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Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car wins country song of the year – 35 years after its debut

Chapman is first Black songwriter to win the award, after a 2023 Luke Combs version helped the song gain newfound popularity

The Guardian - US

Former Grammys boss accused of raping woman in hotel room

Mr Portnow, who stepped down as the CEO in 2019, has denied the allegations

The Independent UK

“There was no intention to be clever. We didn’t know what we were doing!” Herbie Flowers on David Bowie’s Space Oddity

Listen to Herbie Flowers give lift to David Bowie’s lyric about “floating in a tin can”

Guitar World

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“Whenever King Crimson is in active mode there is nothing else I can do with my life… to be able to focus on being more of a guitarist is the right place for me”: Robert Fripp’s new lease of life

Now Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch has moved from the kitchen to the stage, he enjoys ”giving a heavy kicking to received opinion”

Louder

Yoko Ono: her 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As her album Feeling the Space turns 50, we appraise the best of a bold and often underestimated artist

The Guardian - UK

Spiritbox released the hottest metal debut of 2021. The Fear Of Fear EP shows they're only just getting started

Spiritbox might not be in a rush to make a full-length follow-up to Eternal Blue, but The Fear Of Fear EP is all about pushing their boundaries

Metal Hammer

Tracy Chapman ‘honoured’ as ‘Fast Car’ named Song of the Year at CMAs – 35 years after release

Luke Combs’s cover of 1988 song reached No 2 on US chart this summer

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"Now you have the sound of a band in a room. Four men in their early 20s hitting the shit out of stuff": Giles Martin on the separated and remixed Beatles Red and Blue albums

"You hear the crack of the snare. Ringo suddenly has a kick drum.”

MusicRadar

“What do they call that thing? Imposter syndrome! I definitely felt like I’d snuck in the back door and somehow got to the Grammys." Amy Lee on why Evanescence's early success led to a lot of insecurity

Evanescence may have had one of the biggest rises to fame in the history of rock music, but that didn't stop them attracting a ton of negativity from cynics and...well...outright idiots

Metal Hammer

Cynic announce The Focus Of Valediction European tour for March

No UK dates announced yet but band promise more live dates to be announced soon...

Metal Hammer

“People have said, ‘Oh, man, you gotta play the Gibson, that’s the real deal.’ But there’s something about the Ibanez… I prefer the evenness of it”: John Scofield on working with Miles Davis, covering Bob Dylan and the agony of writing music

The jazz improv virtuoso returns with Uncle John's Band, an album that finds him covering Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, of course, the Grateful Dead

Guitar World

“I decided to switch from amplifiers to digital emulators”: The Edge confirms he has ditched his tube amps for Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals for U2’s Sphere residency

Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week

Guitar World

“I was expecting to toss it into the pile of unsuccessful builds from the 1960s guitar boom. Boy howdy, was I wrong!”: Meet the Martin GT‑75 Moth – the iconic acoustic company’s 1967 semi-hollow electric experiment

An electric guitar from the venerable acoustic brand is a rare thing indeed, but then this was the ‘60s, Bob Dylan had just taken up a Stratocaster, and the times they were a-changing

Guitar World

It’s official: pairing your guitar’s pickups with your amp’s speaker “like fine wine and cheese” is a thing – find out why it makes all the difference to your tone

Why the pickup and speaker combo is one of the key partnerships in your mission to achieve better tone

Guitar World

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The Guardian - UK

Chase and Status: 2Ruff Vol 1 review – resurgent drum’n’bass duo rev a little too hard

These collaborations with next-gen producers and vocalists are dominating the charts and have rowdy charm, but as a full record they leave you gasping for air

Guitar World

“Yes, sir! Yes, sir!”: Duane Betts steps onstage with Marcus King and levels the venue with an outstanding cover of the Allman Brothers’ epic guitar jam, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

The two players add new life to Dickey Betts’ iconic instrumental in this excellent guest appearance

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6 signs Taylor Swift’s Reputation (Taylor’s Version) could be dropping soon, according to fans

Could there be any truth to these fan theories about Swift's latest re-release?

MusicRadar

"In her last year she was telling everyone she was the girl in the song and she was proud of it. To complete that cycle was nice": The story of Marillion's Kayleigh deserves to be made into a Hollywood movie

Girl meets boy, they split up, boy writes huge hit about girl, they meet years later and tragedy. Richard Curtis couldn't have made this story up…

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8 Ableton Live tips that you need to know about

Tips and techniques for Live users hoping to make the most of their DAW

Metal Hammer

There’s only one metal headliner at Download 2024 - and as a dedicated metalhead, I think that can be a good thing for the genre

Complaining about Fall Out Boy and Queens Of The Stone Age headlining the UK rock’s biggest event is to overlook the incredibly brutal bill beneath – and the new ears these bands can bring to heavy music

Metal Hammer

Forget Rage Against The Machine and Faith No More: Helmet are nu metal's unsung architects and Left is the best record they've done in nearly 20 years

After some patchy albums in recent years, Helmet's Left is the best the band have done since their 2004 comeback

Marie Claire

Tracy Chapman Wins Song of the Year at the CMAs for 'Fast Car,' 35 Years After Its Original Release

This follows the success of Luke Combs' cover of the song.

Louder

Steeleye Span announce Christmas tour and new The Green Man Collection

New Steeleye Span The Green Man Collection features new songs and previously unreleased title track from the 80s

Metal Hammer

"I need to be able to show my true self." Sleep Token return to the cover of Metal Hammer as we head to LA to uncover the secrets of masked frontman Vessel

Sleep Token are the hottest metal band of 2023, and they're back on Metal Hammer's cover!

The Guardian - US

‘Things were really ugly’: how one of Brazil’s greatest records was nearly not made

Two of Brazil’s greatest stars – singer Elis Regina and composer Tom Jobim – came together for a project saved by a whisker

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