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“Many guitarists are wary of getting into slide playing. This is a great way to dive in”: How to play slide guitar in standard tuning

Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke demonstrates how slide playing in standard and drop D tuning can be the best of both worlds

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"His creative contributions were immense, and his presence – both musical and personal – will be deeply missed”: Greg Brown, co-founder of '90s band Cake has died

They were best known for 1997 hit The Distance

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“This is the king of synths. It will always be my favourite”: Howard Jones takes you on a tour of the synth he’s owned since 1983 that “sounds like no other”

“The way it spits out those notes is incredible,” he says. “The attack… I just miss that on modern keyboards”

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I’ll be listening to two iconic Thin Lizzy albums to celebrate their 50th birthday – you should too

1976 was a great year for Ireland’s best rock band

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“The most significant guitar in the career of the Muse guitarist”: Manson releases like-for-like recreation of Matt Bellamy’s main guitar – complete with all the onboard effects

Three Black Edition models have been released, each paying tribute to the Muse maestro's go-to guitar – but you’ll need to start saving up...

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Alanis Morissette and Skunk Anansie added to inaugural State Fayre Festival line-up following the cancellation of Neil Young's European tour

Alanis Morissette confirmed as new headliner for "the UK's biggest music and BBQ festival"

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“I took Gem Archer’s job when he joined Oasis. Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy came in on Saturdays and we’d just play”: How a job in the “party guitar shop” gave Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne his start in the industry

Walbourne reminisces about the guitar store that started it all – and why music shops and venues are crucial for up-and-coming musicians

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“I found a Gibson Melody Maker but he said, ‘It’s not good enough.’ I said, ‘Take my Flying V.’ When he came off stage he said, ‘I can’t give it back.’ For my brother I did everything… and still failed!” Rudolf Schenker’s 60 years with the Scorpions

He lost Michael Schenker to UFO and Uli Jon Roth to Jimi Hendrix’s ex, then Matthias Jabs helped him fulfill his ambition of being in one of the 30 greatest rock bands. But it might have been very different if his dad had bought him a motorcycle

Guitar World

"This is a much more insular record." Steven Wilson reveals details of his upcoming studio album

Steven Wilson is expected to release the follow-up to last year's The Overview later this year

Louder

“The concept is simple. Capture a performance in a single take”: Ichika Nito shares unedited one-take performance – as ‘fake playing’ accusations spread on social media

The First Take has launched a new social initiative that aims to put authentic playing in the spotlight with single-shot performances

Guitar World

“He made me want to push the blues-rock envelope. He had this hip-hop persona, playing fiery blues riffs with all the soul you’d get from B.B. King”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram has learned from the masters on his road to becoming a modern-day blues great

He might be young, but the Clarksdale, Mississippi phenom has already announced his presence as the world’s bluesman-in-chief

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"Not that Kirk doesn't get enough solos, but Cliff took his solo, which I think is just so cool": Robert Trujillo on the time Metallica mixed up their solos

He says Orion is “the closest thing to the spirit of Cliff Burton”

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“More than anything, I wanted to go, but I just froze”: Warren Haynes on the time he missed the chance to play with B.B. King

Haynes had witnessed the King play live years earlier – but when he first got the chance to jam with the blues icon, nerves got the better of him

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“His creative contributions were immense”: Greg Brown, co-founder and guitarist of Cake and songwriter of the hit The Distance, dies at 56

Brown also collaborated with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Matt Rivers on two separate projects

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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a sympathetic, urgent look at a life cut tragically short

Amy Berg’s arresting documentary delves into the early life and untimely death of the 90s singer-songwriter, with extensive contributions from his mother and girlfriends

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“Thank you for everything, for your friendship, your wit and your generosity of spirit, and of course for the music, forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72

He played with them all the way up to 2014

Louder

"Fuelled by booze and pills, they cut their teeth delivering approximations of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran." Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous

As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with themop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discoveredsomething darker, druggier and way more dangerous

Louder

"I was intubated, put in a coma for seventeen days. I had to relearn how to walk and talk – and my voice was completely different." Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke’n’honey battle cry

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away, roots star Elles Bailey's story is turning into a real page turner

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"I looked over my shoulder, saw Ronnie Wood and thought: 'That's nice!' I didn't meet the Rolling Stones, but I waved at them from a golf cart." Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her complicated relationship with the blues

Contemporary blueser Samantha Fish hits UK venues in late February, with mainland European and US shows beginning in March

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Harley Benton just dropped an 8-string for southpaw players that has a multi-scale build, high-gain humbuckers – and it offers change from 300 bucks

The R-458MN is a tidy-looking multi-scale eight-string that treads djently on your budget but will put some weight on your riffs

Guitar World

“The tone got me addicted – when it broke I’d say, ‘I can’t play!’” April Wine are hitting arenas again with Triumph – guitarist Brian Greenway discusses his hopes for a new album, and the pedal he couldn't live without

The last man standing from the Canadian band's best-known era recalls the making of classic songs, talks about being underrated, and explains how he’s modded the Les Paul Custom he’s had for over 50 years

Evening Standard

Solomun at Alexandra Palace review: superstar DJ brings summer bliss to wintry London

4/5 Your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ delivered a wickedly playful set with a guest appearance from Inéz

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“He knew one day someone would come and look through this stuff. They’re not objects for veneration to be kept in a box": Rare footage of Bowie from 1978 to be included in new ‘immersive’ show

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone opens in April

Louder

Marillion share new remix of Go! as they announce 25th anniversary reissue of marillion.com

Marillion will release a new Deluxe Edition of 1999's marillion.com on CD and vinyl in June

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“He wanted $200 for it. Now it’s worth millions”: Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars

The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

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