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Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80

Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett

The Guardian - AU · Apr 27

The Very On-Brand Way Blake Shelton Maintains His ‘Sanity’ Amidst His Wild TV And Music Careers

How's the life of this cowboy going?

Cinemablend · Apr 27

Bill Leader obituary

Other lives: Record producer who worked with the biggest names in folk music from the 1950s onwards

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26

“Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him)

Bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded Weather Report with fellow Miles Davis alumni Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

Guitar World · Apr 26

‘I don’t believe in song shaming!’: Jon Batiste’s honest playlist

The musician and actor on not believing in guilty pleasures, overdoing the Steely Dan and his love for Amyl and the Sniffers

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26

New Kids on the Block announce residency remix

New Kids on the Block are overhauling their Las Vegas show for the remaining dates of their residency.

BANG Premier · Apr 26

Ne-Yo relieved country music community have been more welcoming than he expected

Ne-Yo was warned off his plans to make a "country-inspired" album in "cliquey" Nashville, but he experiences of the city have been the "exact opposite" to what he was told to expect.

BANG Premier · Apr 26

“I really wanted to help. But if I’m honest I was just crap. I couldn’t pull it off”: It Bites ex Francis Dunnery abandoned Asia after one show. He’s stopped trying to please everybody

Robert Plant and Santana collaborator reveals complaints about his recent DVDs, the possibility of revisiting his 80s heyday, and why it was time to explore his difficult childhood on new album England’s Tales Of The Council House Kid

Louder · Apr 26

“Not only was John a virtuoso on guitar, harp, singing and choosing songs, to me it felt like he was totally possessed by the blues”: The life and times of John P. Hammond, the blues genius who inspired Bonnie Raitt and countless others

The New Yorker will be remembered as a master of acoustic barrelhouse and an interpreter of Delta blues who performed like a man possessed

Guitar World · Apr 26

“I’d seen pictures of Keith Richards playing it. I figured I’d try one out”: How Joe Perry found his ultimate slide guitar

And even better still, the Ampeg Dan Armstrong was see-through…

Guitar World · Apr 26