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“It has four solos, all of which are contenders for the greatest solo ever played”: This is the top guitar cover of all time, as voted for by Total Guitar readers

The winning cover has a quartet of masterful guitar solos, including one that was reportedly delivered with the help of a Zippo lighter...

Guitar World

The week in audio: Sonic Fields; Buried: The Last Witness; The Vaping Wars – review

A dive into the history of the UK’s music festivals is life-enhancing, while two disturbing investigative series tackle toxic dumping in Wales and the origins of vaping

The Guardian - UK

Kinky Friedman obituary

Caustic country singer and self-styled ‘Jewish cowboy’ whose songs provoked laughter and outrage

The Guardian - UK

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Kinky Friedman, country singer known as ‘Jewish cowboy’, dies aged 79

A close friend to Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, Friedman also wrote several novels and ran for Texas governor in 2006

The Guardian - US

Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79

Kinky Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, has died

The Independent UK

Dana Gillespie: Music is still my last love, in between there’s loads of guys who have come and gone

The singer talks getting Morrissey’s approval for her cover of his song, and her relationships with Davie Bowie and Bob Dylan over the years.

The Independent UK

“This little thing is probably the best guitar accessory you can buy”: Why TikTok is going nuts for a $12 tennis accessory

Put away those elastic bands – there's a far better guitar cheat code that could be the easiest way to replicate the tone loved by Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan on a budget

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“We peaked too early. Bad commercial decisions and far too much drink and drug excess”: how 80s cowpunk legends Jason And The Scorchers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

Country, rock’n’roll, a whole lot of attitude –Jason And The Scorchers were destined to be huge, but they were their own worst enemies

Louder

From Dylan to Prince, The Stooges to The La's: the 10 best covers by Pearl Jam

Eddie Vedder & co. have done a truckload of cover versions across their career - here's ten of the best

Louder

“The pre-WWII SJ-200 sounds utterly huge with very deep and punchy bass, strong mids and clear highs”: How Gibson’s legendary SJ-200 acoustic wowed Elvis, Bob Dylan and more to become ‘King of the Flat-tops’

The J-200 is Gibson’s most iconic flat-top – and these vintage examples include one of the first ever made, and the very last Gibson acoustic to be manufactured in Kalamazoo

Guitar World

Dobby: ‘Hip-hop is a powerful tool to remind people to see past the crap’

In our monthly series Headline Act, we spotlight the Australian artist we’re most excited about – and they make us a playlist

The Guardian - AU

Françoise Hardy, French music and pop culture icon, dies aged 80

The singer, who became an international cultural icon in the ‘60s, was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 2004

The Independent UK

Francoise Hardy, French singer and 60s pop icon, dies aged 80

Hardy became a pop icon in the 1960s with Mick Jagger describing her as his ‘ideal woman’

Evening Standard

French Singer And 60s Pop Icon Francoise Hardy Dies Aged 80

French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son.

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French singer and 60s pop icon Francoise Hardy dies aged 80

French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son.

MusicRadar

“Our generation owes him our artistic lives – because he opened all the doors in Nashville”: The Bob Dylan album that helped change country music

On his last studio album of the '60s, Bob Dylan embraced country music and unveiled a surprising new vocal style

Louder

"My friends and I went through hours and hours and many bags of weed blasting that record": The soundtrack of Walter Trout's life

Blues legend Walter Trout picks his records, artists and gigsof lasting significance

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Kramer obituary

American photographer who captured Bob Dylan on the cusp of his dramatic reinvention from acoustic to electric sound

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Total Film

Maleficent star to lead new Predator movie from Prey director

Elle Fanning is set to lead Dan Trachtenberg's Badlands

Guitar World

“From supporting beginners to legends like Jimi Hendrix, it’s unquestionable the impact Manny’s has made on the world of music”: Legendary guitar store Manny’s Music poised to return after Sam Ash sells trademark

Manny’s was so iconic it featured in a Guns N’ Roses video – and now the company behind Heritage Guitars has acquired the trademark

Louder

"I'd had forty-four jobs. I knew this was my one and only shot": How Ian Hunter and Mott The Hoople got their riot started

Before they became 70s chart stars and (later) a beloved heritage act, Mott The Hoople were a wilder, more dangerous proposition – as their incendiary debut album proved

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Them! by Harry Josephine Giles; Still City by Oksana Maksymchuk; Conflicted Copy by Sam Riviere; The Collected Poems by Roger McGough; Sleepers Awake by Oli Hazzard

Guitar World

“When Bob Dylan really did go electric, nearly 60 years ago, this Fender Telecaster was one of his most crucial weapons”: Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson's 1965 Fender Telecaster fetches a whopping $650,000 at auction

The 1965 Fender Telecaster was used by both Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson throughout their careers, and played on stage by Eric Clapton

The Guardian - UK

‘I dreamed of being a brown Bob Dylan’: We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor on fear, fun and Malala

Her wildly successful sitcom about a Muslim punk band is back, better than before – and features the Nobel laureate in a Stetson. This time round, the writer-director is more confident than ever

Evening Standard

Rare Bob Dylan painting from Woodstock era sells for more than £150,000

Bob Dylan’s early artwork fetched a handsome sum at auction

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