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‘Inadequate’: NSW police criticised for not getting out of cars after triple zero call reported woman being bashed

Independent watchdog clears officers of serious misconduct but finds they ‘did not meet minimum standards’ on night Lindy Lucena was killed in Ballina

The Guardian - AU

From Nirvana to Tracy Chapman: A fan's recordings of over 10,000 concerts are being preserved online

A music fan from Chicago taped thousands of concerts over four decades. These recordings are now being uploaded to an online archive that can be freely accessed.

Euronews

“I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!”Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer

The first-call guitarist explains why he loved working with Lucinda Williams but had to leave, how he got the gig back, his chemistry with Marc Ford, and faking it on pedal steel until Mayer helped him make it

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“He goes, ‘The audition is in Nashville tomorrow. Here’s 45 songs you’ve got to know by then’”: Her manager didn’t like him. But Doug Pettibone grinded to land his dream gig with Lucinda Williams

Pettibone cut his teeth playing with Jewel and Tracy Chapman – but when he heard Williams was looking for a new guitarist, he knew he had to get the spot

Guitar World

Six great reads – best of 2025: a deep-cover KGB agent, Zadie Smith on Tracy Chapman, and the boy who came back

Need something brilliant to read over the holidays? Here are six of our best pieces from 2025. Look out for part two next Saturday

The Guardian - UK

“Ironically, the quest for a natural sound increasingly meant filling a guitar with wires, batteries and circuit boards”: The challenge of amplifying our acoustics has been one of guitar’s great challenges over the decades – are we nearly there yet?

We’ve come a long way from the “plastic piezo ping” – acoustic players today have more options on how to present their sound onstage just as nature intended

Guitar World

“Jim Carrey stormed the stage mid-song to air guitar his right leg like a maniac”: From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history

Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar

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Alex Kingston tops Strictly leaderboard with a 10 and a kiss from Shirley Ballas

The 62-year-old performed the rumba to Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car with partner Johannes Radebe.

Evening Standard

Kathleen Folbigg’s memoir, an ode to condiments and ‘a work of art’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

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The Inpol Remix MkII needs pampering, but do that and it is capable of a spellbinding performance.

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Minns says Folbigg ‘free’ to sue his government if $2m not enough for 20 years in jail for wrongful convictions

New South Wales premier facing bipartisan condemnation and possible inquiry into what has been described as an ‘insulting’ compensation payout

The Guardian - AU

Lawyer condemns $1.3 million compensation for Australian woman wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years

The New South Wales government has decided to pay $1.3 million in compensation to Kathleen Folbigg, who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her four children

The Independent UK

Chinese girl fatally stabbed, fellow pupil in custody

A 13-year-old Chinese girl is being held by police investigating the stabbing death of her 14-year-old fellow student and Chinese national at their host's home.

AAP

"I would give my left arse cheek to be on a soundtrack for a movie like Resident Evil": Bury Tomorrow's Dani Winter-Bates picks the 10 songs that changed his life

From Slipknot and Through The Eyes Of The Dead to AFI and Tracy Chapman, these records made Bury Tomorrow vocalist Dani Winter-Bates who he is

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The Independent UK

Albums from Miles Davis, Mary J. Blige, Elton John and 'Minecraft' enter National Recording Registry

Albums from Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Mary J

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s crash course: inside the 11 April edition

America’s tariff war on the world. Plus: The big, unsellable art of Jeremy Deller

International Business Times

Tracy Chapman Explains Why She Avoids Streaming: "Buy a CD, Support Artists"

Tracy Chapman explains why she avoids streaming music and supports artists by buying physical copies like CDs and vinyl.

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Tracy Chapman reveals why she refuses to stream music in the digital age

In a rare interview, Tracy Chapman has revealed why she refuses to stream music in the digital age.

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The world is full of fascinating tidbits just waiting to be discovered, and it's never too late to learn something new.

The Guardian - UK

Talkin’ ’bout seeing Tracy Chapman live

Letters: David Morgan remembers the singer-songwriter as the opening act at a John Martyn concert, and Trevor Brewster reminds us of her presence at the start ofan Amnesty International tour

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“The Who, Van Halen – the whole thing where there’s a separate singer from the lead guitar player. That started with Hubert Sumlin and Howlin’ Wolf”: Vernon Reid on the 7 riffs that inspired him, from Hendrix to Chic, Cream, and more

The Living Colour guitarist reveals the seven riffs that stopped him in his tracks – and hints at how Jimi Hendrix might have inspired Cult of Personality

The Independent UK

Luke Combs says he wanted to ‘crawl into a hole’ after Tracy Chapman discovered ‘Fast Car’ mistake

Combs first released his cover of Chapman’s hit song in 2023

MusicRadar

“That was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly. Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole”: Luke Combs on being told by Tracy Chapman that he’d made a mistake in his cover of Fast Car

“I think about it every single time that I sing the song, and I will think about it every single time I sing this song for the rest of my whole life”

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Luke Combs mortified after Tracy Chapman spotted Fast Car lyric error

Luke Combs was mortified when he was informed he'd got a lyric wrong in 'Fast Car' by the song's original singer Tracy Chapman.

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