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"I said, 'I wish Sting was here', and they said 'he is, he’s here on holiday!'": Mark Knopfler, George Martin and more on 10 years, 70 albums, massive hit singles, a hurricane and a volcano – the incredible story of AIR Studios Montserrat

The Police, Dire Straits, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Duran Duran are just a few of the AAA names who enjoyed the most idyllic of recording studios, but it didn't end well for this particular AIR

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Cher ‘finds her voice again’ with release of ‘Christmas’ album

On “Christmas,” Cher enlists an all-star list of collaborators, including Cyndi LauperStevie Wonder, Darlene Love, Michael Bublé and Tyga.

Chicago Sun-Times

There isn't much Cher hasn't done in her career. A Christmas album is new territory, though

There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career

The Independent UK

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Rolling Stones release new album 'Hackney Diamonds' to rave reviews

The Rolling Stones have finally released "Hackney Diamonds", their first album of original songs since 2005. Comprising 12 tracks, the album is already getting rave reviews and features a number of noteworthy collaborations: Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Stevie Wonder. The British rock legends gave a concert in…

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Music Review: The Rolling Stones show time’s (still) on their side with crackling ‘Hackney Diamonds’

Those exultant sounds you hear on “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” the penultimate track on the Rolling Stones’ terrific new album “Hackney Diamonds,” are Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga trying to one-up each other vocally

The Independent UK

‘I’m honoring these people’: Spike Lee on ‘filling’ the Brooklyn Museum with his creative sources

A new exhibit highlights the icons who have shaped the New York film-maker’s unique style

The Guardian - US

The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds album review – this is rock ‘n’ roll done right

This excellent set of songs has a certain down and dirty rage that feels perfect right now

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Katherine Anderson obituary

Singer with the Marvelettes, whose single Please Mr Postman was Motown Records’ first No 1

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R&B legend Usher gets candid ahead of the Super Bowl: ‘Crying isn’t an option if you’re Black’

Ahead of his performance at the Super Bowl half-time show this weekend, the musician talks about the power of vulnerability, independence, and how America still mistreats Black people

Evening Standard

Still erasing Black & female rockers

Rolling Stone founder's dismissal of artists worthy of rockstar status is a sad echo from a backwards past

Salon

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner apologises after claiming Black and female artists aren’t ‘articulate’ enough for his book

Wenner’s interview collection ‘The Masters’ features conversations with white, male musicians such as John Lennon and Bono

The Independent UK

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner under fire for comments on female, Black rockers

The notable music journalist has been removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, the organization announced.

WEKU

Rolling Stone founder ousted from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame over ‘racist’ comments

Jann Wenner has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians

The Independent UK

TV tonight: it’s the definitive George Michael documentary

Celebrity fans from Stephen Fry to Stevie Wonder remember the beloved pop star. Plus, families fight over inheritances. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Jann Wenner ousted from Rock Hall of Fame board after comments on Black, women musicians

Rolling Stone founder says new book covers only white males because others ‘just didn’t articulate at that level.’

The Independent UK

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

Jann Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians

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Rolling Stones unveil new album Hackney Diamonds, first in 18 years

Jagger, Richards and Wood revealed the details of their first album of original music in 18 years in London.

Guitar World

“We all loved Larry Carlton’s guitar, it was just magic… We were all looking for guitars with chunky necks, to try and get the sustain that he had”: Session legend Dean Parks reveals the secrets of his most iconic Steely Dan and Eric Clapton guitar parts

You can hear Parks on Josie, Haitian Divorce, Change the World, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number and innumerable other songs – here, the guitarist unpacks the gear and recording sessions that forged them

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“He likes first takes is what I learned from Stevie Wonder”: Watch session legend Dean Parks talk Innervisions, Steely Dan and Larry Carlton’s “magic” ES-335

The definition of guitar greatness is tracking live with Stevie Wonder and being asked mid-take to play a guitar solo on a fat-necked acoustic

Guitar World

“It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons

20 years on, Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back at Opeth’s evolution from death metal heavyweights to prog mainstays on landmark 2003 album Damnation

The Guardian - UK

‘If Stevie Wonder wants to play it, pay attention!’: how a bizarre new instrument found unusual success

A metre-long cross between a piano and electric guitar, the harpejji is earning famous fans and millions in revenue. But can ‘chaos bells’ or an abacus-powered synth do the same?

Guitar World

For decades no-one even knew his name. This month, James Jamerson will have a street named after him

How James Jamerson became a bass guitar hero: with tributes from Jack Bruce, Suzi Quatro and Paul McCartney

The Independent UK

‘His head swelled up to about five times normal size’: The horrific car crash that almost killed Stevie Wonder, 50 years on

Days after releasing ‘Innervisions’, Stevie Wonder narrowly escaped death. On the 50th anniversary of the car crash that nearly took the musician’s life, Martin Chilton chronicles that fateful day – and the road to recovery

Louder

“Everyone thought the maestro was totally off his rocker”: when Stevie Wonder invoked flower power for his own Dark Side Of The Moon

1979’s Krautrock-tinged Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants was a surprise follow-up to soul epic Songs In The Key Of Life

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"I see things on the horizon that are very troubling": Vernon Reid on the future of generative AI for vocals and guitar

"It's not just about a single technology, it's about a compendium of technologies," warns the Living Colour guitarist

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