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‘It needs to be loud’: Jozef Van Wissem’s one-man mission to make the lute rock again

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’

The Guardian - UK

Leo Brooks Andrew Millsaps Split: Why Neon Union Broke Up at Career Peak

Neon Union's Leo Brooks and Andrew Millsaps confirm their split after four years together, revealing why the country duo broke up at their career peak

International Business Times UK

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

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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

Bill Leader obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

How Did Michael Jackson Die? Real Cause of Death and Why His Doctor Was Convicted

Michael Jackson's death in June 2009 was ruled a homicide after his doctor gave him a powerful anaesthetic at home. This feature unpacks the medical evidence and the conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Responds to Subpoena in Lively-Baldoni Legal Feud, Calls It an Attempt to Make a 'Tabloid Clickbait'

Taylor Swift has rejected claims linking her to the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal feud, calling a subpoena an attempt to generate tabloid attention.

International Business Times UK

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“I wasn’t a fan. The only thing I knew was Ace Of Spades. I knew it was going to be rough... I couldn’t distinguish one track from another”: Why Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson knew his stint in Motörhead was doomed

The flying Scotsman replaced Fast Eddie Clarke, and had a formidable rep as Thin Lizzy guitarist, but he soon found Motörhead were not quite his speed

Guitar World

"I wasn’t going to smoke angel dust or rob people, so I thought straight edge was a good antidote." The Beatles, Blondie, New York hardcore and those disgusting CBGBs toilets: an interview with Quicksand's Walter Schreifels

The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music

Metal Hammer

“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

‘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

“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

“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

“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

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Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri

Queens Of The Stone Age joined onstage by Nick Oliveri for first time since 2014

Evening Standard

Yungblud at the O2: Crowning glory for rock's heir to the throne

5/5 Yungblud throws everything at a show which confirms his status as the most exciting rock talent around

Guitar World

“I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters

These songs were absolutely not In Utero part II as Dave Grohl gamed-out his post-Nirvana musical future

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week's best new metal song round-up

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The Independent UK

The Rolling Stones tease new album title with international billboard campaign

The much-anticipated new record will seemingly be named ‘Foreign Tongues’

Louder

“You hear voices in your head or somebody’s messing with your brain. Somebody, your mind’s eye, has some talking to do to you”: The power-pop classic that finally turned four Chicago misfits into 70s rock superstars

1979’s Dream Police was Cheap Trick‘s last truly classic album

MusicRadar

“He would often arrive at sessions with two banners, which he placed either side of his kit while recording, reading ‘You done hired the hit-maker’”: From the Purdie shuffle to its extended jazz chords - analysing Steely Dan's Babylon Sisters

A track that took 274 attempts to mix must’ve been worth it in the end, right?

MusicRadar

“It's the best thing that's happened to Lee but also the worst. He wrote this perfect song, but it's meant he hasn’t had to do anything because he has a constant source of income”: The torturous - and ironic - story of There She Goes

"He had this blueprint in his head for the record, but it was like an acid trip that kept coming back to him, and it would mess him up"

Guitar World

“I read the other day that I hated him. I can’t believe they said that”: Ritchie Blackmore sets the record straight about his relationship with Jimmy Page

Blackmore says he has nothing but respect for the Led Zep guitarist

MusicRadar

“I still think it’s a great lyric. Probably the best I’ve ever written. Those first four lines are the most memorable in my entire catalogue”: The classic ’80s rock anthem and the ’70s hit that inspired it

“That summer seemed to last forever…”

MusicRadar

“We thought it would be a taster single to set the scene, but when it came out, it went crazy": The almost unbelievable story of how EMF went to No 1 in the US with their debut single, which came with a huge guitar riff and a helping hand from Rick Rubin

“The guitar riff goes from blues mode to flamenco mode, like the two conflicting sides of my life”

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