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They emerged from the same British blues explosion as Fleetwood Mac, but soon became prog trailblazers – and their interlocking acoustic guitar approach is often overlooked

We unpack the signature style of The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward, who is often unsung compared with his flashier peers. His playing style, however, requires concentration and accuracy

Guitar World

“We weren’t ready to go into the studio… we got the feeling the label didn’t care about us any more”: Despite an uneasy line-up change, a lawsuit and no idea about singles, the Moody Blues returned to superstardom with Long Distance Voyager

With help from an ex Yes member and a new engineer, 1981 release marked a significant update without a loss of their musical values. But is it a concept album?

Louder

Fabric, Adonis and Glitterbox: The best New Year's Day dance music events in the capital

Is techno, house or disco your vice? These are our pick of the parties for your first day of 2025

Evening Standard

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‘We’re on the global map’: how Co-op Live bounced back from chaotic launch

Manchester music venue winning high praise from performers and concertgoers after being bitten by teething troubles

The Guardian - UK

"Rock and roll is all about being defiant." Do rappers belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Absolutely, says Offspring guitarist Noodles

The Offspring's Noodles says Rock Hall should be inclusive – but he doesn't think his band will ever be inducted

Metal Hammer

“Thank God we had strippers! They make great money”: Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler on the chaos and carnage of making Appetite For Destruction

The inside track on Appetite For Destruction from one of the men who played on it

Metal Hammer

"He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style

Best of 2024: Classic interview - U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview

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"I remember it to this day, you know, exactly where I was when he said it": Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon ever complimented him on directly

Best of 2024: "It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"

MusicRadar

“I could be listening to Abba one minute and then Morbid Angel. It doesn’t seem strange to me”: How Porcupine Tree reinvented progressive rock for the 21st century metal generation

Porcupine Tree’s 2010 album The Incident capped their rise from cult psychedelicists to prog metal giants

Metal Hammer

“They’re both amazing guitarists, but Jeff Beck let you take liberties”: Rhonda Smith had been on call with Prince for more than a decade when she told the Purple One she was busy with Jeff Beck

Session ace Rhonda Smith on how her 10-year stint with Prince came to a close

Guitar World

“The interviewer asked Joe Satriani, ‘Why Andy Fairweather Low?’ And that’s exactly the question I would’ve asked, too”: He's played with Eric Clapton, George Harrison and David Gilmour, but now, this rhythm guitar hero is ready to take center stage

‘The Invisible Bluesman’ on why he probably won’t write any more songs, the ignored art of rhythm guitar, why he always thinks, ‘Why me?’ – and trying to persuade an amp expert to build a deliberately inefficient model

Guitar World

Cruz Beckham stuns listeners as he shares first glimpse of new music

Son of David and Victoria Beckham has held back from sharing any official music until recently

The Independent UK

Unreleased Prince documentary said to fuel rumours that Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo was a cold dish of revenge served to Rolling Stone

Best of 2024: The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time

MusicRadar

“We shared and borrowed gear from our students, who usually had better gear than we did”: How Jason Becker and Marty Friedman made one of shred’s most celebrated albums with a little help from their pupils

When the two virtuosos went into the studio to record under the Cacophony name, they brought a bunch of gear that had been lent to them by students

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Louder

“I called Gene Simmons. He said: ‘How the hell did you get this number?!’ That was when I got the idea that we weren’t going to be best buddies”: Dee Snider’s wild tales of Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger and Kiss

From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all

MusicRadar

“I'm not gonna talk too much about Guns N' Roses. And especially not about Axl. It only leads to turmoil and torment on my end”: Former GN’R guitarist Bumblefoot reveals his new album, new gear, new tricks - and his favourite track on Chinese Democracy!

He also admits: “The more shows I do, the more depressed I get!”daly

Louder

“It was us and them.… We got away with it mostly, but in certain songs you can hear a bit of a wobble”: Given Barclay James Harvest’s difficult personal and financial relationships with orchestras, why did John Lees do it again?

The recently-released live record from 2023 shows how much has changed in 50 years, as John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest look forward to the “progtastic” double album they’ve nearly finished

Evening Standard

From Charlotte Plank to Sherelle: The biggest female drum'n'bass artists to listen to next year

Female artists are dominating a genre that has hit the mainstream in recent years

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“My playing has always sucked, but it sells!”: The guitarist who co-wrote two of the most famous songs of all time admits he is no virtuoso

Best of 2024: For R&B legend Steve Cropper, playing guitar is all about groove

WhatToWatch

New CBS special Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs debuts tonight

Hear straight from artists like Billie Eilish, Finneas, Alicia Keys and more about how their most famous songs came to life

Marie Claire

Fans Think Dolly Parton Will Be Featured on 'Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)'

Swift has long admired Parton, who she once described as "a force of evolution and transformation in our industry."

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift Reportedly Plans to Make Nashville Her Home Base for Her WAG Era

A source says the singer plans to spend more time in Nashville because "it’s closer to Kansas City, and her mom, Andrea, loves it too.”

The Independent UK

Atlanta rapper OG Maco, who had viral hit with ‘U Guessed It’, dead at 32

The rapper’s 2014 debut single ‘U Guessed It’ became a trap landmark

The Guardian - UK

Wham!’s Last Christmas remains top of UK singles chart for another week

Duo’s festive record made history when it became Christmas No 1 two years in a row

Evening Standard

Wham! remain top of UK charts with Last Christmas

Michael Buble’s Christmas album was number one in the album charts.

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