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"Not that Kirk doesn't get enough solos, but Cliff took his solo, which I think is just so cool": Robert Trujillo on the time Metallica mixed up their solos

He says Orion is “the closest thing to the spirit of Cliff Burton”

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“More than anything, I wanted to go, but I just froze”: Warren Haynes on the time he missed the chance to play with B.B. King

Haynes had witnessed the King play live years earlier – but when he first got the chance to jam with the blues icon, nerves got the better of him

Guitar World

“His creative contributions were immense”: Greg Brown, co-founder and guitarist of Cake and songwriter of the hit The Distance, dies at 56

Brown also collaborated with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Matt Rivers on two separate projects

Guitar World

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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a sympathetic, urgent look at a life cut tragically short

Amy Berg’s arresting documentary delves into the early life and untimely death of the 90s singer-songwriter, with extensive contributions from his mother and girlfriends

The Guardian - UK

“Thank you for everything, for your friendship, your wit and your generosity of spirit, and of course for the music, forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72

He played with them all the way up to 2014

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"Fuelled by booze and pills, they cut their teeth delivering approximations of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran." Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous

As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with themop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discoveredsomething darker, druggier and way more dangerous

Louder

"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

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"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

MusicRadar

“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

MusicRadar

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

Louder

“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

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“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

The Independent UK

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

Guitar World

“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

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“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

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“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

Metal Hammer

"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

MusicRadar

“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

MusicRadar

“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.

MusicRadar

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

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