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“It was the closest I’ll ever get to Indiana Jones. You find this artifact and you’re scraping away until it’s the dinosaur bone showing”: The story of Brad Paisley’s Lost Telecaster – the ‘hippie vomit’ reject that became one of Fender’s rarest finds

A partly-failed flower-power experiment in the ‘60s comes back to life via its namesake, who’ll make 19 on his own while Fender’s Custom Shop make another 67

Guitar World

“London’s must-attend event for fans of all things ‘post-’”: The six bands that defined the final Portals festival

Julie Christmas, Brontide, Joliette and others helped Portals festival bow out with its most impressive lineup to date

Metal Hammer

“If you’re a bass player in a rock band, you are by definition a moron”: As Frank Zappa’s bassist, Scott Thunes rose to legend status, then turned his back on it all

The bass enigma delivers the inside track on Zappa’s genius and why bass players need to know their place

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American Music Awards 2025: Why wasn't Taylor Swift at the AMAs?

Fans track every move that Taylor Swift makes – but what happens when she makes no move and doesn’t show up to the AMAs?

Evening Standard

Shaboozey goes viral for reaction to Megan Moroney claim about who ‘invented’ country music

Singer gave his American Music Awards co-presenter the side eye before laughing and continuing to read from the teleprompter

The Independent UK

B&O's reimagined music system bridges the gap between classic vinyl and modern streaming

The new Beosystem 3000c combines the classic Beogram 3000 turntable with a pair of Beolab 8 speakers, preserved and upgraded for the limited-edition system.

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”Three highly gifted men with the capacity to behave like spoilt brats in each others’ company”: Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. But then, neither did projects that featured just two of the trio

Massive musical ability crossed with pomposity and excess made it difficult for the supergroup to meet expectations – but even with one of the giant personalities missing, the other pair could struggled to deliver

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Taylor Swift Skips an American Music Awards 2025 Red Carpet Outfit

A virtual acceptance speech outfit wasn't in the cards, either.

Marie Claire

"When all the computers fall apart, when the world burns to the ground, there's going to be a guitar left": Courtney Barnett talks the godfather of grunge, fingerstyle, AI and music, and her next move

Barnett may still be working on a new LP, but 2025 has proven busy nevertheless

Guitar World

What's Up?: An anthem to our frustration

From "Yellowjackets" to "Sense8," from Dolly Parton to Ninja Turtles, "What's Up?" is for shouting into the void

Salon

Calvin Harris accused of having 'out-of-control ego' in plagiarism battle with iconic DJ

The producer had to defend his new song Blessings in a copyright row with a ‘90s trance icon

Evening Standard

Watch metalcore pioneers Converge play chaotic new song WWNTS live

The track is one of two new songs the Massachusetts band have added to their setlist since recording their next album

Metal Hammer

Liam Gallagher's biting response to claims he is doing Oasis reunion tour 'just for the money'

Liam, 52, and his brother Noel, 57, are reportedly set to make millions from the 41-date reunion tour this summer

Evening Standard

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep

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“He said to me, ‘To be honest, we're kind of looking for a Beatles-type visual.’ I left there feeling like ‘OK, this is not gonna happen": Session drummer Hannah Montrose on facing down challenges and manifesting a spot behind the kit with Lizzo

"In high school, playing drums was everything. But when it came to me picking my GCSEs, the head of music told me, 'Hannah, you don't want to do that'"

Guitar World

“I met my biological father as an adult through a DNA test. I was surprised to find that he’d been infatuated with the guitar his entire life as well”: From childhood abandonment to country stardom, here is the incredible story of Rockie Lynne

The late blooming country star discusses his custom guitar range, what musicians can learn from motorcycling, and how he wound up with a perfect copy of Peter Frampton’s rig

Guitar World

“I really like the end of And She Was with that distorted guitar. Ithought it sounded like Neil Diamond’s Cherry, Cherry”: Jerry Harrison on the outtakes and off-brand inspirations behind Talking Heads’ Little Creatures

If 1985's Little Creatures brought an Americana flavor to the Talking Heads, MTV brought commercial success. Harrison reflects on an art-rock classic and explains why the pressure was fun

Metal Hammer

“I thank God every day, and Metallica, for saving us”: Virginia family say taking their daughter to see Metallica saved them from deadly truck crash

The McKee family say that going to bed early to drive their daughter to a Metallica show the next day removed them from the path of a pickup truck that crashed into their living room

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“I not only learned the set, I learned a whole new style of guitar playing”: John McCurry had only been playing guitar for five years when he joined Cyndi Lauper’s band – and featured on one of her biggest records

McCurry got the nod despite being self-taught and unable to read music – and his Cyndi success story is an inspiration to all

Guitar World

“It’s the Kinks meets AC/DC. I had to play around with the riff because I didn’t want it to sound like You Really Got Me – you don’t wanna get sued”: Jim Babjak revisits 5 classic Smithereens riffs – and reveals the gear and stories behind them

New Jersey's finest have had their share of killer riffs. Here Babjak walks us through the catalog, talks trials by click-track, and reveals how A Girl Like You nearly ended up at the movies

Guitar World

“He was a huge fan. He could identify, ‘No, that’s not ’78 because Jerry’s playing through this pedal’”: John Mayer was a Grateful Dead fanatic – before he landed the Dead & Company gig

Don Was has revealed how he helped connect the dots between John Mayer and Bob Weir

Louder

Former Hawkwind and David Bowie violinist and keyboardist Simon House has died, aged 76

House also featured in early prog bands High Tide and Third Ear Band before joining Hawkwind in 1974

The Guardian - UK

Mclusky review – back after 20 years, the Welsh absurdists are still funny, sweary and frantic

Showcasing their first album in 21 years, the trio range from furious to hypnotically groovy, the music as taut as a stretched elastic band

The Guardian - UK

Soul icon Irma Thomas on the Stones, segregation and survival: ‘Restaurants refused to serve us – we lived on sardines and crackers’

She has endured racism, industry machinations and Hurricane Katrina across her seven decades in music. Now with a new album, and an unlikely boost from Black Mirror, the 84-year-old ‘Soul Queen of New Orleans’ is hitting new heights

Louder

“It remained in the domain of teenyboppers, but prog elements are within its grooves”: What if I told you A-ha’s Hunting High And Low is really a prog album?

Believe it or not, the 1985 pop record emerged from a background of Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Morten Harket singing along to Queen songs

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