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Meet Erja Lyytinen, the Finnish blues guitarist inspired by seventies classic rock, eighties thrash and the pursuit of happiness

Finnish slide ace Erja Lyytinen on murder ballads, the joys ofvinyl and playing a skeleton on The Masked Singer

Louder

“The band had already drifted from its original vision. The group broke up…Somehow we absorbed the fact and kept going”: The story of King Crimson’s remarkable Beat era

What happened when the eternally unpredictable prog machine returned in the 80s with an Anglo-American line-up and delivered Discipline, Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair

Louder

Becky Hill to sing national anthem at 2025 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The 31-year-old singer will perform God Save The King before the F1 race gets under way on July 6.

Evening Standard

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Sonicware's LIVEN Evoke is a "nostalgia-evoking ambient music box" fusing acoustic and electronic sounds

The next synth in the Japanese manufacturer's super-affordable LIVEN series is billed as a "deeply expressive tool for composing cinematic ambient and post-classical music"

MusicRadar

Singer R. Kelly alleges mistreatment after hospitalization and prison 'murder plot'

R. Kelly's attorneys say the R&B singer collapsed in prison and was hospitalized

The Independent UK

Country Star, 48, Abruptly Stops Singing Mid-Concert After He ‘Forgot All The Words’

"He gets hate, but I love how realistic he is."

Bored Panda

Taylor Swift Wears Dôen's Boho Clothing Non-Stop—After Reviewing Her Favorites, I Do Too

Trying her pieces reaffirmed my love for label.

Marie Claire

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6 of the best genre-swerving tracks to test your hi-fi system

Forget staying in your lane, use these genre-hoppers to give your system a workout.

What Hi-Fi?

Ed Sheeran Copyright Case Dismissed: Supreme Court Sides with Singer in 'Let's Get It On' Marvin Gaye Legal Fight

The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case ends claims that Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye's hit. Lower court rulings in his favour now stand.

International Business Times UK

R. Kelly Hospitalised After 'Murder Attempt': Claims Prison Officials Want Him Silenced Over Corruption

Before overdosing R. Kelly, lawyers claimed that the prison staff planned to murder him by soliciting other inmates to kill singer.

International Business Times UK

“That shouldn’t be a headline, but if you would like to make that the headline of this article...”: Haim push back again against people who question their songwriting, production skills and musicianship - despite a glowing endorsement from Bono

“It sucks when people think that we don’t play our instruments”

MusicRadar

“I want to share with everyone else what he shared with me”: Marcus King’s vintage Gibson ES-345 has passed through 3 generations of his family. Now, his new signature model brings it to the masses

Based on his 1962 “Big Red” guitar, King’s latest signature is a sleeker version of the exclusive Custom Shop model that arrived back in 2021

Guitar World

"This line-up represents the present and future of heavy music." Trivium announce Ascend Above The Ashes tour with Jinjer and Heriot in support

Trivium will kick off their North American tour on Halloween

Metal Hammer

Universal Audio's Anthem synth plugin promises to "put the biggest, baddest analogue sounds at your fingertips"

A growling analogue-modelled filter, flexible sequencer and vintage-style modulation effects give UA's new monosynth an edge

MusicRadar

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Meshuggah pioneered it, Periphery took it to new levels, and John Petrucci thinks it opens up "a new world" – here is everything you need to know about learning 8-string guitar

Six different ways to get the most from your 8-string guitar by Haken’s Charlie Griffiths

Metal Hammer

"They could be on the brink of becoming the next big shock success story in heavy music." Malevolence have put together another absolute crusher of a record with Where Only The Truth Is Spoken

Lacking big, fat riffs in your diet? The new Malevolence album has you covered

Evening Standard

'I want to be back in The Who': Zak Starkey on the sacking saga and his wild new band

Zak Starkey talks about the latest on The Who, working with fellow sons The Beatles, and his new band Mantra of the Cosmos with Bez and Shaun Ryder

Louder

"The radio reported a terrible tragedy in which we all died": Heart's Ann Wilson on the show at which everyone thought her band had been killed

Completely false rumours about the premature death of rock stars circulated long before the internet

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“Barracuda is a powerful piece of music that was never intended for political use”: Nancy Wilson speaks out after Donald Trump uses a Heart classic without permission

Wilson joins a growing list of artists whose music has been used by Trump

MusicRadar

Wanna be Their Man?: The Bootleg Beatles are after a new Paul McCartney

Successful bassist will be their fourth Macca - do you have the “look, the voice, bass guitar and keyboard skills”?

Guitar World

“My phone buzzes: ‘Come down and see Robben’s amp.’ I’m stressing out like, ‘Oh, somebody's poured beer in it...’” That time Robben Ford brought his prized Dumble amp to a guitar retreat – and let fans play it

It may be one of the most coveted amps in the world, but Ford let fans get up close and personal with the holy grail #102 Dumble

The Guardian - UK

‘His music documented an America that no longer exists’: Brian Wilson’s brilliance, by key collaborator Van Dyke Parks

Wilson bought Parks a Volvo when he’d barely met him – and together they brought sublime poetry to pop. He remembers the making of Smile, Surf’s Up and more

Metal Hammer

8 things we learned at Download Festival 2025

From Spiritbox and President to Cradle Of Filth, Anaal Nathrakh and erm, The Vengaboys, these are the bands that ruled and defined Download Festival 2025

Guitar World

“Siouxsie tried out her newfound kung fu on me and barged me in the back. That was enough – I walked out and Kenny came with me”: A brawl ended John McKay’s tenure with Siouxsie and the Banshees, but not his influence on a generation of players

A two-year stint left McKay with fans including the Edge, Robert Smith and Geordie Walker, plus a stack of demo tapes that he’s finally turned into an album

Guitar World

“The guitar that I used on my first album cost me $20, and I got a good sound out of it. It's what you put into the guitar that counts”: He collaborated with Johnny Winter, and was covered by Phish. Son Seals is essential listening for any blues guitarist

A master of gritty, blue-collar blues, Seals was a Chicago guitar icon. Here, he discusses his beloved Guild Starfire, and why blues guitarists need to remember to keep things fun

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