Is this the future of the S-style market? LsL Instruments shares first new model since Fender cease-and-desist – and it could be a sign of things to come
“I was having trouble holding a toothbrush. I couldn’t button my pants. My hands just wouldn’t work… There was no way I could play the guitar”: You can’t keep a Stray Cat down – the triumphant return of Brian Setzer
“Artists who use AI should step to the side and let real artists do their thing. There is too much amateur music being released that clogs the arteries of the music business”: Tony Visconti on why human musicians will never be replaced
“I expected everybody to be like, ‘Who are you to do this?’” Meet the Pink Floyd tribute band celebrating 50 years of Wish You Were Here by writing three new songs for the classic album
“I sang it to Yoko, Phil Spector and a few people and they always winced. I decided to change it… The words were silly anyway”: How John Lennon created one of his greatest post-Beatles songs – with a little help from Yoko
“You have to get used to being the only one onstage, but there’s beauty in solo bass guitar if you’re not afraid to look”: Solo bass pioneer Michael Manring offers his advice to entrants of the first annual Solo Bass Guitar contest
“Every time I played it, I got phone call after phone call. I thought I’d get howls of protest”: How turning a tear-jerking orchestral classic into an unlikely dancefloor hit launched William Orbit’s solo career
Spotify finally get tough on AI slop as platform adds ‘Persona Badge’ to mark out AI-generated ‘artists’
“I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’”: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2
“Oh, it was a nightmare. I was becoming physically sick just thinking of going to the studio each night. I used to love working with the band. By that point, I dreaded it”: The Beatles’ most trusted engineer on their studio tensions
“A worthy successor to one of the most recognisable synths of all time – but unlikely to replicate its predecessor’s iconic status”: Korg MicroKorg 2 review
“I will be restraining you, sir, if you do not stay seated!”: DnB producer Bou samples cabin crew’s altercation with angry passenger then invites flight attendant to his show
“I haven’t really listened to Rush music… I never stumbled into the catalogue”: Anika Nilles on her preparation for Rush’s 50 Something tour
“Everybody used to say how great Clapton was, but I remember saying to Eric, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight minutes!’”: How rock legends Status Quo stole a riff from The Doors and built an entire career out of it
“There are people in my band who are questioning whether they’ll perform it with me. And those people will be fired”: Boy George says he’ll sack any bandmates who refuse to play his ‘pro-Israel’ song We Will Dance Again
