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Bloodstock festival announces one-day Winter Gathering event headlined by doom legends Candlemass

Venom Inc., Hellripper and others will also populate the bill in Wolverhampton this December

Metal Hammer

“I said, ‘I used to have a Les Paul Custom and I sold it like an idiot.’ Eric said, ‘Oh, I have one of those at home somewhere…’” Gibson unveils the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom – a recreation of the Disraeli Gears LP that now belongs to Albert Lee

The Murphy Lab-aged LP faithfully recreates the original model, but Clapton has added a few personal modifications to the reissue

Guitar World

“The solo he takes on that is one of the most perfectly crafted guitar solos ever. He's one of those players you can recognize right away. It's that distinct”: Grace Bowers names her favorite guitar player of all time

Bowers praises this icon's smooth phrasing and tone, which have captured the imagination of many of his successors

Guitar World

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“I’m a death-to-genres guy. I’m not like, ‘Let’s do country now, let’s do rock.’ It’s like, ‘Let’s do music’”: Is it country, bluegrass, folk, rock? The Rose City Band don’t play within a genre, but they do play with them

Ripley Johnson and Barry Walker on recording Sol y Sombra in a dark, vibey basement like the Stones, the irony of working hard to make a song feel mellow, and avoiding complex setups to deliver the music

Guitar World

“What if we made a record with guitars?”: Charli XCX teases new “Lou Reed” rock direction for her next album

After taking over the world with Brat’s hard-edged pop/electronic sound, is it time for something new?

MusicRadar

“We were touring as an Americana string band and we couldn’t pay our bills. Out of necessity, we did pivot”: Larkin Poe switched to blues-rock to cover their rent. Now the bluegrass revival has them revisiting their first love

With renewed confidence and a slew of new guitar-forward songs, Larkin Poe’s Rebecca and Megan Lovell are upping the ante on seventh album Bloom

Guitar World

A mysterious new band has been added to Download 2025 and the internet is convinced it’s Sleep Token-related

Who are President? As usual, Sleep Token’s fan-base have theories

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“He would lead you down the garden path with quite a bog-standard chord structure and then suddenly go AWOL”: From David Bowie to Radiohead and Steely Dan, here’s some of popular music’s most outlandish theory choices

No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves

MusicRadar

YouTube on Android TV spices up music videos with on-screen lyrics and album art

YouTube on Android TV now displays lyrics and album art with music videos.

Android Central

“People talk, a couple of hundred quid changes hands – and you’re in the charts. That got us going”: The Yes Album was very nearly Yes’ final release. But fate intervened three times

The then-unknown band lost their management, got hurt in a serious road crash and cut a dodgy deal – and that’s why they’re still around today

Louder

Sam Fender’s message gets lost amid hazy production on People Watching

3/5 North Shields’ answer to Bruce Springsteen is back with stories of his tattered heart and the pride and poverties of his country – but the songwriting on his latest album plods more than it ricochets

The Independent UK

Stax Music Academy's teen students mark 25th anniversary, Black History Month with concert

The Stax Music Academy in Memphis is marking its 25th anniversary with Black History Month-themed concerts on Feb. 21

The Independent UK

"I could have said a few words if Rick Wakeman would have shut up": Bill Bruford on the "civil war" at the heart of Yes's tumultuous induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Bill Bruford looks back on a famously fractious evening

Louder

Woman Divorces Husband For Booing Taylor Swift At The Super Bowl: “That’s Not A Man”

"He dodged a bullet." Woman goes viral after claiming to have divorced her husband because he booed Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl. The post Woman Divorces Husband For Booing Taylor Swift At The Super Bowl: “That’s Not A Man” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Daddy Yankee's Ex-Wife Breaks Silence, Says 'It Was Difficult to Leave People I Loved' After Divorce

After months of silence, the ex-wife of the Puerto Rican superstar posted an emotional message on social media.

MusicRadar

“The highest quality and most flexible polyphonic synthesizer ever created in a pedal format”: Meris has unveiled the Enzo X – is this “fully polyphonic monster” a game-changer for synth pedals?

It's not cheap but with five modes, polyphonic pitch detection, 99 user presets, and transformative sounds with no special pickup required, it might be the synth pedal you've been waiting for

The Guardian - UK

Rick Buckler obituary

Drummer whose insistent beat underpinned the Jam’s distinctive sound on six top-selling studio albums and 18 consecutive Top 40 UK singles

Louder

"He was such an interesting man. A funny combination of intensity and craziness." King Crimson's Jamie Muir remembered...

King Crimson biographer and Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to percussionist Jamie Muir, who died this weekend, aged 821

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“There was a full moon and the curtains were open. Every time I looked up for ideas, I looked at the moon”: How teen prodigy Kate Bush created her timeless classic Wuthering Heights

“Those shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief,”said John Lydon

Guitar World

“I started the introduction for Tequila Sunrise, and was like, ‘Wait a minute. This feels like acid.’ I just felt like I'm leaving my body”: Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder speaks out after mid-performance medical emergency

The veteran guitarist was ushered offstage just last Thursday

Guitar World

“I look up the tracks, I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s him.’ It’s the tone, the touch, the feel, the voicing choices”: Rhythm guitarists are harder to identify on recordings than lead players. But there’s one rhythm king that Cory Wong can pick out without fail

The Minneapolis maestro is a self-confessed rhythm guitar junkie, but one player bends his ear more than any other

What Hi-Fi?

The B&W Zeppelin Pro Edition makes a glaring omission – but it doesn't detract from its five-star performance

There are no physical connections with the Zeppelin Pro Edition, but does that really make a difference to most users?

Guitar World

“I called Alice and said, ‘I'm in a lot of pain. I’m not too sure what's going on’”: Orianthi reveals her agony over the injury that forced her to pull out of her Alice Cooper tour return – and play Back in Black sitting down at PRS’ epic anniversary show

The guitarist recently revealed that she is dealing with a torn hamstring and hip injury which forced her to shift touring plans

Guitar World

“I cannot think of another guy that has been so tuned in with his instrument. I’m like, ‘How the hell is that even possible?’” Mike Stringer is one of the hottest metal guitar talents right now – and he has an unlikely hero

The celebrated Spiritbox riffer has singled out one of his biggest non-metal inspirations, and he’s dished out some serious praise

MusicRadar

“You would get suspended for even having a guitar”: Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school – but he and his friends played during lunch hour anyway

May was reminiscing about the early days of learning on acoustic as he presented his new signature SJ-200 12-string at the Gibson Garage London and performed with Arielle

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