Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Music

“A wonderful guy that changed the game for all of us”: John Mayall, 1933-2024 – the guitar world pays tribute

Joe Bonamassa, Mick Jagger and Walter Trout have led tributes to the influential British blues pioneer, who has died at the age of 90

Guitar World

“I didn't record with compression or any of that. I just taped a doubled-up piece of felt over the strings at the bridge”: How Carol Kaye set the tone for Quincy Jones’ Hikky-Burr, the theme for The Bill Cosby Show

A veteran of over 10,000 record dates, Carol Kaye improvised her entire bassline on this 1971 Quincy Jones single

Guitar World

Blur reflect on bucket list Wembley Stadium gig in their latest concert album

Cults and Porter Robinson also offer up new albums.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

French Sports Minister gives cryptic answer about Celine Dion Olympics performance

Singer is reportedly staying at a hotel in Paris ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony

The Independent UK

“A fretboard with a flatter radius makes it easier to enjoy a low action with buzz‑free bends”: You should never underestimate the impact of fretboard radius – it dramatically affects the way your guitar plays

Crucial to playing feel, radius applies to strings as well as fretboards – we explore the different ways it impacts the feel of your guitar

Guitar World

“Yes, we sell out – we sell out every seat in the house, every time we play!” 11 times Metallica were accused of ‘selling out’ for ridiculous reasons

Playing acoustic guitars. Making a music video. Getting haircuts?! Here are all the times Metallica incensed heavy metal’s purists.

Metal Hammer

“He looked me in the eye and said, real seriously, ‘Rory, man, I’m the best bass player on earth’. I looked back at him and said, ‘I know’: How the formidable personality and talent of bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius was embraced by Joni Mitchell

“He pointed to his rental amp and said, ‘I'm not playing through that piece of shit’. So he took mine”

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Halsey's Stunning Instagram Photoshoot With Eye-Catching Tattoos And Makeup

Halsey's captivating Instagram photoshoot showcases her unique style and artistic expression, with striking hand tattoos and starry eye makeup, captivating...

Top News

Still No 1? How the music charts lost their lustre

The Top 40 used to bring the UK together. But since the streaming revolution, what we listen to has become increasingly hard to tally

The Guardian - UK

Katy Perry’s widely mocked single ‘Woman’s World’ lands painfully low chart debut

Song and accompanying video has been derided by both critics and fans

The Independent UK

"They're hitting tired, bored people that want to pull their hair out and paint their face green." The teenage Kate Bush loved punk rock's energy, originality and "guts"

Kate Bush understood the power and potential of punk rock: "A punch is more effective than a look"

Louder

NSYNC star addresses Justin Timberlake absence at Deadpool & Wolverine premiere

Band reunited at the movie premiere – without Timberlake

The Independent UK

“I do wonder if shoegaze getting pushed into the mainstream might send it down a similar path as grunge… I hope not”: Blushing are riding the TikTok shoegaze revival with a Johnny Marr Jaguar and an ex-Smashing Pumpkin

The Austin, TX dream-pop champs guitarist Michelle Sotoare on TikTok’s double-edged sword – and how Ride’s Mark Gardener and Jeff Schroeder of the Smashing Pumpkins made their dreams a reality

Guitar World

Dua Lipa makes £51.6million in one year as star sells out two nights at Wembley stadium

The singer was named in Sunday Times Rich List in May

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Janet Jackson says performing ‘Scream’ reminds her of what Michael ‘was going through at that time’

US star duets with a video of her late brother as part of her ongoing world tour

Guitar World

“Keep on playing the blues somewhere, John. We love you”: John Mayall, the Godfather of British Blues, dies aged 90

The pioneering guitarist masterminded one of the most influential blues collectives ever formed, and helped catapult the career of countless guitar greats

Guitar World

He taught John Lennon to fingerpick, shaping future Beatles classics, while the ’60s music press compared him to Bob Dylan – why Donovan is an under-appreciated acoustic guitar great

As legend tells it, he was the man who taught John Lennon to pick. And he sure could write a song. We pay tribute to the flying Scotsman of the Swinging Sixties, Donovan Phillips Leitch, with this lesson in his folk-informed style

The Independent UK

Keith Duffy of Boyzlife on getting back on tour: We know most of our fans so it’s a much more intimate show

Irish singers Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy talk about how the music industry has evolved over their careers ahead of going on tour.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Jon Mayall: Hugely influential British blues musician dies aged 90

John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars

Louder

“I had a great substitute teacher who lent me albums by King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Genesis. He had a prog band called Butt-Crack”: Rikard Sjöblom’s musical world

Big Big Train, Gungfly and Beardfish man once wrote a term paper about the Hammond organ and went on to teach piano in a school

MusicRadar

"Keep on playing the blues somewhere, we love you": John Mayall, British blues pioneer, dies aged 90

Bluesbreaker was one of the most influential rock musicians of the '60s

The Guardian - UK

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam review – the shocking, surreal swindle behind ‘NSync

The Justin Timberlake-fronted boyband and the Backstreet Boys may have conquered the world, but their manager’s huge fraud devastated lives. This is the staggering tale

Louder

"Jeff Beck's not here on the planet anymore. So we're gonna do our bit, you know?": Battlesnake are here to save humanity from mediocrity

Judge how Aussie rockers Battlesnake sound by how they look and you’ll be making a big mistake

Louder

"It's crazy how disposable artists are in America. In Europe they treat artists with a ton more respect": Mitch Ryder on his long, schizophrenic career

Mitch Ryder had hits in the 60s and has been making musicsince, but if he had a hit now it would ruin his day

Louder

"Keep on playing the blues somewhere": British blues legend John Mayall dead at 90

A statement confirms John Mayall died at home, surrounded by his family

1 … 720 721 722 723

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.