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“It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio”: How Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit transformed the contemporary pop landscape

And as soon the adulation began, a backlash kicked in…

MusicRadar

Songs about new beginnings – ranked!

From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples

The Guardian - UK

"I'm not a punk rocker. I don't make punk music. I don't walk around calling myself punk." How Shania Twain, Christina Aguilera's songwriters and an iconic neck tie helped Avril Lavigne launch her career-defining song

Avril Lavigne's first single drew cynicism from quarters of the rock world, but it didn't stop her becoming absolutely massive

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“I was broke. I only had $200 and we booked a gig. There was this guitar at a pawn shop that had been there for years...” How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers

Thorogood recounts how he originally opted for a now-discontinued hollowbody – with a little inspiration from the Beatles and Keith Richards

Guitar World

Dry Cleaning: Secret Love review – the south London band double down on their haunting, peculiar brilliance

The standout act in the sprechgesang wave, the four-piece’s newly expansive sound carries singer Florence Shaw’s distinctive tales of mundane lives spiralling out of control

The Guardian - UK

“We didn’t make music for radio. But I thought: ‘Why not try it this time?’”: Sampled by Michael Jackson and namechecked in The Simpsons – the surprise hit that transformed a washed-up 70s prog group into 80s superstars

The song that marked one of rock’s great reinventions

Louder

“I didn’t know him or trust him. But I gave him all of that money in the hope he would bring me a Strat. I had no idea if I’d see him again”: Rammstein’s Richard ZK on the coffee shop rendezvous in East Germany that got him his first Fender

The Rammstein riffer wanted a Strat to imitate his hero, Jimi Hendrix – but getting hold of one took some serious work

Guitar World

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“Once James Hetfield said he liked it, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: Nineteen years ago, this US metal band released their sixth album. Today it sounds like a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century

Machine Head’s The Blackening is one of the greatest metal records of the 21st century

Metal Hammer

“I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis

He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way

MusicRadar

“There’s just one catch. The kid with the PC in the bedroom can’t play his instrument”: Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers

“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued

MusicRadar

Singer Pink issues shock health update as she posts New Year message from hospital bed

The musician revealed she was getting ‘two new shiny discs in my neck’ because ‘Rock ‘n’ roll is a contact sport’

Evening Standard

“I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die

And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band

MusicRadar

3 things every new record player owner needs to know — from another vinyl newbie

I got my first turntable — the U-Turn Audio Orbit Special — and learned 3 major lessons.

Tom’s Guide

"We'd stay up all night drinking, chasing girls, partying – and our pilot was with us. The next morning, he was flying the plane!" The rise, fall and rehabilitation of REO Speedwagon

The rollercoaster story of REO Speedwagon, the AOR band with a rock’n’roll spirit

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"I don’t think I have to forgive them. They replaced me when I was sick and said I ruined the band" Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans

The co-founding Styx singer and keyboardist on his prog influences, why he hired a woman to shout at his kids – and why he doesn’t care if he isn’t remembered

The Guardian - UK

Googoosh: A Sinful Voice by Googoosh with Tara Dehlavi review – the extraordinary story of an Iranian icon

Her voice soundtracked the 60s and 70s, but the revolution silenced her. The legendary singer finally has her say, in this uneven memoir

The Guardian - AU

NewJeans member Danielle sued for millions after bitter feud with K-pop record label

Ador terminated the Australian-born singer’s contract on Monday and is now suing her, a family member and the band’s former producer

International Business Times UK

Stranger Things 5 Finale: Matt Duffer Admits Prince Song Deal Was Only Possible Via Kate Bush

Matt Duffer credits Kate Bush for securing Prince songs in Stranger Things Season 5 finale. Inside the unprecedented music licensing negotiation revealed.

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"In 2026 I shall have definitely, definitely have my solo album out": Tony Iommi films New Year message, reflects on the "Summer of Sabbath"

The Riff Lord has spoken

Guitar World

“He asked to hear it, so I played it, and he said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic

England Dan & John Ford Coley bookended their decade-long career with the album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive, which features a fast-rising Lukather on a couple of tracks

MusicRadar

“I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult. I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all": Pete Townshend has his say on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

The Independent UK

Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77

The Guardian - UK

Eddie Thornton obituary

Trumpeter who contributed to Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames and later became a member of Aswad

Metal Hammer

Myles Kennedy looks back on the time he refused to audition for Slash and Velvet Revolver: “I knew that I wasn’t mentally prepared to jump into something of that magnitude”

After being diagnosed with tinnitus, the Alter Bridge singer/guitarist shot down the chance to audition for Velvet Revolver and their lineup of then-former Guns N’ Roses members

Guitar World

“I learned to play everything on it. We wrote our first song as Jonas Brother on that guitar”: In the mid-2000s, the Jonas Brothers exploded onto the scene as a guitar-slinging band for teens – Kevin Jonas looks back on the guitar that started it all

Nowadays, Jonas has a penchant for Gibsons, but he hasn't forgotten the humble Japanese build that kickstarted his career

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