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Using a voice-leading approach is a surefire way to make your guitar solos more melodic – Andy Timmons, a master of the craft, shows you how

Andy Timmons shares a roadmap for soloing over chord changes and making your leads count

Guitar World

“Seymour Duncan went to work. He dragged it through the grass. Put motor oil on it. Chipped it. Frank Zappa said, ‘If you wanted to ruin your guitar, Adrian, why didn’t you loan it to a friend?’” Adrian Belew’s number one Stratocaster has lived a life

Is this the first relic'ed guitar? Belew says so, and it's graced records by Zappa, Talking Heads, David Bowie and King Crimson. It has been on the cover of GW. It is still in service

Guitar World

“My internal teenager’s like, ‘Jon Bon Jovi knows who I am. Oh my god!’” Lzzy Hale reacts to Bon Jovi’s leader telling her to join Skid Row

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist fronted Skid Row for four shows in May and June

Metal Hammer

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Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer review – a beautiful, brooding delight

Following her breakthrough in 2021, the singer-songwriter has overcome self-doubt to deliver a diverse album where loneliness is set against cosmic wonder

The Guardian - UK

Who are Stray Kids? The record-breaking Korean boy band closing BST Hyde Park

The eight-member group headlining the London festival series are poised for global domination

Evening Standard

“I went out in the crowd of 40,000 people to try and beat somebody up”: Robert Trujillo compares supporting Metallica and Guns ’N’ Roses in the ’90s

Metallica’s bassist supported two of the biggest bands in hard rock during his time in Suicidal Tendencies

Metal Hammer

“We need to become the custodians of that magical guitar”: €1,000,000 campaign launched to buy Rory Gallagher’s iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster and keep it in Ireland

Sheena Crowley – the daughter of the man who originally sold the guitar to Gallagher in 1963 – set up the fundraiser after it was announced Rory's Strat would be heading to auction

Guitar World

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“I don’t know what I’m trying to portray, but it’s always going to be uncomfortable and vulnerable”: Meet Heartworms, the six-string experimentalist who went from busking for rent to playing the Royal Albert Hall with St. Vincent

Self-taught and self-motivated, Jojo Orme expresses herself through her complex pedal arrangements and quest for uncomfortable riffs

Guitar World

Abigail Breslin appears to hit out at Katy Perry with Kesha support

The producer was locked in a nine year legal battle with pop star Kesha after rape accusation

The Independent UK

“It’s not as if Jarvis cracked Michael Jackson on the head with a baseball bat, which is what I woulda done.” Oasis had a lot of fun annoying everyone at the 1996 Brit Awards

The 1996 Brit Awards was Oasis' night, even if Pulp's Jarvis Cocker versus Michael Jackson became the front page story

Louder

“Listen to Romeo And Juliet by Prokofiev. It’s one of the heaviest pieces of music you’ll ever hear”: The magic and mystery – but not genius – of Muse’s first decade

With each of their first four albums Matt Bellamy and co injected more prog to their music, finding inspiration via classical composers, magic mushrooms and a Ouija board

Louder

"The show was vilified by the record companies because artists were insulted on a regular basis": In 1974 Captain Beefheart appeared on Dutch TV show Van Oekel's Discohoek: Even by his standards, it was weird

In which Captain Beefheart interrupts another singer, lip-syncs badly, is awarded a trophy, and pays tribute to The Beatles

Louder

"The best gig of all time": What happened when Van Halen played a secret show at a tiny New York club

In 2012 Van Halen announced a new album and celebrated in the only way they knew: By throwing a party

Metal Hammer

A guide to harmonica blues in five essential albums

Blues just wouldn’t be the same without the wailing of the harp. Here we celebrate the people who blew the hardest

Louder

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Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme cancels European tour to undergo ‘emergency surgery’

‘Every effort was made to push through and play for you, but it is no longer an option to continue,’ said the band

Louder

“Share the joy, share the anger, bring strobes and earplugs.” Benefits announce lengthy UK tour plus European shows

Just because Labour is in power, doesn't mean Britain is suddenly 'Great' again, Kingsley Hall warns

Guitar World

“Eric called and said, ‘Buddy Guy, George Harrison and I are playing tonight. You’re going to come and jam’”: Richie Sambora recalls receiving Eric Clapton’s spontaneous invite to a star-studded jam session

Sambora once asked Slowhand to feature on one of his singles, and it wasn't long before the pair were trading licks at the Roxy with a couple of other blues greats

Guitar World

“Some of the greatest sounds were created on junk!” Joe Bonamassa reveals the secret to getting great tones from affordable gear

Bonamassa is one of the world's highest-profile vintage guitar collectors but here the blues maestro assures us that affordable options from today's market past the taste test

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The Independent UK

Pop-soul band Lake Street Dive wants to spread a little joy around. What's wrong with that?

They call it a “joyful rebellion.”

Metal Hammer

Serj Tankian explains offer for System Of A Down to replace him: “I think it would take something away… but I would be OK with it”

System Of A Down’s frontman recently told Metal Hammer that he gave the band the option to continue without him

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Drake's Concert Performance: Capturing Energy And Excitement On Stage

Drake's captivating stage presence and electrifying concerts are showcased in a recent social media post, highlighting his global superstar status in the m...

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"It's become the best guitar for really every genre, at every point in time, for those that choose to use it": See Julian Lage make the new Fender Player II Tele sound truly world-class

A Tele demo/love letter from one of the very best guitar players around right now

MusicRadar

How to build a beefy mixing chain for your drums and beats

Pop down the big beat boutique with our step-by-step tutorial to create some drum and beats audio artillery

MusicRadar

"The impact and influence of music artists like The Beatles, Oasis and others from the north of England have had on the music industry in decades past is redoubtable" – so why are young northern musicians less supported than the rest of the UK?

A new report highlights a north / south divide emerging

Guitar World

“David Gilmour had been playing the riff. I said, ‘And then what happens?’ And he said, ‘No, that’s it.’ I said, ’Do you mind if I see what happens next?’” Roger Waters reflects on writing Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here – and the meaning behind it

David Gilmour's Wish You Were Here guitar intro served as the catalyst that inspired the beloved Pink Floyd track

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