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Will Taylor Swift Ever Release Her Wedding Photos? Insiders Weigh In

"I could wait patiently, but I really wish you would drop everything now ..."

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"These sounds are the quiet and private side of the girl who joined the big American major label rock band." Former Hole, Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur announces Bass Womb Room, her first new music in over 15 years

"I'm going to ease myself back into sound"

Louder

“I asked David, ‘Any suggestions?’ He said, ‘Think Ritchie Blackmore.’ I didn’t expect that”: When David Bowie asked Robert Fripp to play like a Deep Purple legend

Fripp had made magical contributions to Bowie's masterpiece, Heroes, just a few years earlier – but this time the legend had something very different in mind…

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“His impact will live on for generations”: Wayne Charvel, legendary luthier who built guitars for Eddie Van Halen and gave rise to the Superstrat, dies aged 85

The revered guitar builder was one of the most influential modders and makers of his time, and sparked the custom shop revolution

Guitar World

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 20, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Queens Of The Stone Age, Villagers Of Ioannina City, Ricky Warwick and more

Louder

"I'm just not prepared for the criticism if it doesn't sell 100 million copies in the first hour." Liam Gallagher gives his tongue-in-cheeks reasons for not wanting to make a new Oasis album

Could a new Oasis record really turn back time for Cher? Liam Gallagher isn't convinced

Louder

Noah Kahan offers sincere on-stage apology after canceling New York show at last minute

Fans were devastated by the Saturday night cancellation

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“A true original who lived entirely on her own terms”: L7 announce that bassist Jennifer Finch has died

She had been suffering from brain cancer

MusicRadar

Spanish National Orchestra/Afkham review – Proms debut sees orchestra’s celebrations kick off early

Outgoing chief conductor David Afkham brought Spanish repertoire, castanets and a certain team’s football scarf in a programme heavy with national treasures

The Guardian - UK

"I put myself on the line to potentially get the s**t kicked out of me." Producer Andrew Watt on working with rock legends The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney

Andrew Watt: the man who makes rock legends sound like excited teenagers jamming in a garage

Louder

“We told their manager we were open to making them a guitar. Two weeks later they were touring our factory”: The making of Angine de Poitrine’s new Godin double-neck – and why it’s not a signature model (yet)

The Canadian guitar firm stopped all other production for 38 days to embark on its most ambitious project yet: a microtonal double-neck for the viral polka-dot duo

Guitar World

“His songs remain timeless. His bass lines still burrow deep into the ear – and the heart”: Moody Blues icon John Lodge Remembered

His unique voice and playing helped shape the band’s pioneering progressive approach, and he kept the flame burning long after they’d stopped touring

Louder

“Ihad to make sure he had all the tones he needed – the intro to Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love is like taking a flint and stone to make a spark”: How a glam-metal guitarist built Joe Satriani an amp that captured Eddie Van Halen’s tone

3rd Power’s Dylana Nova Scott leaned on an impressive production background to design boutique amps for some of the biggest names in the biz

Guitar World

"He stands without question as being one of the greatest influences of our time." On the anniversary of Chris Cornell's birth and Chester Bennington's death, this is what the Linkin Park frontman had to say about the Soundgarden legend and his dear friend

In summer 2017 following Chris Cornell's death, we spoke to his friend Chester Bennington about the Soundgarden man's legacy. Sadly, it'd prove to be Chester's final interview

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“I heard this car come roaring up… Jeff’s coming out and he’s holding this guitar. He said, ‘Here, this is yours for getting me in the Yardbirds’”: The story of the Fender Telecaster that unites Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page

How a gift of thanks from one Yardbird alumnus to another turned a guitar into a bona-fide icon

The Guardian - UK

Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road

The country legend’s seventh album revisits her troubled early life but plays it safe with zany humour and fluffy songs about young love

Louder

"We certainly weren't strutting around like Deep Purple. My God, they had a lot of fun. We did not have fun." How the UK college rock scene shaped the genesis of Genesis

An excerpt from a new book celebrating the endearingly amateurish British university gig scene that launched the career of some of the world’s most famous bands

Metal Hammer

Previously unheard 40-year-old Guns N' Roses rehearsal tape surfaces online

The recording, which features early versions of several Appetite For Destruction songs, was made before Guns N' Roses signed to Geffen Records

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“Those records made me think the guitar could be as good as jazz. Up until then, the electric guitar was a stupid instrument to me”: The songs that made Tom Verlaine take the guitar seriously

Piano and saxophone were his first loves. The guitar came much later

International Business Times UK

Who was Jennifer Finch? L7 Bassist's Career, Dating History, Health Journey, and Death at 59

Jennifer Finch, L7's pioneering bassist, passed away at 59 after battling brain cancer. Her fearless creativity and activism redefined women's roles in rock, leaving a lasting legacy in alternative music.

Louder

“Steve Lukather’s guitar collided with a mic stand. He banked the guitar against it and made it a feature of the song. I don’t even understand!” Toto’s Dennis Atlas and his star-studded solo album

Listen to Principle and you’ll hear Bumblefoot, David Paich, Marco Minneman and others, plus Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jordan Rudess influences

Guitar World

“Jeff’s like, ‘That’s the most expensive guitar in this building.’ I was like, ‘Get it away from me’”: Jeff Tweedy opened his guitar vault for this cult indie artist – and it put him on edge

Recording with the Wilco man meant Cut Worms got to explore his wealth of guitars, but had to pull himself away from one

Louder

“The front row was always diehard Journey fans and they would flip me off”: The story of Journey’s lost singer and the classic song he helped write

Journey are in the middle of their farewell tour - but it’s unlikely Robert Fleischman will be joining them onstage

MusicRadar

"If I was going away on a trip and could only bring one keyboard, I’d bring that one, because I know where every sound is blindfolded": Grammy-nominated producer Rogét Chahayed on the stage keyboard he can't live without

“I have two walls of keyboards with about 30 or 40 synths, a Steinway and a Fender Rhodes - but this is my number one"

The Independent UK

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch dies at 59 after brain cancer diagnosis

A GoFundMe was launched to support Finch’s healthcare expenses in the days before her death

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