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"I’ve written this tune and I’m going to record it tonight and have it pressed, up and out tomorrow": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

"It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

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Taylor Swift Asked One of Harry Styles's Favorite Bands to Handwrite Lyrics as a Birthday Gift for Him When They Were Dating

The Temper Trap said Swift “came to our green room with a piece of paper" during an awards show to ask for the favor

Marie Claire

“The net result of this process is a progression which sounds smoother, calmer and more musical”: The value of adding chord inversions

If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way.

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Trace Cyrus claims his father Billy Ray has threatened him with legal action: ‘You should be ashamed’

Tensions arose between family members after the ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ star’s controversial performance at Trump’s Liberty Ball

The Independent UK

"As a guitarist he has few peers but as a songwriter he's no Roger Waters": David Gilmour soars on beautifully crafted if ultimately unchallenging debut solo album

Released in between Pink Floyd's Animals and The Wall, David Gilmour's self-titled solo album laid the groundwork for future releases

Louder

“A ferociously experimental trip into the outer limits of rock, jazz, soundtrack music, cartoon horror and Zappa-like chaos”: The prog credentials of Mr. Bungle’s Disco Volante

Bizarre instrumentation and avant-garde construction made Mike Patton and co’s second album a curveball of epic proportions

Louder

‘I’d dress as Judy Garland and scare my parents’: Rufus Wainwright’s honest playlist

The singer-songwriter rises to Bruce Springsteen and loves the Eurythmics. But why has he had to rebrand as Wainwright?

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Grammy Awards 2025: who will win, and who deserves to win? Featuring Beyoncé, Charli XCX and Doechii

Beyoncé, Charli XCX and Chappell Roan are all nominated for the night’s biggest prizes – but who will actually take home a golden gramophone trophy on February 1? Jordan Page looks at who will win, vs who actually should

Evening Standard

"You might not know the Bob Dylan songs I'm performing": Watch Timothée Chalamet play his three favourite Dylan songs on SNL

Timothée Chalamet has been widely praised and Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of the young Bob Dylan

Louder

Breaking up the band: why solo artists have come to dominate the music charts

Predictions for this year’s Hottest 100 countdown revealed an interesting trend that has come to dominate popular music over the past decade: the prevalence of solo artists over bands.

The Conversation

“Delivering screaming leads to funky rhythms, and everything in between”: Guitarist and YouTuber Maxxxwell Carlisle teams up with Harley Benton for a budget-friendly, versatile signature model – the Guitar MAX Fusion

The model comes shortly after Carlisle debunked rumors about his signature guitar, clarifying that it is Made in Indonesia and bolstering the reputation of the Thomann-owned Harley Benton brand

Guitar World

Nick Cave says the death of his sons made him realise art is not ‘everything’

Australian artist said he has, at times, felt ‘repelled’ by work since the deaths of two of his children

The Independent UK

Stock Aitken Waterman reveal desperate lengths fans went to meet idols like Kylie and Jason Donovan

EXCLUSIVE The police would even make cups of tea for some die-hard autograph hunters

Evening Standard

“Steve Hackett asked, ‘Do you want paid or shall I record for your next album?’ I said, ‘I’ll forget the money in two weeks – your solo will be there forever”: Orphaned Land updated Plato to make a point about revolution

Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“

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Sinead O’Connor leaves £1.7m to her children with advice to 'milk' her music for all it’s worth

The Irish singer, who passed away aged 56 in London in July 2023, had three surviving children

Latin Times

The Powerful Reason Shakira Left Miami and Moved to Mexico

The Colombian singer rang in the new year with big changes ahead of her highly-anticipated world tour.

MusicRadar

A new take on Take On Me: 40 years on, an engineer creates his own mix of one of the biggest hits of the '80s and reveals its hidden audio treasures

Watch Daniel Duskin going to work on his SSL desk

MusicRadar

“If I’d said no to $80m, somebody would have committed me to a hospital – like, he needs psychiatric treatment!”: The rock superstar who made more money from his tequila business than he did selling millions of records!

And he gave most of it away!

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It was darker than other bands but. It really got me to let go of the old and embrace the new”: The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal

The alt-metal classic that came out of nowhere and changed everything

Louder

“I was dead against it… I have to say I was sulking for no reason”: the Depeche Mode classic that Martin Gore was opposed to, despite the fact he wrote it

Had he not seen the light, we would’ve been deprived of one of the synth-rock titans’ all-time great songs

Metal Hammer

“We didn’t want to do a cheap cash-in, a quick reunion album. We took our damn time”: How extreme metal legends Celtic Frost returned from the dead with the Monotheist album

The story of the second coming of Celtic Frost

The Independent UK

Scottish singer Jacob Alon: ‘A cardiologist wanted to make an example out of me. I wish I’d slapped his face!’

NEW SENSATIONS: The Fife-born artist has only released two songs but is already drawing comparisons to Jeff Buckley thanks to their extraordinary voice. Poised to release a new single, they speak to Roisin O’Connor about their ill-fated venture into medicine, loneliness in the queer community, and a very specific kind…

Evening Standard

Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

AAP

Kasey Chambers finds heart and soul on the road again

After 25 years at the top of the music industry and with 14 ARIA awards to her name, Kasey Chambers has hit the road in a caravan to get back to her roots.

The Independent UK

The trouble with Billy Ray Cyrus is deeper than his inauguration performance

IN FOCUS: The ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ star was facing difficulties even before his much-maligned appearance at President Trump’s inaugural Liberty Ball, writes Kevin E G Perry

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