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'A Challenging Endeavour' Christie MicroTiles LED Makes Art on a... Piano?

The solution displays the artwork and lyrics from Something Corporate's albums using LED wrapped around the piano.

AVNetwork · Nov 27, 2023

“Tone is in the fingers. That’s not to say you can’t get close. Some YouTube players can get so close to Stevie Ray Vaughan, it’s frightening!” Danny Bryant is one of modern British blues’ finest players – ignore his tone wisdom at your peril

Give Bryant a Strat and he'll give you the blues straight, no chaser. He reveals the ‘death metal’ lessons Walter Trout taught him, and how to get the best out of your Strat

Guitar World · Nov 27, 2023

Taylor Swift meets with grieving family of fan who died before Brazil concert

The singer posed for photos with the family of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, a fan who died at her Eras Tour show in Rio de Janeiro

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023

"In the mid-1970s, Berlin was a terrifying place to be. At Hansa Studio, you looked out the window and there was an East German machine gun turret": King Crimson's Robert Fripp looks back on recording "Heroes" with David Bowie and Brian Eno

"If the machine gunner wasn't a Bowie fan, he could've sprayed us!" Robert Fripp on working with David Bowie in Berlin

Louder · Nov 27, 2023

Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker, influential guitarist with Killing Joke, dies aged 64

Guitarist celebrated by Jimmy Page and Kevin Shields for his intense, multi-layered sound suffered a stroke over the weekend

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

Peter Gabriel releases Live And Let Live, the final single from i/o

i/o is Peter Gabriel's first new studio album for 21 years, following Up in 2002

Louder · Nov 27, 2023

Geordie Walker, Killing Joke’s pioneering guitarist and co-founder, dies aged 64

Guitarist joined the band in 1979 and, along with frontman Jaz Coleman, was their only sole constant member

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Jean Knight, soul and funk singer who had hit with Mr Big Stuff, dies aged 80

New Orleans singer reached No 2 in the US with 1971 hit, and was nominated for a Grammy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

The Prodigy change lyrics to ‘Smack My B***h Up’ – 26 years after song was released

Band had previously defended problematic lyrics, despite condemnation from fellow artists and anti-domestic violence charities

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

“Am I Prog’s Taylor Swift? That’s a debate that could run and run”: why Peter Hammill re-recorded his Enigma-era albums

Van der Graaf Generator lynchpin cites pop star’s motivation behind his new versions of In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water

Louder · Nov 27, 2023