit out of my mouth - ‘Try this! Do this!’ – Sam could do it and do it a thousand times better than I could hear it in my head”: Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst hails the "magical" powers of late bassist Sam Rivers

“Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person"

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“People come from all over the world, and everyone is supportive and encouraging. For 60 seconds you’re allowed to be free, silly, the biggest rock star in the world”: The World Air Guitar champion talks about how he won his title

The championships’ motto is ‘make air, not war’

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"Rest in Power": Anthony Jackson, six-string bass ace, dies aged 73

Jackson played for stars across the jazz-fusion-pop spectrum, including Buddy Rich, Al Di Meola, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack and more

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