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Folk-pop group to stage ‘busk crawl’ across Glasgow subway stops

The one-day event takes place on Monday.

Evening Standard

“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight”: How Johnny Cash drew on his own experiences to make his greatest songs

The Man in Black comes under our spotlight as we break down his take on the creative process

MusicRadar

"Expect glorious spectacles of foot-stomping, guitar-wailing and face-melting, high-octane joy. Tell your mates. Tell your mum." The Darkness announce North American tour in typically low-key fashion

America, Canada, brace yourselves for a "rock 'n' roll rampage" from the Hawkins brothers

Louder

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“I’d always seen the guitar as a thing for really accomplished people like Jimi Hendrix – watching Nirvana on MTV Unplugged exploded my brain”: Studio nerd Corinne Bailey Rae broke through after moving on from her punk roots. Then she went back

The Mercury Prize nominee on what she loves about her SG, obsessing in the studio, and how she harnessed the aggression of her youth for her new album, Black Rainbows

Guitar World

“For those on the hunt for a great quality 12-string electro-acoustic that won’t break the bank, it's a no-brainer”: Martin X Series Remastered D-X2E Brazilian 12-String review

Heavenly 12-string chime, Martin dreadnought clout and serious change from a grand? We’re listening...

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“I’ve had dreams about a meteor hitting us. It’s only a matter of time. We deserve it, to be honest”: Doom high priests Electric Wizard are the perfect band to soundtrack the end of the world

Electric Wizard’s 2014 album Time To Die was a masterclass in apocalyptic doom necromancy

Metal Hammer

Katy Perry gears up for sci-fi inspired world tour

Katy Perry has been busy

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“I have that on more records than anything else”: Take a peek inside Vaughn Oliver’s studio

Seems that to unleash your creativity you should close your laptop and open your mind. And your wallet too

MusicRadar

“Elton said, ‘I'd better buy that guitar just to have in my house.’ I played it and said, ‘Yeah, you'd better buy it, so I can play it when I come by’”: One of Davey Johnstone's favorite guitars was once a piece of upscale decor for his superstar bandmate

Johnstone did end up with the '50s-era beauty in the end, though not for a happy reason

Guitar World

“It was originally called Everybody Wants To Go To War, which I knew didn’t work. When you’re a songwriter who doesn’t like the lyric, the song dies”: How Tears For Fears created an ’80s mega-hit

It all started with two simple, chimey chords...

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“It's like saying, ‘Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton. It's not true’”: David Gilmour and Roger Waters hit back at criticism of the band's over-reliance on gear and synths when crafting The Dark Side of The Moon in newly unearthed clip

The clip is featured in Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the newly restored version of the band's groundbreaking Live At Pompeii film

Guitar World

'Subway sessions': Live music performances to be held at stations in Glasgow

PEOPLE travelling on Glasgow’s Subway will be treated to ‘surprise’ live musical performances ...

The National (Scotland)

Ed Sheeran’s plagiarism court case forced him to hand over his old phone as evidence. Now he’s got a new single out of it

While being accused of a crime he didn’t commit cut deep, at least the experience provided some unwanted inspiration

MusicRadar

“He was, without question, the best rock drummer in the world”: What Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward really thought of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham

Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward and Led Zeppelin”s John Bonham rose through the ranks together

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The Independent UK

Lorraine star Christine Lampard shares fun theory about ‘the song that defines your life’

Theory seems to date back to 2019 but was shared by Lampard in the latest episode of the ITV morning show

The Guardian - UK

Drake expands lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging defamation at Super Bowl

Lawsuit argues Kendrick Lamar’s half-time performance ‘further solidified’ public belief in allegations made in diss track Not Like Us, but UMG calls amendment ‘absurd’

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“It didn’t feel like being in the room with a 17-year-old. I’d try something and she’d say, ‘You might want to reconsider that.’ And she’d be right”: Songwriter Eg White on how Adele took some “very boring chords” and turned them into an “explosive” hit

Why working with the star on 2008’s Chasing Pavements led White to question some of his own creative instincts

Guitar World

“When I first heard his voice in my headphones, there was that moment of, ‘My God! I’m recording with David Bowie!’” Bassist Tim Lefebvre on the making of David Bowie's Lazarus

The session for Bowie’s Blackstar album took place in early 2015 at the Magic Shop in New York

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Guitar World

“A new signature for Misha Mansoor, but not the one we’ve been waiting for”: The essential guitar gear releases you might have missed this week, from Chase Bliss and PRS to Jackson and Fender

An emotional tribute to the King of Tone overdrive, an upgraded take on one of the top versatile high-gain amp heads out there, and another exclusive Guitar Center big-brand collaboration are all on the agenda this week

MusicRadar

“I oversaw every element - not just the music and the lyrics and the melodies and the production, but also the merch and the fan clubs and everything”: Mike Portnoy talks about his years away from Dream Theater

“I was fried” he says, “but I went off from there to form, like, 87 bands”

Metal Hammer

“He’s gone from being unable to do the shows to clearly being unwilling to do shows with us”: Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin doesn’t see estranged singer Mike Patton rejoining the band any time soon

Don’t hold your breath for a Faith No More reunion

The Independent UK

Bjorn Ulvaeus admits he was ‘troubled’ by age gap between him and wife Christina Sas

Swedish musician and composer said it was ‘love at first sight’ when he met Sas, 28 years his junior, in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Various artists: Disk Musik – A DD Records Compilation review – electric Japanese curios

The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TV

Louder

"He threw me in the lake and I had to learn to swim": Remembering Dickey Betts, southern rock pioneer

A celebration of the life and music of Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts

The Guardian - UK

‘She had no interest in the comfort zone’: celebrating the centenary of Celia Cruz, Cuba’s Queen of Salsa

Exiled from Castro’s Cuba, she became a superstar – and a trailblazer in the macho world of salsa. Fans and collaborators including Angélique Kidjo hail an icon of Black empowerment

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