“Since 1997, the complaint about pitch correction has been the same: it takes the singer out of the singing. That’s the problem DVA was built to solve”: Antares launches AutoTune Advanced with new DVA™ vibrato engine
“You don’t need anything else at all. I’ve done recordings and you go ‘That’s a Strat’ or ‘That’s a Les Paul’ – no, it’s all here”: Jackson and Phil Collen launch a Mexican-made take on his unique Super Strat
“I cut a hole in it and used a ruler as a neck and rubber bands as strings. I’d imitate Jimi Hendrix”: Micki Free on the time he made a guitar out of a detergent box and the advice Billy Gibbons gave him
“Anyone who picks up a guitar and starts playing at a party, I think, ‘You’re embarrassing’”: Josh Homme has had his fill of cringe-worth party players – including, er… Harry Dean Stanton
“The first thing Ella said to me was, ‘You called it. You knew it was going to be a hit’”: How a Nashville session legend and a story about a pet kangaroo helped Ella Langley to create her record-breaking number one hit
“I got back into classic jazz… exploring all those wonderful guitarists – Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell and Grant Green”: Deirdre Cartwright on why she’s still flying the flag for jazz standards
“When that gets called out, I need to listen”: Fender CEO Bud Cole says he has heard players’ complaints about quality control – and is taking steps to address it
“Far more than an exceptionally rare 1958 Gibson, it is a cornerstone of American music history”: Lonnie Mack’s workhorse Flying V is heading to auction
16-year-old Thai guitarist crowned winner of America’s Got Talent after performing with Linkin Park and The Warning
“He’s the riff lord – the one that has inspired me the most out of any guitar player”: James Hetfield hails Tony Iommi
“The label was like ‘We’re going to sue you because you’re not making music characteristic of Beck’”: Beck reflects on the behind-the-scenes consequences of genre-hopping
“In the early days we were AC/DC’s fave band to go and see. Malcolm and Angus and particularly Bon all jammed with us back then”: Rose Tattoo singer Angry Anderson – Aussie rock ’n’ roll outlaw and a hero to Axl Rose – has died, aged 79
“I have Mark’s actual last recordings – he was working on a cover of Madonna’s Material Girl”: Mark E Smith’s colleagues and partner wrangle over the “final” Fall album
Why Krist Novoselic hated Kurt Cobain’s original “Heart-Shaped Box” solo: “Why are you sabotaging this beautiful song?”
“An exceptional talent whose songs continue to be cherished by so many”: Amy Winehouse to be celebrated at special Back To Black anniversary gig and BBC programming
