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“And then, out of nowhere, this crazy boy just started singing this song”: How Elvis Presley spontaneously altered the course of music history

After just one impromptu performance, the benchmark for Presley’s whole career was set - and the ears of a generation were listening

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“The Beatles and Ramones played 30 minute sets, and if I could, I would do the same”: Jack White bemoans fans feeling their ticket ‘entitles’ them to a mammoth setlist

“It's not a marvel movie, or a Vegas residency”: The White Stripes icon wants a return to low key rock and punk gigs

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It might not have won her a Grammy, but Billie Eilish’s Birds of a Feather is the Record of the Year nominee that most guitarists and pianists want to play

And Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die with a Smile is the Song of the Year nominee that most musicians want to learn

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“It dawned on me, ‘Wow! I think that we’re learning how to do this just how Bob learned how to play’”: How Timothée Chalamet went from a complete guitar novice to become Bob Dylan onscreen

Chalamet's guitar teacher Larry Saltzman reveals how the pursuit of authenticity and a $200 Yamaha acoustic helped the star nail his Oscar-nominated performance in A Complete Unknown

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“I thought it was too pop. I rebelled against it”: How Ozzy Osbourne learned to love a song that was written and recorded in one hour and ended up becoming Black Sabbath’s biggest hit

And how Sabbath made the most influential heavy metal album of all time

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“I don't really mind if people mishear lyrics or misunderstand what the story is, I think you have to let go of that when you send it out in the world”: Are all interpretations of songs correct? Kate Bush certainly thinks so

It’s easy to get precious about the true meaning of our creative endeavours, but how much authority do songwriters really have to own the definitive reading of their work?

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“I loved that he showed up with a $200 guitar… It’s humble”: Timothée Chalamet learned to play guitar for his Oscar-nominated role in Bob Dylan biopic on a beginner Yamaha acoustic

Gibson supplied the period-correct acoustics for the movie but as Chalamet's guitar coach Larry Saltzman reveals, the star of A Complete Unknown bought himself a proper beginner's guitar

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Full Bucket Music takes on another rare vintage synth with Paralogy, its free plugin emulation of the Crumar Trilogy and Stratus

The generous German developer adds to its bucketload of free synth plugins with a recreation of two quirky Italian instruments from the '80s

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“Can you imagine sharing the stage with your 14-year-old self?”: Donny Osmond uses “mind-blowing AI and CGI technology” to duet with… himself

"I’m going to be talking and singing with Donny Osmond. You know - the one from 1972”

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“Sometimes I can do the big drum fill in the intro to The Trooper. But even then it's a bit flaky, it’s not clean”: Iron Maiden legend Nicko McBrain’s “difficult decision” to retire from touring

“I get good days and bad days,” he says

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“The first time I heard a Buchla synthesizer, something clicked. It felt like a fantasy”: Maria Teriaeva on the Buchla 200e, olfactory album art and vocoded breakup songs

Danny Turner chats to Maria Teriaeva about the formidable modular synth that's the core sound behind her latest LP, Sayan - Savoie

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“The Netflix documentary will not be released”: Prince’s estate claims a “big win for his legacy” as it confirms that the completed but controversial 9-hour documentary about him won’t be broadcast

Instead, we’ll be getting an ‘official’ film that will “make the music the priority”

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“It’s just about being alive. It’s about the voice carrying much more information than words do”: The power and intensity in Jeff Buckley’s greatest song

A haunting and deeply personal ballad

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“Any other musical discussion that has taken place has been kind of anti-Brat": Charli XCX producers reveal a possible about-face in the direction of the multi-Grammy winner

Post-Brat, anti-Brat, Brat-sat-on-the mat… Whatever Charli's new image and direction is, it ain't going to be Brat, ok?

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Discover new rhythms, patterns and sound palettes with UVI’s multi-faceted Mosaiq

The latest instrument from the sample specialists is a sonic soundbox with a surprising amount of depth behind its easy-to-use UI

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“We were making a new hybrid music, we were something different”: How futurepop brought the sound of tomorrow to the dawn of a new century

Balancing the euphoria of synth-pop with the harder edges of EBM, futurepop was the sound of a distinct moment - yet its sonic footprint withstood the test of time

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"Is this a watershed moment for acoustic-electric guitar?": LR Baggs AEG-1 guitar review

Lloyd Baggs has come full circle back to guitar design as a bespoke platform for his latest pickup system – the result could change expectations for stage acoustics

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“This thing is your one-way ticket to funky town”: Behringer’s long-awaited Mu-Tron III clone arrives and promises a rabbit-hole of retro-funk tones for just $69

Behringer broke cover with the B-Tron III a couple of years back but it's now officially here, and is another budget friendly reimagining of a classic stompbox

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“There was a forty-foot cliff and I’d dived off it into the ocean. Apparently I’d said it was a good day to fly!”: The day that Ozzy Osbourne could have killed himself

And he didn’t remember a thing about it!

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“I love it when people change my songs and make them their own. He flipped the lyrics round to sing ‘I saw the whole of the moon’”: Mike Scott says he enjoyed Prince’s cover of The Waterboys’ biggest hit, but did he really write it about him?

A previous interview gives us the answer

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“AI is about as close to reality as you can ever imagine”: Gene Simmons discusses the prospect of a virtual KISS and says the “future of entertainment is here”

Appearing on Billy Corgan’s new podcast, Simmons says people will be “blown away” by the AI experience and envisages a future in which live and AI performances exist side by side

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"Have you ever been playing something awesome and thought 'I should have recorded that?' Now, you did!": Jamcorder automatically records everything you play on piano - so you'll never lose a spontaneous jam again

Billed as "the world's first automatic piano recorder", Jamcorder constantly records MIDI from your piano to be played back on its mobile app

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"Music genres have undergone a noticeable simplification": Study concludes that modern music is not complex enough - and it's all your fault

New scientific research confirms what we all knew: that music was much better 'back in the day'

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"A staggering number of ideas to experiment with" : a new set of chance composing cards could be the 2025 update to Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies

Pick a card, any card, create a tune, any tune…

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“Dude, I'm just trying to make the song as best as it can be! You’re so impatient!": Studio footage shows producer Andrew Watt berating Elton John during the recording of his new album Who Believes In Angels?, a collaboration with Brandi Carlile

The record also features lyricist Bernie Taupin and former Red Hot Chili Peppers colleagues Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer

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