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Sophie Lloyd's pyrotechnic style will banish six-string imposter syndrome and teach you to shredify any song, any time

Get warmed up and dialed in for a lesson that's going to whip your legato, tapping and sweep picking into shape

Guitar World

"He was mad, when he set it up… it shocked him how bad it sounded": Steve Albini has just given his most insightful interview on the recording gear behind Nirvana's In Utero and why Kurt Cobain's touring amp setup failed to impress in the studio

Amps, mics and the pedal on Heart-Shaped Box that nearly caused a rift between Cobain and Krist Novoselic – "He really thought Kurt was trying to sabotage the song"

MusicRadar

“The chord changes in K-pop are a lot more interesting than what's been happening over the last few years”: Nile Rodgers makes surprise appearance at Coachella with K-pop group Le Sserafim

Nile Rodgers lent his signature playing style to the group’s track Unforgiven

Guitar World

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Why there's really no shame in quitting the London Marathon

According to Joanna Taylor, who ran it once but has called time on her 2024 training

Evening Standard

A Stratocaster master and stompbox pioneer with an astonishing vibrato, Robin Trower's blues guitar style is up there with the best

Learn the licks of the British blues guitar great who took Hendrix's six-string revolution and ran with it

Guitar World

“British rock ’n’ roll history”: Eric Clapton’s original Live Aid Marshall JCM800 amp has been put up for sale

The 1984 amp head and matching 4x12 cab that Clapton used for his iconic Live Aid performance with Phil Collins is being sold by London’s Denmark Street Guitars

Guitar World

“Clyde McCoy was duly paid $500 to endorse a pedal he probably never used”: The wah pedal changed the sound of electric guitar – but was originally intended for the trumpet

Among the earliest guitar effects, made famous by Hendrix, Clapton and co, wah has remained a pedalboard staple for decades. This is its story

Guitar World

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We asked three big record stores what young people are buying – surprisingly it’s not just Taylor Swift

We had a chat with three big-name record store owners about vinyl sales, and it turns out the kids are alright.

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“Achieve incandescent levels of distortion”: Mahogany Rush guitar legend Frank Marino has now launched his own pedal company – and is building each unit by hand

The guitarist has personally recreated the custom-made pedals he’s used in his own music across the past 40 years

Guitar World

"The first one's not necessary": Why Peter Green dismissed his greatest blues-rock Fleetwood Mac song as a mere intro to a greater piece – one that would later intimidate even David Gilmour

The late guitar great believed his superior work was Oh Well Pt. 2 – an instrumental Fleetwood Mac never played live but the Pink Floyd legend honored decades later

MusicRadar

A sweet detail from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Coachella appearance is going viral

Marie Claire

Blur's Damon Albarn fumes at Coachella crowd and vows band will never return

The frontman became frustrated after he attempted - and failed - to lead a singalong on multiple occasions

Evening Standard

“We didn’t force a connection, it just happened.” Steve Howe remembers a fledgling Yes supporting Jethro Tull in America in 1971

Supporting an already-established Jethro Tull in America helped Yes in their way to star status

Louder

Tales from the Record Store: Lost punk classics, Elton John encounters, CD-fusion and more

As part of our Vinyl Week special event and to celebrate Record Store Day, we spoke to three big-name store owners to find out their weirdest customer stories.

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The Grammy-winning track Viva La Vida remained unashamedly pop, but the rest of the 2008 record shows their experimental side

The Guardian - UK

Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick

He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves

The Guardian - UK

Akon’s honest playlist: ‘The best song to have sex to? Smack That by Akon’

The rapper would sing Bob Marley going to school and gets the party started with Black Eyed Peas, but which pop classic is he ashamed to admit liking?

Louder

"If you just stay in your comfort zone all the time, you keep writing the same type of songs over and over again": The Pineapple Thief are rejuvenated, regenerated and on a roll

The PineappleThief almost called it quits back in 2016, but with founder Bruce Soord bringing in creative partner Gavin Harrison it's like a whole new band

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"We were young and crazy. We were trying to do all the things that Led Zeppelin did": What happened when Billy Corgan interviewed Eddie Van Halen

In 1996, Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan collared his hero Eddie Van Halen to hear tales of parachutes, parties and, er, practising

Louder

"I don't know if what I'm about to do has significance or whether I'm about to make an idiot of myself": William Shatner, progressive rock icon

Everyone's favourite nonagenarian starship captain continues to boldly go where no man has gone before

Louder

"Sometimes its songs are a gentle caress, sometimes its songs are a maelstrom": Melissa Etheridge mixes it up on Brave And Crazy

The comparisons with Bruce Springsteen might be merited, but Melissa Etheridge's second album saw her making a name for herself

International Business Times

Coachella Heavy On Indie Rock Nostalgia, Taylor Swift Buzz

Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift -- who wasn't on the lineup and didn't perform -- creating buzz on Saturday.

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Tyler Bryant, The Lemon Twigs, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more

Eight potent rock'n'roll cocktails from this week's packed liquor cabinet of life

MusicRadar

Take some inspiration from Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails guitar chords from their classic songs

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Marie Claire

Shakira Makes Surprise Coachella Appearance and a Big Announcement

The iconic singer also performed two songs for the crowd.

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