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How ‘critical karaoke’ is helping researchers to explore the music of Taylor Swift

In honour of Taylor Swift’s three concerts at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium this summer, the University of Liverpool hosted Tay Day (Liverpool’s Version), an academic conference on Taylor Swift and her music on June 12.

The Conversation

“From tasteful rhythm overdrive to full on, singing lead sounds… Hendrixian walls of speakers tumbling to the ground”: Red Witch promises classic Beano-era Clapton, American Woman and more classic drive and fuzz tones with the Hypostasia

The Hypostasia offers fuzz, drive, and the capacity to mix them both, and is the latest limited edition stompbox from Red Witch Pedals' hand-wired Nouveau series

MusicRadar

“The other bands had a top-notch Yngwie-level player, and that’s what I was trying to be. If some awful gig already has two of those dudes, it doesn’t need a third”: Tom Morello on the throwaway club show that changed his guitar playing forever

Morello pinpointed the moment that encouraged him to adopt a new approach to the guitar, which would influence his trailblazing work in Rage Against the Machine and beyond

Guitar World

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Gigi Hadid gifts Taylor Swift custom cat ring with sweet nod to Travis Kelce

‘This ring is designed to keep her favorite things close,’ the designer of the jewelery says

The Independent UK

Seth Binzer, frontman of US band Crazy Town, dies aged 49

Co-founded by Binzer in 1995, the Los Angeles band had a global hit with their 2000 single Butterfly

The Guardian - UK

Apple launches brand new Beats Pill speaker: Here are 7 things you need to know about it

Apple has just launched the new Beats Pill, after months of rumors and glimpses from sports people.

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Travis Kelce Pinpoints the Moment He Knew He Was Starting to “Really Fall” for Girlfriend Taylor Swift

“That’s my girl, that’s my lady.”

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The Beats Pill is back, and it's designed to sound better, look nicer and last longer

The iconic wireless speaker is making its comeback, and its got all the improvements we might have hoped for.

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“Most of the reactions have been one of surprise: ‘How could you make a Strandberg this affordable?’” Ola Strandberg brought headless guitars back from the dead. Now he wants to take them to the masses with his first sub-$1,000 electric

The Boden Essential makes the future-forward Boden ergonomics available to a wider demographic than ever before. Ola Strandberg walks us through its development

Guitar World

“This guy was just up on stage playing guitar behind his neck and now he’s barely even talking to me”: Junior Marvin saw Jimi Hendrix blow away the Beatles at a London club show – but says the guitar hero was too shy to speak to him

The Bob Marley and The Wailers guitarist says Hendrix was “like two different people” on and offstage

Guitar World

“Crystal-clear stereo separation, a much fuller and warmer sound… Steven Wilson’s remaster is a huge improvement”: Jethro Tull’s Bursting Out – The Inflated Edition

Bookset series turns to the band’s first live release, which showcases Ian Anderson as zany ringmaster

Louder

‘Songwriters deserve a bigger piece of the pie’: the music publishing boss on the threat of AI

Shani Gonzales of Warner Chappell says that although people are ‘having fun’ with creating AI songs, ‘what happens when someone tries to sell it?’

The Guardian - UK

Crazy Town Frontman And “Butterfly” Singer Shifty Shellshock Dies At 49

The musician, born Seth Binzer, shared an emotional post about his sobriety eight weeks ago. The post Crazy Town Frontman And “Butterfly” Singer Shifty Shellshock Dies At 49 first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock dead at 49

Crazy Town vocalist Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) has died at his home in Los Angeles

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The Conversation

The lawsuit that could bring reggaetón to its knees

There is a landmark copyright case looming in the music world. In late May 2024, a federal court in California issued a decision to continue a litigation involving the lucrative reggaetón genre. This legal action could have a lasting negative impact on such a genre as more than 160 defendants…

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift's claim she was blindsided by Scooter Braun in bitter music feud is questioned in new documentary

Bad Blood documentary claims the star played ‘victim’ in $300m music war

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift's tribute to London fans after 'surreal' run of shows as Travis Kelce 'proud' to be dating star

The singer, 34, took to Instagram to say she’ll ‘never forget’ her Wembley Stadium shows

Guitar World

“The range of music I’ve had to play in the last year is so vast”: How Sophie Giuliani went from ballet dancer to Olivia Rodrigo’s guitarist – and what she learned from John Mayer

The Australian guitarist is now an LA native with a roll call of credits including Rodrigo, Empress Of and Mayer Hawthorne, and she runs her own masterclass out of Pickup Music

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Marie Claire

Camila Cabello Shares the Advice Taylor Swift Once Gave Her About Overcoming Self-Doubt

Not even gonna pretend I'm not crying.

Metal Hammer

Korn have put their stamp of approval on a lofi album remixing their greatest hits – listen here

US producer Lonelyboy has released chilled-out versions of Freak On A Leash, Y’All Want A Single and more, and he’s wowed nu metal’s pioneers in the process

Evening Standard

The biggest set clashes for Glastonbury 2024: from Avril Lavigne to Coldplay

The clashes are here, and they’re gnarly

Guitar World

“Our contribution to a 90-year-old tradition of breaking the sound of the guitar”: JHS unveils its first-ever original distortion pedal, the Hard Drive

The new unit is not a clone of any previous pedal, but offers a huge variety of recognizable modern distortion tones

Guitar World

“The crown jewel of my amplifier collection”: Joe Bonamassa has bought Lowell George’s Dumble Overdrive Special Reverb after a 15-year quest

The amp and its matching cab were last played on June 28, 1979 – the night before the Little Feat legend died at the age of 34

Louder

“These renditions will get pulses racing faster than the studio versions, even if not every note is perfectly in place”: Nightingale’s Nightfall Overture, remastered and extended

Updated version of Swedish prog metallers’ 2005 re-recordings comes with live extras that add significant value

Guitar World

“The idea is to be felt and not seen. A lot of that came from when I was in Jethro Tull”: Jonathan Noyce on how playing with Martin Barre and Gary Moore honed his “stealth bass” approach – and his final days with the late Irish guitar legend

The Yamaha and Fender fan has made use of his “art school” education in Tull and his loud and free times with late icon Moore

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