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“This is the earliest known black Strat in existence. I first saw it when I was 11 years old – Guitar World featured it as the centerfold poster. I fell completely in love”: Joe Bonamassa on the guitar that represents his journey above all others

JoBo tells the story of the legendary 1955 Howard A. Reed Strat as he shares his favorite licks by blues great Ronnie Earl

Guitar World

“There were times, I admit, when I had to pinch myself”: Eric Carmen – the All By Myself and Hungry Eyes hitmaker, and the man who sold Joan Jett her Melody Maker – dies aged 74

Carmen’s music with The Raspberries influenced everyone from Springsteen to Axl Rose, but he also enjoyed huge success as a solo performer and even played with Ringo Starr

Guitar World

World Party’s Karl Wallinger was a pick’n’mix songwriter with a total, titanic love of music

The World Party frontman, who has died aged 66, was not the 60s revivalist some critics dismissed him as – his work was extraordinary in its breadth and political bite

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“This definitely needs Moog bass”: Watch Snarky Puppy keyboard player Justin Stanton jamming over just the vocals and drums of Dua Lipa’s Don’t Start Now, a song he’s never heard before

It’s fair to say that he takes it in a very different direction

MusicRadar

Wallows tour 2024: dates and how to get tickets to the London show

The Los Angeles-based trio are known for their 80s-inspired synth-pop sound, which has attracted fans worldwide

Evening Standard

“Chord voicings, amps and dynamics are all elements of how I solo. I’m not a guy who improvises… I use well-thought-out lines that are outside the box”: Yiannis Papadopoulos on taking Scott Stapp to a higher power

The Greek-born shredder says the Creed frontman is a “very, very good guy” and explains how they worked together to add a new heaviness to the singer’s solo output

Guitar World

"If you put those time limits on things, you're never gonna get to where you want to be": Joe Bonamassa has some solid advice for any musician working to be successful but doubting themselves

Anyone who thinks they might be 'past it' needs to hear this

MusicRadar

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Roland’s new premium digital pianos look like uprights, but are designed to sound and play like acoustic grands

LX-9, LX-6 and LX-5 use a range of technologies to make them feel mighty real

MusicRadar

Every Metallica instrumental ranked from worst to best

From (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth to Suicide & Redemption, we’ve rearranged the six Metallica instrumental tracks in reverse-order of excellence

Metal Hammer

'Le Freak's Nile Rodgers Wins Swedish Music Prize

US disco legend Nile Rodgers, whose hits include "Le Freak" and "Good Times", won Sweden's 2024 Polar Music Prize with Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, the jury said on Tuesday.

International Business Times

“I turned everything on the amp to 10 and smoked the guitar so hard that it would rattle someone’s teeth… They said nothing, then Jack Bruce signaled me out”: How Blues Saraceno became ‘the kid that replaced Clapton’ – despite almost blowing the audition

The young phenom was already making waves at the age of 16, and when it came to filling Slowhand's shoes, he won over Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce with a bold audition that left quite the impression

Guitar World

“It was the tune that changed everything” for Noel Gallagher and Oasis, with his greatest guitar solo – but it turns out that Live Forever got a serious guitar edit in the control room

"It was essentially the same solo that’s on the finished version Noel always plays live, but when it went high on the second half all I could think of was Slash in leather kecks with a wind machine on the Grand Canyon"

MusicRadar

World Party and The Waterboys star Karl Wallinger has died, aged 66

Waterboys' leader Mike Scott leads tributes, writing "You are one of the finest musicians I've ever known"

MusicRadar

Hüsker Dü may have looked like a bunch of misfits, but they enjoyed an extraordinary musical chemistry: Why you should definitely own Zen Arcade

Zen Aracade was a hugely ambitious double-vinyl concept album with a personal rite-of-passage story, from youth to manhood

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Brass band acid house hits celebrate return of Rising

The third Rising festival will see brass bands blasting the classics of 1980s house, as part of a program of more than 100 events.

The Guardian - AU

Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes and All By Myself singer, dies aged 74

Raspberries frontman, who had several big solo hits in the 70s and 80s, died in his sleep on the weekend

Louder

Raspberries frontman and solo star Eric Carmen dead at 74

The death of power pop pioneer Eric Carmen has been confirmed by his family

Metal Hammer

"No holograms, no troupes of dancers, just a giant light-up trident descending from the ceiling": Judas Priest keep it simple on a triumphant first night of the Invincible Shield tour

A show 160 years in the making: Judas Priest, Saxon and Uriah Heap take to the stage in Glasgow

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Weezer to embark on space-themed tour to celebrate the Blue Album's 30th birthday with Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr

Weezer's Voyage to the Blue Planet tour will take place across North America this Autumn

Louder

"We decided time is short, we better do this now!": John Fogerty announces tour with George Thorogood

George Thorogood & The Destroyers will mark their 50th anniversary by joining the North American leg of John Fogerty's Celebration tour

The Guardian - UK

Karl Wallinger, songwriter and frontman of World Party, dies at 66

Welsh-born musician and composer also played with the Waterboys and worked on Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album

Guitar World

“One of the finest musicians I've ever known”: Karl Wallinger, guitarist and singer of World Party, dies at 66

A highly-regarded multi-instrumentalist and arranger, Wallinger was also a key early member of the Waterboys

Guitar World

“An important piece of the low end theory”: T.M. Stevens, bass legend and session pro who performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Vai, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, and the Pretenders, dies at 72

Stevens manned the low-end on Vai's Sex & Religion album, and played on James Brown's latter-day hit, Living in America

Latin Times

Peso Pluma Breaks Silence on Rehab, Mental Health, and Dishes on Upcoming Album 'Éxodo'

Peso Pluma breaks his silence on his rehab stint and mental health issues, while also revealing exclusive details about his upcoming album 'Éxodo'.

Louder

Karl Wallinger of World Party has died, aged 66

Karl Wallinger of World Party, a former member of the Waterboys, died on Sunday, confirms publicist

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