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What is Kendrick Lamar’s net worth as he headlines the Super Bowl halftime show?

Grammy-winning rapper is set to make his return to the Super Bowl halftime stage on February 9

The Independent UK

“It's a song with enough twists and quirks to make it stand out from the pop landscape”: A music professor breaks down Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!

We put Chappell Roan's Grammy-nominated hit under the musical microscope

MusicRadar

Kehlani review – R&B tonic is just what the doctor ordered

The US singer might have needed medical attention and a little audience help to get them through, but the star’s charisma and candid material carried the day

The Guardian - UK

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2025 Grammys: Residente and J Balvin Could Meet for the First Time Since Their Beef Began

The urban artists seemed like good friends until Residente dissed Balvin in a song. Now they could meet up at the Grammys.

Latin Times

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records

A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New Orleans

The Guardian - UK

“Some do yoga, take drugs or go to a football game and start a fight. Music is what we do”: Soen embedded modern truth and old-school songwriting in fourth album Lotus

Swedish prog metal supergroup on why they flew the flag for classic songwriting values and honest live performances with 2019 release

Louder

Tie-dye and dancing bears: Grammy weekend begins with Grateful Dead honored as Persons of the Year

The Grateful Dead kicked off Grammy weekend being honored as MusiCares Persons of the Year

The Independent UK

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“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues

The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated country album, goes under the musical microscope

MusicRadar

“Maybe I’ll write out five or six chords, then discipline myself to write something only with those chords involved”: Why David Bowie’s restrictive songwriting strategies provide a lesson for us all

Sometimes imposing rules can force us out of our creative comfort zones. It's a tactic David Bowie used to birth some of his most celebrated songs.

MusicRadar

“His performance should be studied by all bassists”: Played by a session great, this Chaka Khan line was hailed by Nathan East as “the perfect bassline”

Antony Jackson tuned his ‘career girl’ – a Fender hybrid consisting of a ’75 Jazz Bass body and ’73 Precision neck – down two whole steps for Move Me No Mountain

Guitar World

“The joke has always been, ‘Zakk, are you from the South?’ And I say, ‘Yeah, South Jersey! Down near the shore, bro!’”: Why Zakk Wylde swapped Black Label Society and metal for southern rock on Book Of Shadows 2

Zakk Wylde’s love of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young knows no bounds

Metal Hammer

“Stevie Ray Vaughan was a little worse for wear. He was eating KFC out of a box and then ate the box as well”: Jeff Beck’s wild tales of Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Frank Zappa

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most memorable friendships

Louder

10 huge hits given away from one artist to another

From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had classics going spare and shopped them elsewhere.

Louder

Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy on filming new docuseries Boyzone: No Matter What - 'It was like an extended counselling session!'

Boyzone's Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy on the Sky docuseries charting the inside story of the events that shaped the band...

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Guitar World

“He said, ‘Put it away and get a proper guitar!’ So it went by the wayside”: Andy Fairweather Low had a guitar specially bought for him in America, then brought back across the Atlantic – but Eric Clapton wouldn't let him use it onstage

“I was drawn to it immediately,” the journeyman player says of the guitar in question. “It's got colors and knobs and bits of Lego”

WhatToWatch

Go inside the 67th Annual Grammy Awards tonight with new CBS special

Inside the 67th Annual Grammy Awards special gives exclusive interviews and rehearsal footage with Grammy nominees like Sabrina Carpenter

Guitar World

“We're gonna play something we thought was appropriate for the evening”: Watch Slash join the Black Crowes for a heartfelt Led Zeppelin cover at star-studded FireAid benefit concert

Unlike the surviving members of Nirvana, the Black Crowes were featured on the FireAid bill beforehand, but they had a surprise of their own up their sleeves

Evening Standard

Central Cee’s debut album Can’t Rush Greatness tops UK chart

This is his second number one in the UK albums chart after his 23 mixtape secured the top spot in 2022.

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The Independent UK

Kendrick Lamar albums ranked in order of greatness as he headlines Super Bowl 2025

COUNTDOWN: As Kendrick Lamar’s much-anticipated performance at this year’s Super Bowl approaches, Kevin E G Perry rates the rapper’s albums to date

MusicRadar

You can’t always get what you want… The Rolling Stones just scrapped plans to play UK gigs in 2025

Someone just half-inched yer Hackney Diamonds… But could a Glasto appearance now be in the clear?

The Conversation

Marianne Faithfull: the singer with an inimitable voice was a Romantic poet at heart

Marianne Faithfull, the London-born singer with an inimitable voice, has passed away at the age of 78. She was known for many things: she was a pop star, an actress and a muse. But she was probably best known for her voice.

MusicRadar

“The thing came out good... the track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar team up for surprise single Fortune Teller Blues

Bonamassa played the entire track with an Ovation acoustic through an overdriven amp

Metal Hammer

"It's about going the extra mile in the pursuit of a greater flavour." New Delhi nu metal band Bloodywood just released a brilliant new music video celebrating Indian cuisine

The Indian viral sensations will release new album Nu Delhi in March - just in time for their UK tour.

The Guardian - UK

‘There was a little bit of the devil in her’: Damon Albarn and Rufus Wainwright remember Marianne Faithfull

The Blur frontman remembers a boisterous songwriting session, while Wainright recalls a week of partying and conversations about ‘music, sex and the craziness of life’

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #176: Seas of smartphones and bulky backpacks: the worst things about going to gigs

This week, our inbox filled up with critics’ and readers’ least favourite things about live music, from the death of the cloakroom to two-day drum solos

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