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“The first song I learned was The Beatles’ Blackbird. I’m still a pretty good fingerpicker, if nothing else!” Katy Kirby on jumping into guitar at the deep end – and why she made new album Blue Raspberry as uncool as possible

The Texas singer-songwriter is winning plaudits for her brand of wry indie-folk. She discusses an especially thrifty Teisco find, chasing a “salty” sound and how a kitsch instrumental curio changed the way she writes on guitar

Guitar World

“People don’t realise the depth and diversity on the rest of the material. If you’re a Yes or Genesis devotee, this band should be on your radar”: Kansas’ image problem means even a future member struggled to discover them

Zak Rizvi – a driving force for the band’s two most recent albums – once thought they were a southern rock or country rock band, until he dug deeper than Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In The Wind and found their prog roots

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“So many people lost their guitars. I lost 44”: Peter Frampton recalls how he lost and recovered guitars through floods and plane crashes as he shows off his eye-watering gear collection on Gibson TV

The legendary “Phenix” Les Paul, and an Epiphone salvaged from the 2010 Nashville floods and used to pen Show Me The Way headline the latest episode of Gibson’s The Collection

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“Bass is the underdog. You’re not the singer or the guitarist – you’re the glue that holds it all together”: Lisa Dodd on leaving the soloing to Billy Sheehan – and staying in the “money zone”

Award-winning Canadian bassist Lisa Dodd outlines her role as a bass player in country music

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Andy Tillison goes it alone on brand new The Tangent album

The Tangent will release their brand new album To Follow Polaris in May

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Death By Audio resurrects the Octave Clang, with the new and improved V2 offering “discordant ringing drones, visceral octave scrapes, and ground-shaking distortion”

The gnarly octave fuzz that's found its way onto the pedalboards of Kevin Shields and Joanne Shaw Taylor now comes a footswitchable octave and a “supercharged” circuit…

MusicRadar

Taylor Swift Skips Lyric About "Dating the Boy on the Football Team," Fans Lose Their Minds

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Avenged Sevenfold play live debuts, deep cuts and one long-lost classic at first 2024 concert

Arena-metal crew Avenged Sevenfold started their 2024 Life Is But A Dream… tour in Buffalo, New York, this week

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Tangerine Dream's Phaedra at 50 is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Chester Thompson, Big Big Train, Stackridge, Bill Nelson, The Pineapple Thief, Damian Wilson & Adam Wakeman and loads more...

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“It didn’t sound right with just one guitar lead, so why not have two?” Mary Timony on her multiversal lead lines and why the Depression-era Gibson acoustic is the ultimate six-string survivor

The former Helium and Wild Flag D.C. rocker can still unleash some decidedly untame sounds and work an EBow like no-one else

Guitar World

‘I don’t want to be a legacy performer’: why Britain’s hottest jazz star is giving up his sax for the flute

Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his…

The Guardian - UK

12 of the best David Bowie songs to test your hi-fi system

A selection of the best songs from visionary artist David Bowie that will put your hi-fi system through its paces, and keep you company with some extraordinary music.

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“Uncompromisingly melancholic – but there’s light amid the despair when Elizabeth Heaton sounds positively lovestruck”: Midas Fall’s Cold Wave Divide Us

Self-described “miserable prog” soundscapists return after six years with beefed-up but still brooding fifth album

Louder

'Unpaid Therapist': What Taylor Swift Means To Her Fans

As the only stop in Southeast Asia for Swift's blockbuster Eras world tour, Swifties splashed out on flights and hotels to see their idol.

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"Then someone shoved a copy of the band's now legendary No Life 'Til Leather demo into my beer-stained hands": The Mötley Crüe haters who paved the way for one man's discovery of Metallica

In late 1982, Metallica played their 27th show at a club in San Fransisco. One Classic Rock writer got there by accident

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Karol G Makes History At Billboard Women In Music Awards

Karol G makes history as the first Latina Woman of the Year at Billboard Women in Music awards, celebrating female artists globally.

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For 10 years Sheer Mag were hounded by record labels but refused to sign: Now they're ready for the attention

Mixing power-pop with peacocking seventies rock and disco, Philadelphia's Sheer Mag have finally found a home at Jack White's Third Man Records

Louder

Rob Halford may look like Santa Claus in fetish gear, but his vocal is still the unrelenting, glass-breaking scream of a man 50 years younger, and Judas Priest's Invincible Shield is pristine and powerful

Judas Priest's late-career renaissance continues apace with thundering nineteenth album Invincible Shield

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"We lost our guiding light": Magnum frontman Bob Catley releases emotional video statement two months after the death of bandmate Tony Clarkin

Magnum frontman Bob Catley has addressed the future of the band after the death of lynchpin Tony Clarkin in January

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Singer Steve Lawrence, Part Of Iconic Duo, Dies At 88

Remembering Steve Lawrence, the celebrated singer and performer, known for his timeless music and enduring legacy in the music industry.

The Guardian - UK

Israel to compete at Eurovision song contest after changing lyrics to its entry

Song amended after organisers banned entry for seeming references to 7 October attacks, which broke rules on political neutrality

Evening Standard

Kane Brown confirms status of new album as he prepares to headline Country 2 Country

EXCLUSIVE Brown's rise to country music stardom has been nothing short of extraordinary

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Top 50 Female Artists Making Waves In Music Industry

Explore a diverse array of talented artists making waves in the music industry across various genres.

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Brian Kelley Releases Solo Single 'Kiss My Boots' Amid Drama

Brian Kelley's new single 'Kiss My Boots' reflects emotions towards former bandmate Tyler Hubbard, highlighting themes of betrayal and healing in their mus...

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Twice's 'With You-Th' Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200

Twice achieves first No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'With You-th,' showcasing the growing influence of South Korean music on the global stage.

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