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“I knew my folk music would take off, if I put hip-hop beats behind it”: How one song turned the self-confessed “worst rapper in the world” into an alt-rock icon

“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”

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Busted star James Bourne reveals he is having 'major surgery' to 'extend his life' as he shares worrying health update

In a concerning update, James Bourne, 42, said he hoped the surgery would ‘extend my life’

Evening Standard

Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking

Sponsors pull out after Keir Starmer calls decision to book rapper who wrote song titled Heil Hitler ‘deeply concerning’

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“I am 10 times the player when I hold a guitar pick the ‘wrong’ way”: A blues guitar hero showed me how he held his pick – and it changed the way I played guitar

Some sage advice has shaped my entire playing journey – and anyone can give it a go for immediate results

Guitar World

“I’ve never met Noel Gallagher, but I’ve heard he liked Strange Times”: The unsung 1986 album that inspired the ’90s Britpop boom

The big-name fans. The studio where the Smiths tracked The Queen Is Dead. The bird that got caught in the control room. This is the story of the Chameleons’ Stranger Times

Guitar World

Keir Starmer blasts ‘deeply concerning’ Kanye West festival headline plans

The rapper has drawn widespread criticism in recent years after he began voicing his admiration of Adolf Hitler, and made antisemitic remarks.

Evening Standard

“Rick had a lot of pain in him and it came out in his more cynical songs, while the hurting and questioning in The Logical Song came from me”: How Roger Hodgson and Supertramp fought their way to the top – and how the multi-million-selling band imploded

“Breakfast In America took eight months to finish – some people would call us anal!”

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SampleRadar: 142 free yacht rock samples

Channel your inner Christopher Cross with this seaworthy pack of smooth yacht rock licks

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"They refused it and told me, either change the beat, change the tempo, take the talking out, take the whistling out, or we won't release it”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release their 1983 classic

Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock

MusicRadar

Ye attempts a comeback with sold-out LA-area concert, support from Lauryn Hill

The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy

The Independent UK

“He asked, ‘Who owns the rights to your albums?’ I was like, ‘We should.’ He said, ‘How about I buy them for you?’” It took nearly 50 years for Happy The Man to hear their music the way they’d intended

Tripped up by record company machinations, the American pioneers – who nearly became Peter Gabriel’s backing band – didn’t think their first two records would ever sound like they had in the studio

Louder

“It was a lot of trial and error with Dave – a lot of just trying to find out what worked, fine-tune it and then do it again”: Jimmie Vaughan on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Top 40 hit that got Al Bundy – and Hollywood’s – seal of approval

The year was 1986, London was calling for Jimmie Vaughan, where album sessions alongside Dave Edmunds led to a classic LP, and this is how it all went down

Guitar World

From the Wedding Dress to the Bachelorette Party, Every Exclusive Taylor Swift Bridal Era Detail We Know (So Far)

The wedding of the year is almost here.

Marie Claire

“He rolled up with his guitar on his back and his Fender Deluxe in his right hand”: Mark Lettieri on his jams with John Mayer, and how they ended up working together on one of the biggest PRS shows in history

Three guitar greats needed a band, and Lettieri came to their rescue

Guitar World

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The Independent UK

Goo Goo Dolls cancel third show in a row amid concern for singer’s health

Lead singer John Rzeznik has been diagnosed with pneumonia

Guitar World

“They’re 16 bars, and that’s it. There’s no extended solos”: Adrian Smith on why making music outside of Iron Maiden lets him stretch his soloing wings

In Smith/Kotzen, he’s relishing the chance to improvise and color outside of his usual lines, but admits that keeping up with Kotzen isn’t easy

Guitar World

Philip Sayce: The 5 techniques that define my sound

Turbocharge your fretting hand stretches, screaming bends and blues-rock intensity with the core techniques that shaped Philip Sayce’s signature sound

Louder

Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September

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"I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend

Testament, Marvel's What If...?, an upcoming biography: Chuck Billy is a man of many talents

Louder

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Plini, Chimpan A, William Gilmour & John McGuigan, Playgrounded and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog from Oh Hiroshima, Telepathy, The Prominent Citizens and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

Louder

"We don't write songs which shy away from witnessing a world in its trauma, its rage and pain." U2 surprise-release new six-song EP Easter Lily

U2 follow up their Days Of Ash EP with six new songs exploring themes of "friendship, loss, hope, and ultimately, renewal"

Evening Standard

Arlo Parks on love, filling dancefloors and being "an introverted extrovert"

Her dazzling music first came as balm to a nation in lockdown and won her the Mercury Prize — now Arlo Parks is in love, spreading the joy and embracing the sacred spaces of the club scene.

The Guardian - UK

Add to playlist: the endlessly inventive, radiant indie rock of Friko and the week’s best new tracks

The Chicago band’s frantic, urgent guitar melodies celebrate hope, friendship and family in these uncertain times

The Guardian - US

US senators rebuke Ticketmaster for raising fees after hidden charge crackdown: ‘Bait and switch’

Richard Blumenthal says Ticketmaster acts like it has ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ as records show company upping fees to avoid losses

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