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Mariah the Scientist's 'Hearts Sold Separately' mixes love potions and pensive emotions

Mariah the Scientist has emerged from her lab with a new album, “Hearts Sold Separately.”

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

"It was such a poetic ending to a career that you just can’t take your eyes and ears off." Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme salutes the late Ozzy Osbourne

Josh Homme can see a certain beauty in Ozzy Osbourne's final show and heartbreaking death

Metal Hammer · Aug 22, 2025

“I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player

Vai – who had a gruelling practice routine growing up– has shed some light on what it takes to become a virtuoso

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2025

Tyla Uncovered: Age, Nationality and Why This Superstar is the Next Big Thing

Get to know more about Tyla, the South African singer behind 'Water' who's breaking records and redefining global pop.

International Business Times UK · Aug 22, 2025

"A simple move up the neck can open up new voicings, textures, and moods you would never get from standard open chords": 5 creative ways to use a capo

A capo can offer your playing so much more than a key change. Here are my favorite creative ways to use a capo

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2025

“We came off stage and looked at each other in amazement, because all that singing from the audience was so extreme. And I said to Freddie, ‘Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems

“I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said

MusicRadar · Aug 22, 2025

“We decided that our audiences would come along with us, rather than it being down to us to feed them a conventional diet”: Paul McCartney on how the '60s avant-garde influenced the Beatles

I Am The Walrus drew from John Cage

MusicRadar · Aug 22, 2025

“This thing is like a time capsule. It feels like home in my hands again”: Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley has been reunited with his beloved Iggy Pop Tele – after it spent 20 years on display

The guitar was on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Florida for two decades, having featured in some pinnacle career moments

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2025

Fakemink’s sugar-high rap and the week’s best new tracks

Making tracks in a blacked-out bedroom, the precocious UK rapper has an adrenaline-fuelled, overstimulated aesthetic

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

“He told me that after he was gone, he just wanted to be remembered for bringing country music into metal”: Brent Hinds, 1974-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute

The former Mastodon guitarist died aged 51 following a fatal motorcycle accident, and his peers have now come out to honor his life and legacy

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2025