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“Can you learn 17 Mastodon songs immediately?” Mastodon recruit YouTuber for first show following Brent Hinds’ shock departure

The band mutually parted ways with their founding guitarist just days before they were due to play at the Tool in the Sand festival – and it seems the YouTuber wasn’t given much time to learn the material

Guitar World

“I heard it in a hip-hop song and thought, ‘No way did Nas write that!’” How Wendy James fell in love with an Iron Butterfly track she’d never be drunk enough to write

Won over by the psych-prog outfit, ex Transvision Vamp singer used a clip from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in one of her own songs

Louder

What is on the King's playlist as Charles shares songs with Apple for Commonwealth Day

Monarch honours Bob Marley, Beyoncé, Kylie and more

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“It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day and I just got this phrase in my head: 'Everybody loves the sunshine'”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Roy Ayers' most iconic song

Our resident music professor puts Ayers' oft-sampled 1976 classic under the musical microscope

MusicRadar

“It was under my dad’s bed when I was a kid. When it slid out from underneath the bed… it was like the heavens were opening up”: How Zakk Wylde’s sparring partner Dario Lorina started a new chapter – with the help of a holy grail Les Paul

Dario Lorina – who has split Black Label Society’s guitar duties with Zakk Wylde since 2014 – delivers some serious fuel-injected moto-metal fury on Dark Chapel’s Spirit in the Glass

Guitar World

“I put large erasers under the pickups. I play pretty loud with Mr. Big, so I take extra precautions to keep feedback to a minimum”: Paul Gilbert names his three favorite guitars – including one that was stolen very recently

The virtuoso behind Mr. Big and Racer X digs out three stalwarts from his arsenal of Ibanez guitars and explains what makes them cool – oh, and why he puts erasers under his pickups

Guitar World

“I didn’t care about the guitar. I wanted to be a drummer my whole life. That was all I cared about”: Jack White tells Oxford Union he didn’t care about the guitar but needed to play it to achieve "validity"

He says it was the simplicity of the band that appealed to people

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Calvin Harris goes country for his first step back behind the mic in a decade

Looks like the EDM superstar is back on lead vocal duties in a teaser for his new track, Smoke The Pain Away

MusicRadar

Gladys Knight shares update with fans after cancelling show due to sudden illness

‘Empress of soul’ was taken to hospital after falling ill shortly before a performance in Florida

The Independent UK

“A return to full-fat prog from the man who gave the genre a good name in recent years”: Prog fans rejoice! Steven Wilson has come home with cosmic modern classic The Overview

Steven Wilson’s interstellar new album The Overview measures up to prog’s greats

Louder

“We all breathe the same air; we all reap the same potential doom from climate change; we better all bail out the boat… It’s a feeling of slightly despairing affection”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson stays curious while he still can

Curious Ruminant, the band’s third album in three years, is more meditative and personal as their leader explains why he’s more motivated than ever

Louder

King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs

Monarch recalls ‘infectious energy’ of late reggae singer in Apple Music broadcast to celebrate Commonwealth Day

The Guardian - UK

King Charles’s Apple Music playlist: are they really his favourite songs?

Some of the choices on The King’s Music Room – Beyoncé, Raye – are frankly implausible but disco and reggae from his youth do get a nod

The Guardian - UK

How to Stream Roberta Flack's 'Celebration of Life' memorial

The Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack died last month

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Country star Jason Aldean says Trump is ‘doing what a lot of us hoped he would’

‘Try That In A Small Town’ singer’s wife Brittany added: ‘I sleep way better at night’

The Guardian - UK

Brian James obituary

Guitarist with the punk band the Damned who wrote many of their songs, including their first single, New Rose

Louder

How to watch the two-hour special Ringo & Friends At The Ryman from anywhere

Two-hour special filmed earlier this year will be broadcast on March 10 featuring Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Larkin Poe & more

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“You don’t stop the show for any reason - not even when you don’t have a drummer onstage because he's locked outside the building!”: Halestorm star Lzzy Hale tells her funniest gig story

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Readers reply: What is the biggest missed opportunity in history?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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‘Reopen these youth clubs’: Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso on nurturing young artistic talent

Drummer and band leader used Brits awards stage to spotlight clubs that help musicians like himself to thrive

Guitar World

“Bonzo and I were great groovers. People would dance to our music. There aren't many hard rock bands these days that people dance to”: John Paul Jones breaks down his Led Zeppelin bass approach – and what separated his and Jimmy Page's riffs

The all-time bass great discusses his telepathic relationship with John Bonham, early influences, and why Stairway to Heaven's gradual speed-up is part of its magic

Guitar World

“Bruce goes, ‘Man, you’ve got a lot of twang.’ I said, ‘Too much?’ And he said, ‘Ah, you know…’” Joining Bruce Springsteen's post-E Street Band group, Shane Fontayne had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren

Springsteen had seen Fontayne perform with Lone Justice on Saturday Night Live years before, and was impressed. When the time came to put together a new band, Fontayne was one of his first calls

Louder

“Everybody wanted to fight him, give him a tape or get him high. Anything except leave him alone”: How blues icon Johnny Winter survived addiction, shady business deals and himself

The late Johnny Winter was a blues great - and he had the hard life to show for it

Louder

“Feat. Thom Yorke…”: the ten best songs featuring guest vocals from the Radiohead frontman

From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he's leant his voice to.

Metal Hammer

“I said, ‘There’s a band called Iron Maiden? Who’s that?’”: Tom Araya didn’t listen to metal before joining Slayer

Despite being one of metal’s most revered frontmen, Tom Araya knew nothing about the genre until his Slayer bandmates clued him in

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