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Music = Science and Einstein + Jazz = Genius: Stuck in a musical rut? Why not give the ‘Coltrane Circle’ a spin?

Jazz legend John Coltrane penned his famous circle in 1967 and musicians have been pondering it ever since

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“I'm as obsessed with Mary Poppins as I am with Radiohead”: Coldplay’s Chris Martin on his approach to songwriting, conversations with Paul Simon and being inspired by Chappell Roan

“Songs pop up everywhere. They wake you up, songs”

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“Proof you can fit guitar solos into perfect two-minute pop songs”: Towa Bird stars in the top five guitar albums of 2025

If you’re looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for the guitar player in your life, help is at hand!

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“They unite Lennon and McCartney, Michael Jackson and even the classic work Mars by Gustav Holst”: Exploring the joy of diminished chords

"They unite Lennon and McCartney, Michael Jackson and even the classic work Mars by Gustav Holst"

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New book Dust & Grooves Vol.2 tells the tall tale of the scam records that could make collectors a fortune

Some of today’s most in-demand rare records actually weren’t meant to be bought at all…

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Festivals are down… but gigs are through the roof as new figures show just how important live performance has become

With streams earning artists pennies, music’s cash increasingly comes from big tours with no shortage of fans willing to pay big money

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"It's fantastic, playing with my old mate": Ringo Starr joins Paul McCartney for emotional Got Back tour finale in London

The surviving Beatles reunited at the O2 Arena to mark the end of Paul's mammoth world tour

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“Why am I using this digital monstrosity when it flies in the face of all my principles that I have acquired over decades?”: Guthrie Govan makes the case for the all-digital guitar rig – it’s all about the F-word

The Aristocrats virtuoso in residence demonstrated exactly why the Axe-Fx unit and Laney FRFR has weened him off tube amps

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“This is a bass that I fell in love with at a pawnshop and used to play the first Rage record”: Ernie Ball Music Man and Tim Commerford team up for a pair of limited run signature StingRay basses

Commerford's latest EBMM signature collab features a pair of doozies, one active, one passive, both with adjustable thumb ramps, ash bodies and roasted maple necks

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“It’s better in every way. The second version took what the first could do and made it five times as useful”: Waleed on Digitakt II, Ableton Live and overcoming creative block

Waleed's 2021 debut was championed by the likes of Four Tet and Ben UFO. After wrestling with the pressure of a follow-up, he's rediscovered the joy of music-making and released an EP that's one of this year's best

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“I was running after some idea of happiness that wasn’t my own”: New documentary sheds light on the life and passing of EDM superstar Avicii

Netflix documentary Avicii – I’m Tim features unseen footage and his own narration to tell the story of his rise, retirement and untimely death at just 28

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Chappell Roan x Billie Eilish x Wham!: Why two of the biggest songs of 2024 ended up being mashed-up with a Christmas classic

It’s a (D) major coincidence

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“Jon had the laser-focus about becoming a rock star at age 19... he knew how to negotiate the business”: Session ace Tim Pierce on his blazing solo on Bon Jovi’s Runaway – and the hunger that propelled Jon Bon Jovi to superstardom

Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top

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“Packed with musical features to keep you jamming without missing a beat!”: Electro-Harmonix’s Pico 360+ is tiny $137 looper with 360 seconds of recording time and unlimited overdubs

A pedalboard space saver that's packed with features, the latest in EHX's Pico Series has 11 memory slots, overdub control and adjustable fade-out

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“We’ve been there once, and once was enough": Massive Attack go on the attack

U2, Adele, Celine Dion, Madonna, The Eagles… If you’re playing a Vegas residency then you haven’t got Massive's memo

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“Because the guy’s got a knife, he’s fairly persuasive!”: How Paul McCartney survived a mugging - and a mutiny - to create his solo masterpiece

The full, amazing story of Band On The Run

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"hbd!!!": Charli XCX makes a surprise live appearance alongside Billie Eilish for Guess: Remix

The unexpected star clash comes as part of Eilish’s in-progress US tour

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“What I uncovered was an elaborate internal program”: Is Spotify creating fake artists to flood its editorial playlists?

An investigation in a new book sheds light on the alarming rise of dubious real 'artists' peppering Spotify's editorial playlists

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“Michael and Quincy tried to steal it”: Drummer John ‘JR’ Robinson on the Chaka Khan hit that could have ended up on Thriller

“Ironically, I would have been on that version anyway, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as hip,” he says

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Spotify says streams of drum 'n' bass are up 94% over the last three years

The streaming service has released a mini-documentary, DnB: In for Life, that explores the history of the genre and its impact on the wider music scene

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"Tony Banks got wind of it. From then on, we knew that Pete could leave at any time, but we had a 150-show tour to do": Phil Collins opens up in epic new career retrospective documentary

Phil Collins: Drummer First reveals the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…

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“Everybody clap your hands and boogie!”: Watch the young Ozzy Osbourne raising hell in newly unearthed Black Sabbath live footage from 1976

30 minutes of head-banging action to enjoy

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“If you do nothing else today, go into your 'working' folder, open that old track and just hit Export”: Want to get those unfinished projects finally finished? Let us help

Completing a track in your DAW can be a surprisingly difficult task, but in this feature we'll guide you through the final stages

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"Plugging in, you’re met with a rich, lush-sounding overdrive. Being completely honest, I was pleasantly surprised": Zoom MS-200D+ Multistomp review

How many overdrives are too many, or is there even such a thing?

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"The main thing holding people back is that they don't believe their music's good enough, when most of the time it is": Ambient grime producer Mr. Mitch on his new album, the challenges of being a producer, and the secret to finishing more music

Miles Mitchell, aka Mr. Mitch and DJ Cuddles, on the creation of his new LP, The Lost Boy

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