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“One of the great troublemakers in guitar history”: Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster – the guitar that killed folk

Bloomfield famously used the Telecaster before its brutal cutaway mod when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival – and now it’s been remade in all its grisly glory

Guitar World

“The next evolution of everything I’ve been building toward for years”: Former Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz launches new band Blue Medusa

Guitarists Alyssa Day and Dani Sophia join the ex-Arch Enemy frontwoman in hew newest musical endeavour

Metal Hammer

“I was trying to learn Bohemian Rhapsody on the piano and I messed up a little bit. And then I just wrote half the song accidentally from that”: How making a mistake while trying to learn a huge Queen song inspired Sienna Spiro to write Die On This Hill

“Sounds nothing like it but yeah - thanks Queen,” she says

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“All of the guys in Metallica, except for the guitar player, told me what a great guitar player I was”: Seattle rock guitarist on touring with Metallica and Aerosmith in the early ’90s – and receiving the ultimate praise from his heroes

The success of their debut album soon found Candlebox on the road with two massive bands

Guitar World

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 9, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, Cheap Trick, Suzi Quatro and more

Louder

"I was walking down the street and I saw this junkie washing out his needle with wine." How one of the most hyped metal bands of the 90s bounced back from firings, studio disasters and, erm, constipation

When Machine Head needed a good follow-up to their classic debut album, boy did they deliver - but not without facing some challenges

Metal Hammer

“Music is just such a sweet shop. There are so many styles and talents, and it’s hard to just stick to one thing”: Jonny Greenwood to release another collab album with Israeli Qawwali musician Shye Ben Tzur

Ranjha is the follow up to 2015’s Junun

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“I was a little uncomfortable, to be honest”: Why Myles Kennedy felt uneasy using Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster to play Hallelujah

Kennedy played Buckley’s iconic 'Grace' Tele for a special tribute performance of Hallelujah in 2019

Guitar World

“There’s a misconception about the vocals being buried - they aren’t”: My Bloody Valentine’s sound engineer on wrangling the shoegaze pioneers’ huge live setup

Sound engineer Marc Carolan shares the challenges and excitement of helping bring My Bloody Valentine's first headline tour in over a decade to life

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“Dylan said the answer was blowing in the wind, he didn’t tell you what the answer was”: Jack White on why he doesn’t write protest songs

He has a book of his lyrics out now

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“Anyone who tells you it’s not a Genesis album isn’t a real fan. Come at me!”: Camel’s Peter Jones stands up for two records that others love to hate

Multi-instrumentalist Tiger Moth Tales leader shares a couple of contentious opinions, while heaping praise on his boss Andy Latimer

Louder

Jack White says ‘Taylor Swift way’ of writing break-up songs is ‘boring’

The White Stripes singer explained why he avoided writing confessional songs in the vein of Swift

The Independent UK

“I was told to take it off. I didn't want to take what he'd said to me off... Because I thought it was really interesting": Damon Albarn reveals that Lou Reed’s voice on The Mountain is a ‘replica’

His estate wouldn’t give permission

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"Now I know that there's an audience for my voice and my songs, I want to present that to as many people as possible." Dan Byrne is ready for the world - but is the world ready for him?

The blues rocker with the big voice plays UK shows this month and next

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‘Even when the world is collapsing, life continues’: the return of indietronica legends the Notwist

The experimental German band known for a love of tinkering embraced a fresh ethos, ditching remote collaboration for a collective recording done in a week

Louder

"I always took a flagon of cider on stage with me. When I'd finished drinking it I played the jug." The extraordinary story of the debut single that sold 73,000 copies before lunch and became a hit all over the world

How a song that wasn't considered to have potential as a single soundtracked the summer of 1970

The Independent UK

Urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón to be remembered at New York funeral

Family, friends and fans are gathering for the funeral of urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón

Louder

Woodstock legend Country Joe McDonald dead at 84

Country Joe McDonald fronted Country Joe and the Fish and wrote the Vietnam protest classic I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

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The Independent UK

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

Guitar World

Bopping blues and greasy grooves: Ally Venable's rhythm guitar tips and secrets

Learn how to boost your blues to pro levels of authenticity with a handful of great chords and a rock-solid rhythm technique

Louder

"Hearing Prince covered it or Taylor Swift hand-picked it for an Apple commercial? What is that?" How an email rant inspired a song worth a billion streams and picked up some iconic fans along the way

When the world felt very unstable in 2001, Jimmy Eat World delivered the feel good hit of the autumn

Guitar World

“Sometimes David had suggestions. If he wanted a specific thing, he'd ask for or try to explain it. Lenny's the opposite – he wants it to sound exactly like he did it!” How Gail Ann Dorsey honed her bass craft with David Bowie and Lenny Kravitz

Bowie’s long-time bassist salutes her mentor and unpacks her approach to the bass chair with Lenny Kravitz

Cinemablend

Insider Paints A Bleak Picture Of ‘Lonely’ Britney Spears At This Point In Her Life

More are speaking out following DUI arrest.

The Guardian - UK

Echo and the Bunnymen review – Ian McCulloch leaves it to the crowd to sing these timelessly great songs

The frontman struggled to get through most of the band’s choruses but that left space for Will Sergeant’s glorious psychedelic shapes and a supportive sing along

MusicRadar

“We should all be proud that British musicians are responsible for this force in music called heavy metal. Black Sabbath and Judas Priest invented true heavy metal music”: How Priest singer Rob Halford remembers the band’s breakthrough moment

And how they triumphed amid the ‘mudbath’ of the first Monsters Of Rock festival

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