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Soundgarden’s surviving members reunite for charity set – with the help of Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan

Operating under the ‘Nudedragons’ name for the first time in 14 years, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd performed six songs for the 2024 SMooCH benefit concert

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“Well, yesterday was nuts”: Metallica pull out all the stops for All Within My Hands charity gig – bringing out oddball Danelectros, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and rareties

With the help of some special guests, Metallica played deep cuts, new covers, and a very interesting reimagining of one of their recent releases all in the name of charity

Guitar World

How to watch Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry 2024 online — TV channel, live streams, special guests

With Sheryl Crow, Kelsea Ballerini and Kate Hudson amongst the special guests, here's how to watch Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry 2024 online and from anywhere.

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Rock pioneer Brenda Lee shines in new documentary. 'I just wanted to sing'

Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock ‘n’ roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee

The Independent UK

“Major labels are scared – and they should be”: Kate Nash calls for government action to investigate how majors have grown rich at the expense of ordinary musicians

She says the UK grassroots scene is “almost at collapse”

MusicRadar

Christmas song lampooning Labour’s winter fuel cuts hits UK number one

A PARODY song lampooning Keir Starmer’s Labour Government for its cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment has hit number one in the UK charts ...

The National (Scotland)

The 10 best folk albums of 2024

Traditional songs in dub, Irish keening with touches of Yoko Ono and shape-note hymns with sound-processing were among the year’s records renewing an ever elusive genre

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System Of A Down announce first full tour since 2018

The nu-metal-but-not-really favourites will trek across South America in May

Metal Hammer

“I think people are surprised that song was completely made in the box”: Producer Dan Nigro on the Olivia Rodrigo song that has just “one instrument that was recorded live”, and why bands are losing out to solo artists

"People are just less inclined in general to get together to make music, cause you don’t have to," he argues

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Vote for the best metal album of 2024

Whether you've loved Judas Priest or Linkin Park, Poppy or Kerry King, we want to know what albums have excited you most in 2024

Metal Hammer

‘That’s the Christmas No 1!’ How East 17 made festive favourite Stay Another Day

Brian Harvey said, ‘I’m not singing this shit!’ – and threw his headphones on the floor. It took two days to get the performance out of him

The Guardian - UK

London Contemporary Music festival review – anarchic and provocative, sublime and ridiculous

Cutting-edge composers and sound artists converge for a festival packed with curious works, from scatological panto scores to futurist noise opera, on the theme of tricksters

The Guardian - UK

“There’s absolutely no-one like him. I will cherish this for the rest of my life”: Isaiah Sharkey names his favorite guitar player of all time – and reveals he’s bought one of his most iconic guitars

The revered session player has paid tribute to his favorite guitar player of all time, having recently purchased one of his personal Gibson Johnny Smith models

Guitar World

Kane Brown 'gave everything' on his new album, 'The High Road.' The journey home meant experimenting

Kane Brown's fourth studio album, “The High Road,” is his favorite to date, the country superstar tells The Associated Press in an exclusive interview

The Independent UK

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“Mastodon have this tuning where the sixth string drops to B. Our singer would say, ‘No, I want it lower.’ As soon as I picked up a 7-string I wished I’d done it sooner”: Meet Obeyer, the chorus-soaked UK metallers hand-picked by Periphery

The British band hinges off rhythmic riffs, propulsive breakdowns, and lots of chorus – an effect guitarist Jamie Steadman wanted to bring back into fashion

Metal Hammer

“In our heavy metal world, he’s almost as important as Elvis Presley”: Blaze Bayley remembers fellow Iron Maiden alumnus Paul Di’Anno

Iron Maiden’s 90s singer pays tribute to his fallen predecessor, who died in October at the age of 66

Metal Hammer

"The most successful symphonic metal band in the world." Every Nightwish album ranked from worst to best

The biggest symphonic metal band of them all have had a glittering career so far. Here is every Nightwish studio full-length ranked

Guitar World

“I don’t think James would rip anything off from me, but the first time I heard that song, I was like, ‘That’s awfully close’”: Billy Corgan reckons this Metallica track sounds suspiciously similar to a Smashing Pumpkins deep cut

Corgan says Hetfield has “written some of the greatest, most amazing riffs” of all time, but one cut from 1997 sounds awfully familiar...

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“He says, ‘Hey Mike, come over about 1:30.’ And I thought, ‘Well, that’s going to work for me, a little lunch.’ Eddie says: ‘a.m.’”: Mike Rutherford reveals his secret studio sessions with Eddie Van Halen – and sheds light on their unreleased songs

Van Halen had just come across Rutherford's second solo album when he called the Genesis co-founder to collaborate

MusicRadar

“I had to find ways of doing this - and counting bars is like climbing Everest”: Larry Mullen Jr talks about his long battle with dyscalculia

Drummer has often had ‘pained’ expression on his face as a result

Louder

Pallas announce one more album (at least) but it's the end of the road as far as gigs go

Scottish neo proggers Pallas announce intention to record more but it's all over for the live shows

Louder

“We did it!” Anti-Britpop icons Pulp sign first record deal in 20 years

Jarvis Cocker’s pop-rock stars haven’t released a studio album since 2001, but have started debuting new songs live

Guitar World

“You’ll find it in many old blues tunes through the later recordings of Eric Clapton”: If you play blues, country, jazz, folk or rock, you need to learn how to solo over this chord progression

Paul Simon guitarist Jim Oblon shows you how to tailor your leads to the classic I-VI-II-V progression – a jam night staple that’s a lot of fun, too

Guitar World

“I was 15 when we met – I was recording demos for my first record, and he was working with his brother, Jimmie Vaughan”: Eric Gales on the riffs that changed his life – and meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan as a teenager

There are no prizes for guessing Hendrix and SRV are on the southpaw blues-rock phenom's Mt. Rushmore of riffs, but he’s got a “Cult” spooky pick, too…

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“There is a certain sound you can only get from pushing the air, by turning the amps up, running those tubes super hot”: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on what it takes to cover Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to a cookin’ overdrive

Shepherd's tone on Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2 is smoking hot, reference quality blues-rock, but like any master chef, it's all about the ingredients and how you use them

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