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“I just was not expecting the look on people’s faces. It was really just vicious – the most shocking, awful things you could hear from people”: The powerful and controversial Tori Amos song that her record company hated – before the club remix hit No.1

And was this song really an attack on Courtney Love?

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“You’ll smile broadly at the ease with which you can land on astonishing results”: Native Instruments Absynth 6 review

The trailblazing soft synth that we’d all but given up hope on has made a glorious comeback, but how does Absynth fit into a changed music production landscape?

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“The band has to get from 10/4 to 4/4 to 7/4 to 4/4 to 10/4. This all happens spontaneously and without prior discussion”: The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir in five songs (and a jam)

Bob Weir was not an obvious candidate for one of the biggest rock stars in the world, but as the most visible steward of the Dead's legacy, that’s what he became

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“I am extremely excited to see my Uncle Norm enter into this new chapter in his life and career”: Joe Bonamassa gives his blessing as Norman Harris sells Norman’s Rare Guitars and says the future of his iconic LA store has been secured

TNAG Global, which owns Carter Vintage Guitars, is the buyer, and under CEO Ben Montague, it promises to preserve the soul and grow the business of one of the world's most-loved guitar stores

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‘Hey guys - how’s everyone doing?’: Korg’s Liano Live! is a portable piano that promises to make livestreaming your performances as easy as smashing that like button

NAMM 2026: Simple 88-note portable keyboard comes with a built-in mixer, mic and one-touch sound effects

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Korg’s new compact audio interface is also a standalone analogue synth filter – and you might be tempted even if you don't need the I/O

NAMM 2026: The microAUDIO 22 and 722 also pack onboard dynamics DSP and come bundled with Korg's new filter plugin

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“Musicians are more than mere producers of sound. They are vital members of our communities, our culture, and our social fabric”: Bandcamp has banned AI music

Any music “wholly” or in “substantial part” AI-generated is not permitted, it says

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“Pro-grade sound in ultra-portable platforms for practice, recording, and performance”: Boss tackles budget rivals head-on with feature-packed entry-level GX series multi-effects pedals for guitar and bass

NAMM 2026: The GX-1 and GX-1B have hi-res displays, assignable footswitches, AIRD tech and the all-new Gear Suite feature for super-easy amp and effects settings

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“Enable new levels of live performance”: AlphaTheta’s RMX-Ignite is a multi-band effects processor and performance sampler designed to bring DJ sets to life

NAMM 2026: RMX-Ignite combines rhythmically-focused effects with a looping sample player

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“Our goal was simple: let’s design a mic that creators would reach for every day”: AKG unveils new C-Series condenser mics inspired by studio classics

NAMM 2026: The entry-level C104, C114 and C151 promise to balance professional performance with user-friendly design, flexibility and sustainability

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“It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him

Tournier's prototype Wolfgang bass was is a dual-humbucker doozie, masterbuilt by Chip Ellis, and it is being road-tested hard. But will EVH Gear ever release it?

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"Like a good valve amp, it responds to your pick attack and guitar volume with proper character": Strymon Fairfax Class A Output Stage Drive pedal

The Californian pedal experts ditch digital in favour of a distinctive voiced all-analogue drive

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Police royalties case reaches London’s High Court – Sting has now paid $800,000 to Summers and Copeland

But that doesn’t include interest, according to drummer’s and guitarist’s lawyers

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“Yeah I want that more than anything in my career right now, of course I do”: Robbie Williams is gunning to break the Beatles' record of 15 UK Number One albums

It’s “the most important thing to me in the world” he says

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The kids are alright?: Over half of under-44-year-olds spend 2 to 3 hours a week consuming AI music

New survey throws up worrying stats

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Has Martin redefined the workhorse acoustic? Legendary Pennsylvanian guitar brand announces blockbuster refresh of its Road Series – adding 20 new Retro and Modern models to its mid-priced lineup

NAMM 2026: The Road Series might be Martin’s mid-priced lineup but these upscale Retro Plus models with their torrefied spruce tops are too fancy to be anyone’s “workhorse”

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Hands-on with the Popumusic PartyStudio: we tried “the world’s first wireless MIDI synthesizer speaker”

Does your Bluetooth speaker have 128 sounds and a rhythm machine built into it? Thought not

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"Music seems to have the power to connect hearts at a deeper level than words ever could": Japan and South Korean leaders cap diplomatic summit with a drum duet

President Lee and PM Takaichi bash out some K Pop anthems

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“I kept a lid on my feelings at school but, when I was 18, dropped out of everything and couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed. I poured all this into the song”: The intricate music theory and lyrical depth of a Tears for Fears classic

A cover of the song would later be a Christmas number one for Gary Jules, but the dense arrangement of the original remains hugely impressive

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PreSonus Studio One Pro is dead, long live Fender Studio Pro: Fender launches “music production ecosystem” with rebranded DAW, interfaces and new controller

Fender makes the leap from guitar-maker to fully-fledged music tech platform with Fender Studio Pro 8, Motion controllers and Quantum HD and AudioBox Go interfaces

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“This one hurts my brother”: Fugees and Wyclef Jean collaborator John Forté has died

Rapper and producer appeared on The Score

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“I’d rather go in and just be Jaco. I improvise all the time. I never play the same thing twice”: The genius of Jaco Pastorius in one of the greatest jazz songs of all time – performed with fusion legends Weather Report

“One take, man! One of the greatest tunes ever”

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“I didn’t need all the extra crap. Just give me a single-P-90 guitar and a Tube Screamer and I’m ready to play the Royal Albert Hall”: Jared James Nichols on why he took the Klon off his pedalboard and what players get wrong about drive pedals

Not everyone is expanding their pedalboards. Nichols explains why he prefers to keep it simple – and to leave the super-rare high-value pedalboard gold at home

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“It was so surreal. Have we done anything that would create such a horrible atmosphere that a fan would take their own lives? Are we responsible for that?”: Rob Halford recalls Judas Priest’s darkest days – on trial after two fans died in a suicide pact

“We couldn’t understand it. It didn’t make sense”

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“As much as a sterling job Arturia has done, there are some unfortunate casualties in the downsizing”: Arturia AstroLab 37 review

The AstroLab line has a new entry in its ranks. Can the baby of the group hold its own, or will it wilt under the seismic pressure of its otherworldly siblings

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