“When we did Paint It Black, and it was kind of finished, and we were listening in the studio, I said, ‘There’s not enough balls’”: Bill Wyman recalls his unorthodox but vital contribution to a 1966 Rolling Stones classic
Massive XL is here: Native Instruments supersizes its flagship soft synth with AI-powered preset generation, custom wavetables and much more
“Musicians work hard to shape their sound. They deserve amplification that delivers it honestly”: Moog’s new line of instrument amps aims to preserve the unique identity of synths, drum machines and more
“There was no vocal at all and the tracks had ghost-shaped chords”: Bill Nelson recalls the freewheeling sessions behind a David Sylvian classic
“We said, ‘What’s your next single?’ They looked at each other, shrugged, but Bruce had a guitar so he gave it to George and said, ‘Sing it'”: Cliff Richard reveals his surprisingly profane reaction to hearing the Beatles’ From Me To You
“A versatile, affordable wireless solution for beginners”: the t.bone free 300 HT 823 & PT 823 review
“I carry on wondering when I’m gonna keel over. But I enjoy doing it, and it keeps me going”: Tony Iommi on what drives him on at the age of 78
Eric Clapton watched his younger self play guitar and didn’t like what he saw: “I’m not as good as I once was”
“I learned by repetition. I think you truly learn a craft when you do it over and over and over”: Taylor Swift reflects on her Nashville training as she’s inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame
“I thought, ‘If they’re going to amputate my arm, I’ll play the guitar with one hand’”: How Les Paul planned to prolonged his playing days after a car crash threatened to end his career
“It took a really long time. We finally got Fender to use Seymour Duncan pickups”: Alt-rock fans, rejoice – Kim Gordon’s signature Fender Jazzmaster is finally here
“My dream of Secret Smile included most of the lyrics. Paul McCartney spent months writing lyrics for Yesterday. So I had an easier time with my dream song!” Semisonic’s Dan Wilson has written so many hits, he can literally do it in his sleep
“Keep on rockin’ in the free world!”: The classic Neil Young song that started with a joke and has now led to Young suing Donald Trump for $10m
28 years ago John Rzeznick wrote this Goo Goo Dolls hit on a guitar with four strings. It’s now been streamed nearly 4 billion times
“I’ve been working with Phil Oakey on music for the first time in 45 years”: We catch up with Heaven 17 and Human League trailblazer Martyn Ware
“Claude admitted: ‘These renders keep landing very close to the originals: same structure, same hooks reused with light rewording, and full sets of verses/choruses/bridges’”: AI firm Anthropic hit with $41 million lawsuit by owners of Elvis catalogue
“Then he got to ‘and I want you for all time’ and said, ‘Ultimately, Wichita Lineman is about an ordinary man thinking extraordinary thoughts’”: Jimmy Webb says that hearing Billy Joel deconstruct the lyrics to his greatest song brought him to tears
“There were some grim circumstances behind the record and it was made with whatever equipment I could get my wife to bring to the hospital”: James Ellis Ford on making his latest album while battling cancer
“It’s spectacularly hard because the guitars play in 5/4 and the drums play in 17/8. It’s a very clever piece of music. I love playing it. But it’s a tough one”: Gavin Harrison on the polyrhythmic King Crimson classic that’s incredibly difficult to play
