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“One evening, late, I found myself in my studio sat down at the keyboard. I played a C chord, put my head back, and immediately, without thinking, I sang the first two lines of the song”: Labi Siffre on the origins of (Something Inside) So Strong

Siffre has issued a cease and desist order to far-right activist Tommy Robinson in a bid to stop him using the song

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"We went to Memphis, ate a lot of barbecue, went to Al Green’s church on Easter Sunday, made some hot jams!”: Sonic Youth are teasing activity of… some kind in 2026, revolving around their Washing Machine

Band have shared fond memories of recording the 1995 album

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“Violinists have their Stradivarius', guitarists have their Strats – and producers have Massive”: How Native Instruments’ Massive became the go-to bass synth for a generation of music-makers

This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its recent rebirth as Massive X Player

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“Schools with little or no existing music provision can bring entire classrooms together to play... ensuring that the project inspires future rock ‘n’ roll stars worldwide”: Oasis launch project to fund music education by selling prints

But be quick - they’re only available for two months

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“That song was a game-changer for me. It led me to think, ‘Let’s go to rehab and see if I really am an alcoholic’”: How a guest spot on a ’90s banger was the salvation of a rock legend

“They took me into the vocal booth, and said, ‘Be Glenn Hughes!’"

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“It was all getting a bit nasty”: The struggle to make the Tears for Fears masterpiece that closed out the '80s on a creative high

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal would acrimoniously split shortly after the release of their most musically inventive record

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One year on, I’ve finally clicked with Ableton Move – all because I’ve stopped trying to make music with it

We revisit Ableton's mini standalone sketchpad following 12 months of refinements and firmware updates

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“The Super series knocks politely, but DMNO kicks the door down”: UDO’s DMNO is two synths in one – and one of a kind

DMNO is a new polyphonic, multitimbral hybrid analogue/digital synthesizer from the British manufacturer behind Super 6 and Super Gemini

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"This change is about strengthening trust across the platform”: Spotify admits that it's removed 75 million AI tracks

“It’s not about punishing artists who use AI responsibly"

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"A versatile, brilliantly engineered machine that will have your back, no matter what the gig": Strandberg Boden N2 Original review

Strandberg makes key tweaks to its Boden blueprint, aiming to create an instrument to suit any genre - mission accomplished?

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“We all adored BB, and he asked us to write something for him. But when we listened back to the demo we agreed we should keep it. Sorry, BB!”: The classic song that Whitesnake wrote for the King of the Blues – but didn’t give to him

And they later did the same thing with Tina Turner

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“He comes up to me and says ‘you cannibalised my instrument! Why did you do that?’”: Herbie Hancock reveals what Harold Rhodes said to him when he saw that he’d fitted inputs and outputs to one of his pianos

But in the end, Hancock convinced him to include I/O in all Rhodes models

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“You actually had to be good at your instrument – that doesn’t seem to be a necessary requisite these days”: Roger Taylor and Brian May remember Bohemian Rhapsody

We were taking up “where the Beatles left off”, says May

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“Even today, that instrument is fascinating. I’ve passed it around and players of all sorts have all come to the same conclusion – there is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls of all time

All Gibson Les Paul Standards from 1959 are special but what is it about the ZZ Top frontman's Pearly Gates that makes it so unique? As Gibbons says, it might be something entirely supernatural

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"We didn't find it difficult to write pop songs, but it was VERY difficult to write one for the Stones”: 60 years of The Last Time – the Stones’ big breakthrough

It was the group’s first self-penned Number One

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“This breaks my heart and is a sick way of looking at it”: Jack Antonoff responds to Michael Rapino’s comments about ‘underpriced’ concert tickets

Make it illegal to resell at a profit, he says

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“It’s one of George's best songs. His mind is clear and his music is clear”: The genius of the profound 1967 Beatles song that John Lennon held up as George’s greatest

The opening to Sgt Pepper’s second side underlined just how boundless the Beatles’ musical scope had become

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"For garage, punk, and rock styles, it’s got the tonal firepower on offer": Gretsch Electromatic CVT Double-Cut review

A revived classic returns to the Gretsch line-up as an affordable, two-humbucker rock machine

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“Usually I’ve done the demos on my laptop, which can be a bit creatively stifling. You can get lost in the sauce trying to program the drums properly and kinda lose that itch”: Wolfgang Van Halen says he’s taking more chances on his new Mammoth album

“Some of these songs couldn’t have existed on a prior album,' he says

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“I wanted a song Whitney Houston would be proud to sing. It had to be sensual but never cheap, powerful but not overwrought”: DC producer bags first Future Sound Award for AI music

Judges praised the “richness and emotion” of shortlisted songs

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“The record company thought I was mad – but sometimes you sign acts to make money, and sometimes you sign acts to make music”: The making of Enya's Orinoco Flow, the unexpected No. 1 hit that created a New Age superstar

In memory of Enya's longtime producer Nicky Ryan, we take a backwards glance at the ethereal earworm that launched her career

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“Offers a very useful solution for clap emulation without needing to use electronics”: Zultan Raw SlapClap review

If you’re happy and you know it, Zultan is offering a cut-price solution to clapping your hands

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“How can I play machines like they're instruments? How do I play these machines the same way I play a piano or guitar?”: Jack Antonoff reveals the two vintage delay units and classic ‘80s synth that provide the secret sauce on Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild

“I'm really focusing on how to utilise this stuff to make things feel like they could have only happened in that moment,” he explains

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“That actually came from me and Oz jamming on the piano in my apartment in North Hollywood”: From Ozzy Osbourne to Papa Roach, Fleetwood Mac to George Harrison, here's 5 career-defining songs you didn’t know were written on the piano

We take a deep dive into classic guitar-driven songs that actually started life on the piano

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Focusrite releases blue Anniversary Edition of its Scarlett 2i2 interface

This limited-edition version of the 2i2 comes with three additional premium plugins from Sonnox, Softube and Acustica Audio

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