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The Beatles Continue To Dominate U.K. Charts With Classic Hits

The Beatles' timeless music continues to captivate audiences, securing top spots on U.K. music charts.

Top News · Aug 13, 2024

“My favorite British guitar players are amazing, but they all pale in comparison to the original blues guys. That was their own personal technique, from its origin”: Slash on his journey to discover the original guitar heroes

Orgy of the Damned finds the Guns N' Roses guitarist and A-list guests tackling blues standards that shaped his sound. Here he talks blues gear, the ethos, and how blues can be a force for good

Guitar World · Aug 8, 2024

The albums produced by George Martin you should listen to but only one is by the Beatles

Legendary producer and 'fifth Beatle' George Martin combined an adventurous sense of musicality with suit-and-tie professionalism

Louder · Aug 8, 2024

"I pulled it down quickly and I just looked at Paul and said, ‘What was that all about?!’" Beatles engineer Ken Scott reveals the reason behind Helter Skelter’s strange ending

Ken Scott shares his memories of the White Album sessions

MusicRadar · Jul 24, 2024

He taught John Lennon to fingerpick, shaping future Beatles classics, while the ’60s music press compared him to Bob Dylan – why Donovan is an under-appreciated acoustic guitar great

As legend tells it, he was the man who taught John Lennon to pick. And he sure could write a song. We pay tribute to the flying Scotsman of the Swinging Sixties, Donovan Phillips Leitch, with this lesson in his folk-informed style

Guitar World · Jul 24, 2024

"Taking photos for my debut album wasn't the same as it was for The Beatles!"

There are fewer gatekeepers to the music scene than in the 60s, but aspiring pop stars will need a camera – or a phone!

Digital Camera World · Jul 14, 2024

“It was like going back 60 years... You can imagine what it would have sounded like in the Cavern”: Could this be Lennon’s first Vox?

Could this rediscovered AC15 be Lennon's first Vox amp?

MusicRadar · Jul 12, 2024

“The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site

Heard on Please Please Me and Love Me Do, this unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet – and we’ve had the exclusive first look

Guitar World · Jul 11, 2024

Tramp 2.0: Inside the £12m makeover that's transformed the celebrity hotspot

Jermyn Street’s iconic club has reopened after a £12m makeover, so can it restore its A-list magic? Jonathan Prynn takes a first look

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2024

Still fab after 60 years: how The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night made pop cinema history

I first saw A Hard Day’s Night at a film festival over 20 years ago, at the insistence of my mum. By then, it was already decades old, but I remember being enthralled by its high-spirited energy.

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024