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“A solid upgrade, offering new features and streamlined controls”: Arturia KeyStep Mk2 review

A hardware sequencer can be a highly creative tool and this updated affordable option should have plenty to offer

$Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a compact 50-watt lunchbox head – offering the “heart and soul” of its “ultimate guitar amplifier” at a fraction of the price$

Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a compact 50-watt lunchbox head – offering the “heart and soul” of its “ultimate guitar amplifier” at a fraction of the price

It's smaller, lighter and a heck of a lot cheaper but the MKX still has three channels, two reverbs, dual master volumes, effects loop, power scaling and more

Roland unveils stylish KF-20 and KF-25 Kiyola "artisan" digital pianos inspired by the "Japanese concept of harmony"

Roland unveils stylish KF-20 and KF-25 Kiyola "artisan" digital pianos inspired by the "Japanese concept of harmony"

The Kiyola line is a collaboration with Japanese wood furniture-makers Karimoku

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“Clapton chose pure blues, and he hated it when the volume went up. He actually said to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, ‘You’re too loud!’ Because he’s a purist”: ’60s icon Donovan salutes a golden generation of guitar heroes

He also claims that Page "begged" John Paul Jones to join Led Zeppelin

“His death was no different from his life - a work of art”: A decade on, we remember how David Bowie rose above his impending end to create his most poignant work

Bowie’s heartbreaking Lazarus was a rumination on the imminent end of a life lived to the full - and a lesson in how to channel the bleakest situation into enduring music

“Can I operate an SSL? No. I know just enough to let the other people do their jobs": John Mayer explains why he’s purchased Hollywood’s historic Henson studios

“I love doing things that people tell me aren’t gonna work,” guitarist says

"It would be an absolute honour – and I think those kind of things should be done by Brits, not Yanks”: Noel Gallagher weighs in on Oasis Bond theme rumours

Sadly, it sounds like fans will have to wait

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"It isn’t just a collection of cool features; it’s a tool designed to make your recorded guitar sound better, right out of the box": Gretsch Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic review

"It isn’t just a collection of cool features; it’s a tool designed to make your recorded guitar sound better, right out of the box": Gretsch Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic review

Gretsch packs the legendary studio magic of Abbey Road into a guitar that's also pleasantly playable, and competitively priced

“I know the Duffers feel that Prince’s estate cleared the songs because of Kate Bush, and I’m sure that had something to do with it”: Stranger Things music supervisor Nora Felder explains how When Doves Cry and Purple Rain ended up in the show’s finale

“I know the Duffers feel that Prince’s estate cleared the songs because of Kate Bush, and I’m sure that had something to do with it”: Stranger Things music supervisor Nora Felder explains how When Doves Cry and Purple Rain ended up in the show’s finale

“My heart stopped, like, ‘ooh, that’s a tough one,’” she says of the Duffer brothers' request to get the songs cleared for use

“He feels it should be in the hands of people who will put it to good use”: John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15

“He feels it should be in the hands of people who will put it to good use”: John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15

John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15

“I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other”: Peter Gabriel to release the follow-up to i/o this year

“I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other”: Peter Gabriel to release the follow-up to i/o this year

The album will be gradually revealed every full moon in 2026

“Proper old school producers might also baulk at the ease of song creation and the slick results” – Teenage Engineering EP-40 Riddim and EP-2350 Ting review

“Proper old school producers might also baulk at the ease of song creation and the slick results” – Teenage Engineering EP-40 Riddim and EP-2350 Ting review

It’s a mobile reggae, dub and dancehall sound system with its own mic for less than 300 quid

“A professor in my pocket who only wants to do what I ask it”: Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan says he’s been using AI “my whole life”

“A professor in my pocket who only wants to do what I ask it”: Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan says he’s been using AI “my whole life”

He says it’s cheaper than employing a human

“I wasn’t planning on working tonight”: Billy Joel makes surprise return to live performance… fronting a Billy Joel tribute band

“I wasn’t planning on working tonight”: Billy Joel makes surprise return to live performance… fronting a Billy Joel tribute band

Singer-songwriter has been suffering from serious brain condition

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“The whole process left me feeling flat and empty”: With AI now threatening to make the DAW obsolete, is it finally time to stand up to the tech taking the very soul out of music-making?

With AI and voice recognition taking the ‘strain’ out of music production, are we about to see the closure of the DAW?

Splice partners with UMG on the development of AI-powered tools and virtual instruments

Details are scarce, but the two companies say the tools will enable "UMG artists to bring their own sounds into Splice's AI workflows"

“It’s so intense – but man, I love that song! Often, the songs I love the most are the most difficult to pull off”: Myles Kennedy on why karaoke “terrifies” him, the secret to a perfect take – and the hardest Guns N’ Roses song to sing live with Slash

The man with the best pipes in rock and metal checks in to talk monastic vocal preservation, the challenges of Axl’s range, and that "magic mic" Paul Reed Smith gave Mark Tremonti

“Pro-quality results at semi-pro cash”: IK Multimedia Precision 6 MkII review

IK’s iLoud Precision speaker range has just received a MKII upgrade and a price downgrade. Is it too good to be true?

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"Makes the case that you might never need anything else": Neural DSP Quad Cortex review

Neural reaches the next frontier of amp modelling with a unit that might just change everything

“I lay on my floor one night and wrote the whole thing": 40 years on – the making of West End Girls

From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station… Here's all the ups, downs, history, mystery, studio secrets and more of Pet Shop Boys' biggest hit

“It was just a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song. See if I can get away with it’”: How Jack White created the guitar riff of the century – and what is a Seven Nation Army, anyway?

"It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar"

“It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio”: How Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit transformed the contemporary pop landscape

And as soon the adulation began, a backlash kicked in…

“I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis

He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way

“There’s just one catch. The kid with the PC in the bedroom can’t play his instrument”: Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers

“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued

“I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die

And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band

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