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“This one is a prototype. We’re getting close to the finish line tho!”: Abasi Concepts set introduce an extended-range nylon-string to its lineup and Tosin Abasi got so excited with it he spilled his coffee

Tosin Abasi teases nylon-string version of the Larada 7-string and promises it is coming soon. Misha Mansoor wants one. We all do

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The 10 best hip-hop albums of 2024

From Los Angeles to London, Belfast to Tampa, the hip-hop world has thrown up some of 2024's most thrilling, imaginative and essential releases

Louder

“They spent hours building up hundreds of vocal tracks from single notes - then they ‘played’ a traditional mixing desk like a keyboard”: The pioneering techniques that brought static sounds to life

The extraordinary history of adding movement to flat sounds will inspire you to give your music direction and drive.

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“I had a £150 Behringer mixer and an iMac, and whenever I earned any money from music I’d buy a new piece of kit”: Bibio on how he made his biggest track - and why he's still using lo-fi recording techniques 15 years later

Stephen Wilkinson reveals how he recorded Lovers' Carvings - the song that paid for his five-figure Rupert Neve Designs console - using a budget set-up in a bedroom studio

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He’s the fearless, Strat-wielding counterpart to icons like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Allan Holdsworth – and Wayne Krantz forged a raw, rhythmic approach to fusion guitar

A lesson inspired by the jazz great that will help the advanced players out there take their improv chops to the next level

Guitar World

“I was approached to join David Lee Roth’s band, initially… I didn’t want to be Eddie Van Halen part two”: Steve Stevens on laying down the Dirty Diana solo with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, recording Rebel Yell – and why Vai got it right with Roth

Billy Idol guitarist discusses the folk guitar lick he adapted for one of his boss’ biggest hits, his secret-weapon amp, and how his early work is echoed in Idol’s upcoming return-to-punk record

Guitar World

“They would be my get-out-of-jail records”: Fatboy Slim names the songs he’d play if he “really had to rescue a dancefloor”

In the midst of party season, Norman Cook has been offering his advice on how to smash your Christmas and New Year’s Eve DJ sets

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How to watch 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' online from anywhere

Was it going to be called "Last Summer"? Who got the royalties? Watch the "Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped" documentary online, on TV and from anywhere in the world to find out.

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‘They keep each other young’: couple aged 102 and 100 set record for oldest newlyweds

Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman met at Philadelphia nursing home after both of their longtime spouses died

The Guardian - US

“I can’t marry you, but we can totally have an affair sometime”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale is open to singing with Skid Row again

Hale will probably never join Skid Row full-time, but she says she’ll be there if the glam veterans ever find themselves in dire straits

Metal Hammer

English Teacher on winning the Mercury, being inspired by Amy Winehouse and the 'bonkers' pressures of success

The much-lauded guitar band on how it’s been ‘amazing, but really hard’ since making it big this year

Evening Standard

“People who can’t play an instrument depend on loops from Ableton or Logic. I will never take a bassline from any digital domain in my life! That'll never happen”: Beyoncé producer Raphael Saadiq says that he likes to make music “the authentic way”

He also recalls his time touring with Prince: “It was like seeing Jimi Hendrix at the height of his career”

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Dani Filth’s mum wants Cradle Of Filth’s Nymphetamine played at her funeral

“She’ll be dead by then, so we can change the tracklisting”

Metal Hammer

“He had one of the greatest finger vibratos of all time”: Jared James Nichols on the guitar genius of Free’s Paul Kossoff

Kossoff is one of Jared James Nichols’ six-string heroes: he unpacks the Free guitarist’s signature vibrato and phrasing

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“It’s going to get really loud, ready? Beat it!”: Chad Smith showcases drum prowess in new home studio

The PreSonus-built studio has been kitted out to allow Smith to practice and record simultaneously

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“I just keep forgetting it”: Watch Phil Collins work out his drum part for Do They Know It’s Christmas in 40-year-old footage

A new documentary sheds light on the genius performance that you may not have noticed

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"You guys - it sounds like a really bad Pearl Jam": Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst hated Creed so much he asked their label not to release their debut album

The divisive post-grunge mainstays wouldn’t be part of history if the label had listened to their star

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have formed a band together and you'll never guess what it's called

The SatchVai band will embark on a UK and European tour next summer

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What Hi-Fi?

Spatial audio is heading to an epic London outdoor festival… where I believe the technology truly belongs

The three-day Polygon Live LDN festival next May will see a hemispherical dual-dome stage packed with 200 speakers...

Louder

“I remember trying to work out what extra notes he’d put in. I was so infatuated…” Gun guitarist Jools Gizzi on his prog hero Alex Lifeson

Scottish rocker discovered Jethro Tull fan, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream as a teenager – but Rush really stood out to him as he learned to play

Metal Hammer

"Our first show we made two songs last for fifty minutes": Meet Sacri Monti, the psychedelic rockers who don't know where they're going but dig the journey

From Oceanside, California, Sacri Monti met in high school in the early 2000s and have been jamming (and other things) ever since

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift quotes song lyrics to encapsulate end of Eras Tour

The pop superstar has reflected on the tour which engulfed popular culture and dominated news coverage.

Metal Hammer

Iron Maiden unleash recap video to thanks fans for success of The Future Past Tour

After 81 shows in 25 countries, Iron Maiden's latest globe-straddling tour has come to an end

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow Council to consider ticket levy on Hydro gigs to support small music venues

Calls have been made for a levy on tickets for gigs at the Hydro to be introduced to support grassroots music in the city.

Evening Standard

King and Queen enjoy Military Wives Choir’s rendition of his birthday song

Members of the charity choir group gathered at Buckingham Palace to perform the song, November Sunday, which was written by John McClaren.

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