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NAMM 2025: Hands-on with Korg's first ever synth as it comes back to life as the MiniKorg 700Sm

Live from the NAMM show 2025 we get a guided tour of Korg's latest fan-pleasing mini-fication

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How does Tamworth country music festival attract 40,000 people every year? It’s the vibe

You’ll find more than cowboy boots and Slim Dusty covers at the world’s second biggest country music bash – even a pub with no music!

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NAMM 2025: “I’ve honestly never felt a smoother neck in my life”: Cory Wong feels the humbucker heat as the funk guitar virtuoso and Ernie Ball Music Man team up for StingRay II and StingRay II Deluxe

Wong is still a paid-up member of the Stratocaster club but says he has been on the hunt for humbucker-equipped guitar for years and this is the one

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“Three guitars? I don’t get that. I’ll step down!” Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back – but one member almost quit because of it

In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist

Metal Hammer

“Would I play it for a whole show? Absolutely not! I’m so happy to get that thing off. It’s brutal”: ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on his latest weird bass acquisition – the 15-string ‘High Selecta’ bass

The guitar tech-turned-band member already struggled with a 17-string monstrosity, before adding a 15-string to his arsenal – and says he can’t forget his days cleaning the band’s fuzzy guitars

Guitar World

Bob Dylan A Contrast To 'Narcissistic' Modern Stars, Says Biopic Director

Bob Dylan's rich legacy of more than 50 albums is a counterpoint to "narcissistic" modern music focused on "me, me, me", the director of the recently released biopic about the singer told AFP. James Mangold, in Paris ahead of the release of "A Complete Unknown" in French cinemas, said that…

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Cool new proggy sounds from Frost*, Dim Gray, Klone and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog to enjoy from Penelope Trappes, Mission Jupiter, Liquid Bear and more...

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NAMM 2025: We can now get a proper look at Kurzweil’s new K20 series synths, which promise to be a VAST improvement on the ‘90s classic that inspired them

A K2000 for 2025

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“You gotta ask him that. We sort of know…” Did Shaun Ryder just reveal who’s playing drums for Oasis this summer?

The ex-Happy Mondays and Mantra Of The Cosmos baggy superstar may have just put his foot in it…

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“This unique model captures Jacob’s boundary-pushing musicality”: Jacob Collier’s wild five-string Strandberg signature, the JC Djesse, has finally hit the market – and it’s been joined by a six-string option

Melding Strandberg’s ergonomic headless guitar designs with Collier’s perception challenging D A E A D tuning, the guitar is one of the most intriguing guitar concepts in years

Guitar World

"Wardruna remain a genuine force of nature." Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk

As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna

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“When used in conjunction with other unextended chords, it will sound amazing”: How to enhance your songwriting with major sevenths

From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood.

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“Communal spaces for the strange:…every diversion is explored – ideas and genres ebb and flow, occasionally careering out of control”: Matt Berry’s Heard Noises adheres to his oblique vision

His 13th album, self-performed except for drums, is another example of his fathomless imagination and instrumental prowess

Louder

Linkin Park have released an a cappella version of new album From Zero for all your Linkin Park a cappella needs

Love Linkin Park but hate the music? This is the album for you!

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Central Cee: Can’t Rush Greatness review – conflict and contradiction underpin justly confident rap debut

The debut album from the British star finds him rapping rings around even high-profile guest stars as he asserts his place at hip-hop’s high table

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"This album wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t toured with Cult of Luna." How avant-metal maverick Julie Christmas made the weird and wonderful Ridiculous and Full Of Blood

Julie Christmas explains the weird and wonderful processes behind Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

Louder

“Some bands would think such an unlikely chart-topping feat would require them to lurch into a new chapter. Instead, Mogwai retreat to their discomfort zone”: The Bad Fire is reassuringly blurry

11th album, which follows No.1 hit As The Love Continues, is a confident and competent helping of their curiously uplifting dourness

Louder

Aerosmith are heading back to the stage - but it's for one night only

Boston legends Aerosmith will play at a charity event early next month

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On the defiantly weird Eusexua, FKA twigs reaches for new, oddity-embracing shapes

4/5 The latest record from the singer and dancer is rawly explicit; at times, it does wander around in vague search of melodies

Louder

"The joy is more joyous, the heartbreak more alluring": Larkin Poe serve up more country-infused rock'n'roll on Bloom

Nashville siblings return with an album as earthy as the dust blown up by a Tennessee gale

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Sun never sets on Tamworth for this hometown girl

A third-generation country musician with three Golden Guitar nominations says she felt a responsibility to be honest and vulnerable in her reflective new album.

Louder

The diminishing returns of a great legend: Acoustic Sessions might make you miss Phil Lynott, but a 'new' Thin Lizzyalbum? We should be so lucky

Acoustic Sessions features original vocal parts from Lynott paired with brand-new pieces from founding guitarist Eric Bell

The Independent UK

Central Cee makes a bold statement on his long-awaited debut album, Can’t Rush Greatness

4/5 British rapper comes through with his smartly produced debut, which sees him switching between macho posturing and surprising vulnerability

Salon

Turner's "Private Dancer" still rollin'

In celebration of one of Turner's most beloved albums, previously unreleased music is coming out of the vault

Latin Times

Zayn Malik Fuels Rumors of a One Direction Reunion

The British singer was singing more One Direction songs than usual during his show in Washington D.C.

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