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"I was intubated, put in a coma for seventeen days. I had to relearn how to walk and talk – and my voice was completely different." Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke’n’honey battle cry

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away, roots star Elles Bailey's story is turning into a real page turner

Louder

"I looked over my shoulder, saw Ronnie Wood and thought: 'That's nice!' I didn't meet the Rolling Stones, but I waved at them from a golf cart." Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her complicated relationship with the blues

Contemporary blueser Samantha Fish hits UK venues in late February, with mainland European and US shows beginning in March

Louder

Harley Benton just dropped an 8-string for southpaw players that has a multi-scale build, high-gain humbuckers – and it offers change from 300 bucks

The R-458MN is a tidy-looking multi-scale eight-string that treads djently on your budget but will put some weight on your riffs

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“The tone got me addicted – when it broke I’d say, ‘I can’t play!’” April Wine are hitting arenas again with Triumph – guitarist Brian Greenway discusses his hopes for a new album, and the pedal he couldn't live without

The last man standing from the Canadian band's best-known era recalls the making of classic songs, talks about being underrated, and explains how he’s modded the Les Paul Custom he’s had for over 50 years

Guitar World

Solomun at Alexandra Palace review: superstar DJ brings summer bliss to wintry London

4/5 Your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ delivered a wickedly playful set with a guest appearance from Inéz

Evening Standard

“He knew one day someone would come and look through this stuff. They’re not objects for veneration to be kept in a box": Rare footage of Bowie from 1978 to be included in new ‘immersive’ show

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone opens in April

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Marillion share new remix of Go! as they announce 25th anniversary reissue of marillion.com

Marillion will release a new Deluxe Edition of 1999's marillion.com on CD and vinyl in June

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“He wanted $200 for it. Now it’s worth millions”: Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars

The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

Guitar World

“Once you have it down, you can explore improvised melodies along with the steady bass pattern”: What is “Dead thumb” fingerpicking?

Jared James Nichols is a master of “Dead thumb” fingerpicking. The Blues Power fingerstylist explains how it gives the him freedom to cut loose

Guitar World

Bad Bunny streams skyrocketed after the Super Bowl, up 175% in the U.S.

The legacy of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show continues

The Independent UK

Iggy Pop replaced by Britpop icon as he steps back from BBC radio show

Iggy Pop to step back from long-running BBC Radio 6 Music show after 12 years

The Independent UK

“The world has lost a giant. A colossus of African music”: Ebo Taylor, celebrated Ghanaian guitarist and highlife music pioneer, dies at 90

Across numerous albums and collaborations, Taylor cemented his position as one of the foremost proponents of highlife, afrobeat and West African music

Guitar World

“He had nothing left to prove. He still showed up whole-heartedly, simply because a piece of music spoke to him”: Steve Cropper played on my song – and his performance was matched only by his warmth and generosity

When Sheri Miller invited her guitar hero to play on her track back in 2012, she never dreamed he would turn up in the studio

Guitar World

“The reason everybody knows Eric Clapton’s name is not because he’s a great guitar player”: Billy Corgan says virtuosic guitar solos mean nothing in the social media age – and argues guitar influencers need to make a bigger impact on popular music

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman sees virtuosos everywhere but he would like to see these talents being applied in the next generation of great alt-rock and metal bands

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"I was sitting near Judas Priest, Sharon and Ozzy, Joey from Slipknot was there...three surreal days." The cult Italian band that broke boundaries and became household names in metal thanks to this classic 00s album

Before this release, these gothic metallers weren't well known outside of their homeland. That quickly changed

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“Every producer bows down to Dilla, whether they like it or not”: How J Dilla and his MPC changed beatmaking forever

20 years on from his untimely passing, we decode the genius of the revered producer that redefined rhythm as we know it

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“She’s happy with the sale and has been celebrating by spending time with her kids”: Britney sells her back catalogue for a rumoured $200 million

It includes nearly two decades of hits and nine albums

Evening Standard

Iggy Pop replaced by Jarvis Cocker as he takes break from BBC Radio 6 Music

The 78-year-old musician is set to return to the radio station next year.

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Cherry Audio’s SH-MAX takes on a trio of classic Roland monosynths called upon by everyone from Kraftwerk to Tame Impala

Bringing together the best bits of the SH-5, SH-7 and SH-3A with an array of modern enhancements, the plugin is a love letter to Roland's SH series

The Guardian - UK

The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove review – box set of lost 70s music has all of Brian Wilson’s turmoil and talent

Spanning 1974-77, this collection shows Wilson was capable of stunning pre-rock’n’roll homage – on the previously unheard Adult/Child – while also writing wayward songs about organic food

MusicRadar

“We weren’t like a normal group that’s ready to take a knock. We couldn’t fight back”: Carl Palmer on how punk killed ELP

Plus he reveals Mitch Mitchell almost joined the prog icons

Guitar World

“The door cracks open and I hear, ‘Who the hell are you? Play that again!‘” Steven Tyler gatecrashed Jared James Nichols’ jam and invited him to hang out with Aerosmith – and he kept coming back

Nichols ended up rubbing shoulders with Aerosmith and was even shown some early studio mixes

MusicRadar

The Beatles-approved J-160E makes its return as Gibson unveils a trio of Original Collection flat-tops celebrating the golden era of acoustic guitar making

It's time to tap up the new Originals, as the LG-00 50S, SJ-200 60s and the J-160E '60s join the present-day Gibson catalogue

Louder

"There was about 380 people in the hall, sold out. There wasn’t a woman in sight." Carl Palmer looks back on the earliest Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows

The birth of a prog rock legend

The Guardian - UK

AI slop, begone! The viral musical virtuosos bringing brains and brilliance back to social media

Whether making microtonal pop or playing Renaissance instruments with sheep bones, a crop of bold artists are making genuinely strange music go mainstream – but are they at the mercy of the algorithm?

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