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Albums this week: Joan Armatrading returns to familiar ground, while Kim Deal and Michael Kiwanuka try something new

The Breeders frontwoman brings her trademark attention to detail to a superb debut solo album full of surprises

The Independent UK

Post your questions for Joan Armatrading

As she releases new album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, the veteran singer-songwriter will take on your questions

The Guardian - UK

At war with their producer. At war with their label. At war with each other: The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opetrh, George Murray, Queen, Vion Hdertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

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Joan Armatrading announces 13th studio album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean

Joan Armatrading will release her new LP 'How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean' - her 13th studio album - on November 22.

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Joan Armatrading announces new studio album, releases single inspired by encounter with confrontational young person

Joan Armatrading's twenty-first studio album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean will arrive later this year

Louder

“I’m still predominantly a Teleplayer, but I felt like my guitar playing had got a bit stale. I switched to a Les Paul for a year and I think it did the trick”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on rewiring her playing and conquering ADHD in the studio

New album Heavy Soul finds JST pushing her vocals to new limits and pushing tube amps beyond their limits, and it cements her rep as one of the great blues players of our time

Guitar World

“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

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“It brings you to tears”: Listen to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson plus Jeff Beck's last-ever recording on stunning new version of Mark Knopfler's Going Home, raising funds for US and UK cancer charities

Hear some of the world's most iconic guitarists play together on one of rock's great instrumentals, re-recorded for charity, and available to purchase now

Louder

We asked top British hi-fi engineers for their favourite test tracks – this is what they said

We asked top British hi-fi engineers for their favourite test tracks – this is what they said.

What Hi-Fi?

"I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches, really" – Mark Knopfler announces all-star charity band with over 60 members with Gilmour, Ringo, Jeff Beck, Sting, Clapton and Brian May all onboard

They've recorded a new version of Knopfler's Going Home: Theme From Local Hero

MusicRadar

“Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single

Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes raise funds for teenage cancer charities with an epic version of his Local Hero theme, featuring Jeff Beck’s final recording, and over 50 guitar legends – including David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Brian May

Guitar World

Joan Armatrading world premiere review – how did a brilliant pop melodist produce such a baffling mess?

Armatrading’s first symphony, premiered by Chineke! conducted by Andrew Grams, was underdeveloped and dull. Neither composer nor ensemble come out well from this

The Guardian - UK

Inspirational Black British women you should know about

The Black British women who have helped shape history

Evening Standard

Linda Lewis obituary

Singer, songwriter and superb backing vocalist who worked with David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Joan Armatrading

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

‘What a voice!’ – Cat Stevens pays tribute after death of Linda Lewis at 72

Tributes also came from Tracey Thorn from Everything But The Girl and radio DJ Gilles Peterson.

Daily Mirror

Joan Armatrading pens first symphony as she eyes career move into classical music

The 72-year-old’s used to playing stadiums with the likes of Queen and Eric Clapton, but she’s now looking forward to the world premiere of 'Symphony Number One'

The Independent UK

Joan Armatrading’s first classical symphony to be performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall

‘Symphony No 1’ will be performed by the Chineke! Orchestra

Newcastle Herald

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

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The Guardian - UK

Joan Armatrading: ‘Nelson Mandela gave great hugs’

The singer on arriving in the UK alone aged 7, her first £3 guitar, and meeting the anti-apartheid activist

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the real story behind Jimi Hendrix’s critically panned flop

Chuck Wein’s documentary revisits Hendrix’s doomed concerts in Maui. Plus: Stormzy and Kate Hudson join Wossy. Here’s what to watch this evening

Daily Mirror

Stormzy quizzes Hollywood's Kate Hudson on her most 'awkward' movie sex scenes

Rap superstar Stormzy has the pleasure of sitting alongside Hollywood icon Kate Hudson on this week's Jonathan Ross Show where he asks her all about filming sex scenes

The Independent UK

Joan Armatrading says the Queen and King Charles have ‘very similar traits’

The singer-songwriter has worked with the new monarch’s charity The Prince’s Trust for four decades

The Guardian - UK

‘I popped the question. Of course she said yes – she was as wasted as I was’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget

Billy Bragg, Joan Armatrading, Tim Jonze and Leonie Cooper reflect on their most magical days at Worthy Farm

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