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“Music is sacred.” Jack White announces three intimate 'pop up' shows in the UK this coming weekend

Jack White reveals last-minute plans for three British gigs

Louder

What will Kendrick Lamar perform at the Super Bowl half-time show? His setlist and guest star speculation

K Dot has history of bringing out Dr Dre but could Drake diss tracks get another airing?

Evening Standard

Reissued compilation shines light on Decca's heavier psychedelic era

The Psychedelic Scene will be released on vinyl for the very first time in October

Louder

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Bruce Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa, 71, reveals secret blood cancer battle

The guitarist revealed she was diagnosed with the disease in 2018

Evening Standard

The Ocean reveal how they use Logic Pro to control their Quad Cortex guitar tones and even their lighting in a new rig tour

The post-metal band are progressive musically and in their approach to rigs – but there are practical reasons for it too

MusicRadar

Caribou review – small-scale sweaty return showcases potent pivot to pop

Playing mostly new material from upcoming album Honey, this mainstream club fare is given huge personality by Dan Snaith’s croon and yearning songcraft

The Guardian - UK

“Aside from his incredible musicianship over many decades, he was a beautiful soul and a very funny man”: Tributes paid to bass legend Herbie Flowers

Tributes have been paid to bass legend Herbie Flowers

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“It’s amazing to see Adrian Belew and Steve Vai playing together. My temptation is to pick up the camera! I have to remind myself to stick to my job playing bass”: For the King Crimson-channeling Beat tour, Tony Levin is a virtuoso among virtuosos

The bass icon on how he’s being challenged by parts he wrote, changing classic tracks –and when his Funk Fingers will make their next appearance

Guitar World

Will Jennings, Oscar-winning lyricist of My Heart Will Go On, dies aged 80

Songwriter wrote No 1 hits for Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow, as well as iconic ballads such as Up Where We Belong and Tears in Heaven

The Guardian - UK

“I’ve done somewhere close to 30,000 fret jobs. Holding a crowning file for that many hours a day will tear you up if you’re not careful”: How fixing thousands of guitars changed the way Tulsa blues cat Seth Lee Jones plays the thing

Jones is bringing a slice of everyday Tulsa into his Delta blues-inspired sound, and his new album might bring him as much renown as a player as he has a luthier

Guitar World

The “train beat” is a staple of country and blues music – and learning to play over it will hone your hybrid picking and timing

Jim Oblon's debut Guitar World column is all about country-fried rhythm guitar, but it's a lesson for any player who wants to understand pocket and groove

Guitar World

Abba were ‘hurt’ by how Sweden treated them after their Eurovision win, biographer says

Exclusive: Biographer Jan Gradvall details the backlash the pop group received following their 1974 win at the Eurovision Song Contest

The Independent UK

"Along the lines of Bridge Across Forever or Spock's Beard’s V." Neal Morse announces new prog outfit Neal Morse & The Resonance

Neal Morse & The Resonance will release new album No Hill For A Climber in November

Louder

He’s played with Michael Jackson, Elton John and three of the Beatles, and was a world-class soloist while still in his teens – why Toto guitarist Steve Lukather is one of rock’s greatest players

Lukather's style is a case study in rhythmic variation, chromaticism and on-point phrasing that references the familiar but takes you someplace else

Guitar World

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The Guardian - UK

Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and bandmate, reveals blood cancer diagnosis

Singer says ‘touring has become a challenge for me’ in new documentary film, following 2018 diagnosis with multiple myeloma

Guitar World

“A unicorn in the guitar world, and for its price, playability and tones, it is a magical beast to rein in”: Danelectro Doubleneck review

If, “Is it time I brought a doubleneck electric guitar into my life?” is a question you have ever asked yourself, Danelectro answers it in the most emphatic fashion

MusicRadar

"She was the one to say if it was ‘Brat’ or not... She works really really fast, and if we’re bored by something, we’ll just move on": Charli XCX producers Finn Keane and AG Cook on her "relentless" creative process

"We did Speed Drive and Von Dutch in one day. It was quite a chill session too, probably about four hours"

Guitar World

“I couldn’t work with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. I’d end up being beaten to death”: When we locked horns with Lemmy to talk Motörhead, Marshalls and why he wouldn’t fit in with one of his favorite bands

In a world full of rock ’n’ roll poseurs, Motörhead's hard-living bassist, Lemmy Kilmister, was a true original

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The Independent UK

Oasis reclaim No 1 spot with Definitely Maybe after 30 years

Chart success comes after brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher announced a reunion tour for 2025

The Independent UK

Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and E Street bandmate, reveals blood cancer diagnosis

Scialfa, who has been a member of the rock legend’s E Street Band since 1984, shared the diagnosis in a new documentary

MusicRadar

10 of the greatest Roland TR-909 moments in musical history

In celebration of 909 Day, here are 9 of the drum machine's most memorable appearances in music

Louder

“It was sounding great, then halfway through the loop stops… We turned into a sort of working men’s club band!”: Marillion’s late-career hit single didn’t stop people asking Steve Hogarth about Fish

You’re Gone, from 2004 album Marbles, was their first Top 10 entry since 1987, and the track came about in a non-standard manner for the band

Louder

Herbie Flowers, bassist for Lou Reed, David Bowie and many more, dead at 86

The death of Herbie Flowers, author of the iconic bassline that powered Walk On The Wild Side, has been confirmed by his family

The Guardian - UK

‘I fancied Matt Goss. When Will I Be Famous? was an awakening’: Gok Wan’s honest playlist

The writer and presenter does a mean Elvis impression and secretly loves Guns N’ Roses, but why does Joni Mitchell make him cry?

The Independent UK

Herbie Flowers death: Veteran bassist who played for David Bowie and Lou Reed dies aged 86

His family confirmed his death on Facebook, with tributes pouring in immediately, praising his ’incredible musicianship’

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