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“They’re both amazing guitarists, but Jeff Beck let you take liberties”: Rhonda Smith had been on call with Prince for more than a decade when she told the Purple One she was busy with Jeff Beck

Session ace Rhonda Smith on how her 10-year stint with Prince came to a close

Guitar World

“The interviewer asked Joe Satriani, ‘Why Andy Fairweather Low?’ And that’s exactly the question I would’ve asked, too”: He's played with Eric Clapton, George Harrison and David Gilmour, but now, this rhythm guitar hero is ready to take center stage

‘The Invisible Bluesman’ on why he probably won’t write any more songs, the ignored art of rhythm guitar, why he always thinks, ‘Why me?’ – and trying to persuade an amp expert to build a deliberately inefficient model

Guitar World

Cruz Beckham stuns listeners as he shares first glimpse of new music

Son of David and Victoria Beckham has held back from sharing any official music until recently

The Independent UK

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Unreleased Prince documentary said to fuel rumours that Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo was a cold dish of revenge served to Rolling Stone

Best of 2024: The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time

MusicRadar

“We shared and borrowed gear from our students, who usually had better gear than we did”: How Jason Becker and Marty Friedman made one of shred’s most celebrated albums with a little help from their pupils

When the two virtuosos went into the studio to record under the Cacophony name, they brought a bunch of gear that had been lent to them by students

Guitar World

“I called Gene Simmons. He said: ‘How the hell did you get this number?!’ That was when I got the idea that we weren’t going to be best buddies”: Dee Snider’s wild tales of Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger and Kiss

From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all

Louder

“I'm not gonna talk too much about Guns N' Roses. And especially not about Axl. It only leads to turmoil and torment on my end”: Former GN’R guitarist Bumblefoot reveals his new album, new gear, new tricks - and his favourite track on Chinese Democracy!

He also admits: “The more shows I do, the more depressed I get!”daly

MusicRadar

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“It was us and them.… We got away with it mostly, but in certain songs you can hear a bit of a wobble”: Given Barclay James Harvest’s difficult personal and financial relationships with orchestras, why did John Lees do it again?

The recently-released live record from 2023 shows how much has changed in 50 years, as John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest look forward to the “progtastic” double album they’ve nearly finished

Louder

From Charlotte Plank to Sherelle: The biggest female drum'n'bass artists to listen to next year

Female artists are dominating a genre that has hit the mainstream in recent years

Evening Standard

“My playing has always sucked, but it sells!”: The guitarist who co-wrote two of the most famous songs of all time admits he is no virtuoso

Best of 2024: For R&B legend Steve Cropper, playing guitar is all about groove

MusicRadar

New CBS special Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs debuts tonight

Hear straight from artists like Billie Eilish, Finneas, Alicia Keys and more about how their most famous songs came to life

WhatToWatch

Fans Think Dolly Parton Will Be Featured on 'Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)'

Swift has long admired Parton, who she once described as "a force of evolution and transformation in our industry."

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift Reportedly Plans to Make Nashville Her Home Base for Her WAG Era

A source says the singer plans to spend more time in Nashville because "it’s closer to Kansas City, and her mom, Andrea, loves it too.”

Marie Claire

Atlanta rapper OG Maco, who had viral hit with ‘U Guessed It’, dead at 32

The rapper’s 2014 debut single ‘U Guessed It’ became a trap landmark

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Wham!’s Last Christmas remains top of UK singles chart for another week

Duo’s festive record made history when it became Christmas No 1 two years in a row

Evening Standard

Wham! remain top of UK charts with Last Christmas

Michael Buble’s Christmas album was number one in the album charts.

Evening Standard

Britney Spears 'blown away' after surprise Christmas reunion with both sons

The singer, 43, took to Instagram to document her family reunion on Instagram

MusicRadar

“Then on-air, is where it gets nuts”: How Prince’s final, legendary guitar performance on SNL was saved by a quick-thinking audio engineer

Best of 2024: His 8-minute medley from 2014 is considered one of the greatest musical spots in the show’s history

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"You can learn hundreds of songs with a few easy chords and some basic rhythm playing chops": Master five classic songs with just a handful of chords

Master five classic songs with just a handful of chords

Louder

Massive Attack hope to release new music next year: “It’s good – I’m looking forward to it!”

The trip-hop pioneers have been sitting on new songs for four years due to a “dispute at the label”

The Guardian - UK

Barcelona electro-punk duo Dame Area: ‘Seeing other women playing weird stuff made me want to try’

Blending noise and techno, the pair are determined to make dance music more than a ‘functional, metronomic thing’ – and to never play the same set twice

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift's hilarious words about working on a Christmas tree farm are going viral

Guitar World

Guitar modes lesson 2: The Dorian mode is a bittersweet minor mode – here’s how it works

Robben Ford and Nile Rodgers are just two iconic fans of a mode that countless guitarists use in riffs and solos

MusicRadar

“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Best of 2024: The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

The Guardian - US

The best songs of 2024 … that you haven’t heard

From singing about a smoke break to an unusual tribute to John Grant, Guardian writers pick the greatest songs of the year with the smallest of followings

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