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‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour

As Taylor Swift tops $1bn in tour revenue, musicians playing smaller venues are facing pitiful fees and frequent losses. Should the state step in to save our live music scene?

The Guardian - UK

“Dad would never touch the gunk that had built up on the fingerboard. He told me, ‘The dirt keeps the funk’”: Inside the sound and style of Motown master James Jamerson

Five top low-enders with links to the bass great dissect the James Jamerson style

Guitar World

Moody Blues founding member Mike Pinder dead at 82

Keyboard player Mike Pinder had been the last surviving founding member of the band

Louder

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“I instinctively dislike ‘try hard’ musicians. I pretty much learned my bass rudiments from Led Zeppelin II”: Why Squarepusher is an artist in a vast left-field league of his own

You may or may not know Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson), but chances are he doesn’t care to know you

Guitar World

Music theory you can use: How to create a chord progression from any melody

12 easy steps to harmonising in your DAW

MusicRadar

"OU frequently sound like they’ve beamed in from the 25th century." Devin Townsend-approved Chinese metallers OU take prog metal into strange new worlds on II: Frailty

Hailing from Beijing and sounding like they come from outer space, China's OU are pushing boundaries with new album II: Frailty

Metal Hammer

"At 78-years old, he's lost none of his chops and remains in fine voice." David Gilmour's The Piper Calls - the first review

David Gilmour to release Luck And Strange in September, his first new album in nine years

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Watch Kelly Clarkson sing Heart's Crazy On You with Nancy Wilson on guitar while Ann Wilson looks on

Ann and Nancy Wilson appeared on the Kelly Clarkson show and told the sordid story behind Barracuda

Louder

Cyril Davies was a grumpy, balding panel beater who "drank bourbon like a fish": He also inspired a generation of rock musicians – and has been all but airbrushed out of history

What do The Kinks, Stones and The Who all have in common? For one thing, a harmonica-playing bluesman nicknamed 'Squirrel'

Louder

Daniel Bedingfield reveals ordeal with call centre stalker who is still at large

EXCLUSIVE The Gotta Get Thru This hitmaker recently returned to the spotlight after 20 years, but admits he still has some trepidation over it

Evening Standard

“He said things like, ’Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?’… He has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine”: David Gilmour’s first solo album in 9 years features a new producer tearing up the rulebook

The first single from Luck and Strange drops tomorrow

Guitar World

“He was a big driver of the band… I would consider him very underrated, too”: Jason Isbell and Luther Dickinson pay tribute to Dickey Betts with an extended take on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Isbell, Dickinson and Sadler Vaden paid homage to Betts with a three-guitar salute on the Allman Brothers classic

Guitar World

A Swiftie Half? Fans Flock To London Pub Namechecked By US Star

"The Black Dog" was a quiet London pub until it became a pilgrimage site for Taylor Swift fans who identified it from a song on the US megastar's latest album.

International Business Times

Taylor Swift’s Elementary School Teachers Say She “Was Always Writing Poetry”

Turns out, the “Bad Blood” singer was a tortured poet at a very young age.

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“When we were trying out drummers none of them worked out because their drumming just didn’t click in with Johnny’s guitar style”: Tommy Ramone on why Johnny Ramone's playing forced him to switch from managing to drumming

Johnny Ramone’s strumming technique contributed to the lightning-in-a-bottle sound of the band’s debut album

Metal Hammer

“My role in the black metal scene is probably exaggerated, because I was a visible frontman… In many ways I was just the nerd making music”: Ihsahn has never stopped progressing, and can’t understand why others did

The avant-garde maestro explains why his new, self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet

MusicRadar

"The piece of gear that I use the most? The Behringer Poly D. For such a low price, the sound and capabilities still surprise me": Producer/DJ Kartell on his career and gear - plus 3 top tips

New album Everything Is Here expands Kartell's already diverse sound in new directions, taking cues from ‘70s soft rock and alt hip-hop. We hear more about how the project was made

Louder

"It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” David Gilmour to release Luck And Strange in September, his first new album in nine years

The late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright features on David Gilmour's Luck And Strange

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Evening Standard

Peter Andre shares sweet nickname for baby daughter as he and wife Emily MacDonagh struggle to settle on name

The couple welcomed their third child together three weeks ago

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift’s 'Tortured Poets Department' Fashion Says as Much as Her Lyrics

A Taylor Swift style expert unpacks the artist's moodiest fashion era yet.

Guitar World

Gallop guitar is the metal equivalent of riding to war on horseback – and Iron Maiden are masters of the craft

This action-packed metal lesson will hone your palm-muting and cram Maiden’s triple-guitar approach into one all-action rhythm part

Guitar World

“We had to come up with the songs pretty quickly – Stevie wasn’t a fluent songwriter”: Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton on the making of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather

In 1984, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble needed new tunes and needed them bad, and necessity became the mother of invention as they put together a bona fide blues classic

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Taylor Swift’s Elementary School Teachers Reveal What She Was Like As A Student

"When she comes out on stage and everyone's screaming 'Taylor,' it's like, oh my gosh, like I was her teacher!" the superstar's elementary school teacher said. The post Taylor Swift’s Elementary School Teachers Reveal What She Was Like As A Student first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

Northern music awards winners call for more help for region’s emerging talents

Lisa Stansfield says difficulties young people face in getting a start are ‘disgusting’, at inaugural ceremony in Manchester

Evening Standard

Lily Allen recording country music after slamming Beyoncé's 'calculated' move into genre

The singer hasn’t released new music since 2018, but has recently found herself back in the recording studio

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