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Mezcal, coffee plantations and Bitchin' Sauce: Six things you need to know about L.A. Edwards

L.A. Edwards are a family affair and successful entrepreneurs, and while music might be their first love, it won’t be their last

Louder

“I use a lot of chords with open strings. The guys in the Heartbreakers used to laugh at me, saying, ‘You’re doing the bagpipes again!’” Mike Campbell on his unorthodox guitar style – and how Tom Petty saved his definitive Breakdown lick

With Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits out now, Campbell reflects on a life in music, from first guitars to success with the Heartbreakers and the Dirty Knobs, and lessons learned along the way

Guitar World

“We were courting Rick Rubin, who told us he’d listened to it with Tom Petty. ‘Wow!’ Tom said. ‘Now that’s something you don’t hear every day’”: Jet on the making of Are You Gonna Be My Girl and how it ended up in an iPod ad

“People talk about the song’s similarity to Lust for Life. It has that rhythm - but so do You Can’t Hurry Love and Town Called Malice”

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‘Tom Petty heard it and said: “Wow!”’ Jet on how they made Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Written in a garden shed, the song that soundtracked Apple’s iPod ad has survived comparisons with Lust for Life – and a shonky performance with nonsense lyrics

The Guardian - UK

Miley Cyrus Faces Copyright Lawsuit: Did 'Flowers' Copy Bruno Mars' Hit?

Miley Cyrus is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Tempo Music Investments. The lawsuit alleges that her hit single, 'Flowers, ' plagiarizes significant parts of Bruno Mars' song, 'When I Was Your Man.'

Latin Times

“If you’re a country music fan, who doesn’t put these guys on their Mount Rushmore to record with?”: Vince Gill, John Osborne and Brent Mason tapped for a new single – and it's an all-star tribute to the Telecaster

Tele-Man brings together some of country music’s finest guitarists for a tribute to the genre's finest electric guitar

Guitar World

“Prince nursed these kinds of slights. There’s spite and aggression in the performance”: Prince’s iconic While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was an “act of revenge” for being left off Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists list

Prince's famous solo from the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was performed a year after Rolling Stone omitted him from its list

Guitar World

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"All the blood rushed into my fist and I decked him. He fell to the ground like a tipped cow": What happened the night Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin

A feud between Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses came to a head at the MTV Awards in 1989, and it still hasn't been resolved

Metal Hammer

Listen to Eddie Vedder team up with members of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers for new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, one of 21 Petty covers on the soundtrack to Bad Monkey

The soundtrack to new Apple TV+ show Bad Monkey features Tom Petty covers recorded by Eddie Vedder, Weezer, The War On Drugs, Larkin Poe and more

Louder

“The strap came loose, the amp was up, the guitar was up, and the neck broke off. Bob turned around like, ‘What are you doing back there?’” Mike Campbell recalls breaking his guitar in front of a live audience – in the middle of a Bob Dylan show

Campbell talks about the unfortunate incident on the legendary Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Bob Dylan's True Confessions Tour that led him to break one of his most beloved guitars

Guitar World

An expanded, deluxe edition of Tom Petty's Long After Dark is on the way

Watch a newly remastered performance video of the Heartbreakers' fan favourite Straight Into Darkness

Louder

Democrats turn their roll call into a dance party with celebrities, state-specific songs and Lil Jon

Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday

The Independent UK

DNC Roll Call Song Choices Showcase Cultural Diversity

DNC roll call featured diverse state-specific songs like 'Sweet Home Alabama' and 'The Next Episode,' celebrating America's cultural richness.

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Celine Dion calls out – and mocks – Trump for using her Titanic song at rally

‘Really, THAT song?’ Canadian singer’s team said on her behalf

The Independent UK

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Guitar World

The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time

As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…

The Guardian - UK

Stevie Nicks review – an emotional evening with rock’s great survivor

With that powerful voice, a hit-strewn back catalogue – plus some terrific between-song banter and a guest appearance by Harry Styles – this show is a moving testament to Nicks’ enduring musical legacy

The Independent UK

Stevie Nicks at BST Hyde Park review: Harry Styles cameo jars in resonant star’s tremendous, throwback-heavy show

The charismatic Nicks is a consummate entertainer, which is why it’s a shame to see her ceding the spotlight to a 30-year-old boyband star

The Independent UK

Harry Styles joins Stevie Nicks in Hyde Park for tributes to Tom Petty and Christine McVie

The pair performed ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’ and ‘Landslide’

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The Guardian - UK

Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks’ 20 best songs – ranked!

As she tours the UK, we rate the Fleetwood Mac singer’s very best solo material

Salon

Mike Campbell: A good song will age well

The Dirty Knobs guitarist teams up with Chris Stapleton, Lucinda Williams & Graham Nash: "It was like Christmas"

Guitar World

“A diabolically overdriven outburst of riffing… there can be no more fitting sendoff to this uncompromising sonic innovator”: May 2024 Guitar World editors’ picks

From acoustic wizards to bedroom pop mainstays, prog-metal masters and fallen heroes – here are our standout guitar tracks from the past 31 days

Guitar World

“Ted Newman Jones builds beautiful guitars. He made some five-strings for Keith. He’s great”: Played by Keith Richards and Billy Gibbons, Newman guitars are some of rock’s greatest secret weapons – and a new model seeks to preserve their legacy

Used by everyone from The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, Newman guitars have a unique place in rock history. And thanks to a new enterprise, they’re making a comeback

Guitar World

“My Blackstar Artist 15 brings such a retro vibe to my single-coil tones… Sometimes it all sounds so good, I forget to start singing!” Meet Morganway, the PRS-loving country-rockers playing John Mayer’s Silver Sky – and an offset called ‘The Badger’

The British Americana country rockers are influenced by everyone from Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty to Haim and The 1975 – and they’re ready to take on the US

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Mike Campbell, Orange Goblin, Battlesnake and more

Eight songs to rock you baby like a wagon wheel

Louder

"We walked into the control room to listen to the first track, and everybody was grinning, like: 'Okay, this will work'": Charlie Starr on music, life, and two decades of Blackberry Smoke

Album number eight Be Right Here is a rebirth for the southern country rock family of Blackberry Smoke as they reflect on almost a quarter of a century of keeping their dream alive

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