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Duran Duran on their Halloween album Danse Macabre: "I don’t really believe in ghosties, it’s a laugh"

Simon Le Bon and John Taylor on the spooky season, reconnecting with Andy Taylor, and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame evolving with the times

Evening Standard

Nile Rodgers, Chaka Khan bring funk to Jazz Festival

Music legends Chaka Khan and Nile Rodgers have played a packed Myer Music Bowl for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

AAP

Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel and others join music coalition against gun violence

The artists join Sheryl Crow and Nile Rodgers in forming a new organisation, kicking off with a string of live events

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Your solos and rhythm playing will benefit from learning chords across the fretboard – and major 7ths are a great place to start

The major 7th chord is a favorite among guitarists of all stripes, including Nile Rodgers – here are 5 ways to take the shape to the next level, and your overall playing along with it, too

Guitar World

Nile Rodgers condemns right-wing Swiss party for using ‘We Are Family’ ‘soundalike’

Rodgers said he wrote 1979 hit to be ‘the ultimate song about inclusion and diversity’

The Independent UK

Nile Rodgers asks populist Swiss party to stop using We Are Family ‘soundalike’

Co-author of Sister Sledge song ‘about inclusion and diversity’ condemns move by rightwing SVP

The Guardian - UK

Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way

In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New York City, it has spread around the country and the world

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“We’ve been talking about it for a decade – our artists want ‘that’ sound in their arsenal”: How Myles Kennedy and Paul Reed Smith reinvented a classic with the NF 53

Satisfying an artist is one thing, creating a new version of an old favorite is another. With the new Myles Kennedy signature and NF 53, PRS has attempted to do both

Guitar World

Tony Bennett death: Carole King and Nile Rodgers lead celebrity tributes to legendary American singer

Known for his recordings of show tunes and jazz standards, Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016

The Independent UK

"He was the last of the greatest generation of singers and musicians" – tributes paid to Tony Bennett, who has died at the age of 96

John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa and Nile Rodgers salute the iconic crooner

MusicRadar

Montreux Jazz Festival review: Loyle Carner and Nile Rodgers are on excellent form amid the Swiss alps

Closing weekend opens with thunderstorms and ends in blazing sunshine

The Independent UK

“There were just ideas pouring out of him… then he got on that helicopter and took off”: The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

Guitar World

Sadiq Khan parties the night away at the Serpentine amid Tory disarray

We chatted to Hans Ulrich Obrist, Andrew Garfield and Venus Williams at a star-studded bash last night

Evening Standard

Yusuf / Cat Stevens review, Glastonbury 2023: Legendary artist comes across as a folk Nile Rodgers

Cat Stevens more than earns his place in the Legends slot, while country rebels The Chicks pick their covers wisely

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Leeds Live

13 Leeds gigs, festivals and theatre productions happening in July

Major acts including Nile Rodgers and Chic, Kasabian and Blossoms will be playing Leeds city centre outdoor gigs

Guitar World

New documentary on Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan now available on streaming

Brothers In Blues includes interviews with Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Billy Gibbons and Nile Rodgers

Liverpool Echo

Kendal Calling 2023: full line up and how to get tickets

Kendal Calling will be back with headliners Kasabian, Blossoms and more

MusicRadar

Nile Rodgers on AI and Avicii: “He didn’t understand tertiary harmony. He would write the most beautiful songs without knowing what he was doing - his ear was telling him what to do”

The guitarist says that it was the late producer’s gear that “allowed him to express himself”

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The Guardian - US

Queer sounds: our writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ songs

For Pride month, Guardian writers have singled out their favourite LGBTQ+ songs, from Pet Shop Boys to Frank Ocean

The Independent UK

Spice Girl Geri Horner ‘so proud’ of King Charles as she gives him a hug and kiss

The singer praised the new monarch during an event at Buckingham Palace

Reuters

Fist-bump or curtsy? UK's King Charles meets charity award winners, ambassadors

Britain's King Charles greeted celebrity ambassadors of his youth charity, including veteran musician Nile Rodgers, along with the charity's award winners on Wednesday in the first reception at Buckingham Palace since his coronation.

Wales Online

Spice Girl Geri Horner gives King Charles a kiss and a pep talk

It brought back memories of Geri's cheeky kiss years ago

Louder

The stories of 10 'regular folk' made famous by rock songs

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

MusicRadar

How a song written in 1974 turned up on Bowie's Let's Dance and unwittingly kicked off a controversy

In 1977, Metro’s single Criminal World was considered “too gay” for the BBC. By 1983, it was too suggestive for David Bowie too. 40 years later, its songwriter explains what it’s like when one of your songs turns up on the biggest albums of the 80s

Guitar World

Fine-tune your rhythm chops with this lesson on classic disco funk

The glitter ball is spinning and it's time to throw some shapes on the guitar in the style of the funk heroes behind Chic, Sister Sledge, Earth, Wind & Fire and more

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