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“When I play the trill with my finger, my hand is not on the neck at all. It all comes from the wrist”: The story of B.B. King, the greatest blues guitar player of all time

How the King of the Blues heard his calling, found a guitar, and developed a style that made him the undisputed greatest of all time

Guitar World

“There’s plenty to sustain and even expand the myth of their mission to reconstruct rock music”: Faust’s Momentaufnahme III

Infectious enthusiasm glows out of unheard curios and a few previously-released tracks

Louder

"This American institution has not only changed the face of the guitar forever but has shaped the course of popular music": 5 Fender innovations that changed the world of guitar

From the first commercially produced solidbody guitar to the invention of the electric bass, the landscape of guitar would look very different without Fender’s monumental influence

Guitar World

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A definitive timeline of Taylor Swift's famous exes as she announces engagement to Travis Kelce

As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce prepare to tie the knot, we look back at the Grammy-winning singer’s relationship history

Evening Standard

“Cannae beat a bit of AC/DC man!” Watch football legend Ally McCoist’s hilarious reaction to hearing Hells Bells on stadium speakers

Turns out the Talksport TV host and Rangers icon is one hell of an air drummer

Metal Hammer

“We’ll see you next year”: Letlive are reuniting for a “proper” farewell tour in 2025

The post-hardcore idols are also reissuing one of their most venerated albums

Metal Hammer

Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life by Richard King review – Village voice

An icon of New York’s downtown music scene is brought vividly to life in this tapestry of archive and oral history

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"Tarantula Heart is the best Melvins album since the 90s": They shaped sludge metal and inspired Nirvana, but Melvins are still punk metal weirdos on new album Tarantula Heart

Grunge forerunners and sludge metal pioneers Melvins are pushing the envelope again with their new - and 27th! - album Tarantula Heart

Metal Hammer

How to quickly create new percussive textures for a drum pattern in Ableton

Make with the funky drumming in this speedy Live 12 tutorial

MusicRadar

"It was very mixed – we could get some lovely nuns as well as rockers": The story of Sky, the least rock’n’roll band of all time

A unique insight into the short career of Sky, a band of musos more interested in their chops than chopping out lines

Louder

"I used to hate the sight of Ozzy. I couldn’t stand him, and I used to beat him up whenever I saw him": Tony Iommi in conversation with James Hetfield

In the year of our Lord 1992, the Master Of Reality met the Master Of Puppets: The day Metallica’s James Hetfield and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi sat down together for the first time

Metal Hammer

‘After eight hours, my feet and fingers throb’: my epic treasure hunt for vinyl gold

This Saturday, Record Store Day will see an avalanche of pricey rarities and flashy reissues. Instead, our writer scours the secondhand bins of indie stores and charity shops – and bags a dozen crackers

The Guardian - UK

"I've ripped up my fingers to shreds, they bled, they blistered": Watch Nina DiGregorio's jaw-dropping version of Van Halen's Eruption, played on 7-string fretted violin

Nina DiGregorio spent years preparing for this moment

Metal Hammer

"Me, Bono and Bowie hijacked a Mini and drove to this restaurant where the Edge was to sing him Happy Birthday": What happened when we went record shopping with Joe Elliott

We gave Def Leppard's Joe Elliott £50

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Pearl Jam calm down a bit on new single Wreckage

Pearl Jam have released the third single from their upcoming Dark Matter album, out this week

Latin Times

Following a European escapade, the Latin Grammys return to the U.S. with Miami as hosting city

"Having the Latin Grammys back in Miami is like a dream," Emilio Estefan told the Latin Times

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift Is Celebrating the Release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ With a Pop-Up Poetry Library

Anticipation is building as fans anxiously wait to hear the singer's eleventh studio album.

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Ariana Grande's Grandmother Breaks the Record as the Oldest Person to Chart on the Hot 100

Marjorie "Nonna" Grande is 98 years young.

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“SYSC will take over, so get on board or get out of their way.” Seeyouspacecowboy spread their wings and shed their demons on magnificent new album Coup De Grâce

With album three, San Diego’s up-and-comers haven’t just jumped from introspective lyrics to apocalyptic fantasy – they’ve escaped their metalcore constraints along the way

Guitar World

“They’re the all-in-one stop for what I'm looking for”: Seymour Duncan debuts signature Blackouts for Trivium’s Corey Beaulieu, treating its active metal humbucker to a distinct sonic twist

Available for six- and seven-string guitars, the pickups feature an EQ voicing sculpted for Beaulieu’s “chugging riffs and intricate leads”

Louder

“It shows every member of the band doing what they did best – Gillan’s vocals, Jon Lord’s keyboards”: the In Rock classic that’s Tony Iommi‘s favourite Deep Purple song

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi reveals his favourite song by fellow rock pioneers Deep Purple

MusicRadar

"There are some incredibly, stupidly, ridiculously talented people who can't pay their rent who are writing these songs and it's incorrect – it's just wrong": Raye calls again for the music industry to act on its "evil" treatment of songwriters

Before she became a six-time Brit Award winner in 2024, the British singer wrote for artists including Beyoncé and Rihanna

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift just teased a 'timetable' for her new album release

The wait is torture

Guitar World

“Every note I play now is so much more important, because I know one of the notes will be the last I play”: Peter Frampton is prolonging his performing career to savor his remaining playing days

The guitarist is battling a degenerative disease but says he intends to continue touring – and is reinventing his playing as a result

Guitar World

“Very much at home with syncopated djent chugs, fast thrashy power chord riffing, and blazingly quick lead work”: Jackson JS22-7 DKA Dinky HT review

Should a beginner choose a 7-string as their first instrument? This extended-range guitar from Jackson looks to make its case

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