“Had he decided to never write the book, he would not, probably, have ever been prosecuted”: Duane Keith Davis found guilty of murder of Tupac Shakur
“I’ve got somewhere between 80 and 90 guitars and I’d say 75 percent of them are Les Pauls. It seems ridiculous – but they all have a unique purpose”: Slash on his enduring devotion to the Gibson Les Paul
“I thought it was a terrible name. But Brian was my friend. I’d just met Freddie”: How Queen almost became Build Your Own Boat
“He’s never forgiven me.” Brian May is still upset about the controversial B-side to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” single
“He said it himself in the letter to me – that there are only so many notes on the piano – and that’s why I was annoyed. I was like, ‘You get it, so why is this happening?’”: Sam Smith reflects on their 2015 songwriting dispute with Tom Petty
Does your digital piano have Wi-Fi? Roland’s new FP-40 does, along with upgraded speakers and its latest Piano Reality engine
“We’d made this record that was so far to the left of Rumours. And when it didn’t sell 16 million copies, that was hard. There was a lot of anxiety”: Lindsey Buckingham on the highs and lows of life with Fleetwood Mac
“Rock ’n’ roll is an old person’s game now – there’s still loads of people 10 years older than me who are doing it. I imagine they’ve got personal trainers and better health regimes than I do”: The inimitable Robyn Hitchcock on the enigma of songwriting
“What we found was horrifying”: Footage of Les Paul’s destroyed home surfaces after iconic studio was quietly ripped down by private developers
“When I congratulated Amy, she said to me, ‘I knew what I was doing’”: Amy Winehouse “knew exactly what she had created” with Back to Black, says her former bass player and musical director
“An exceptionally accurate model of the original Prophet, with a clutch of incredibly useful enhancements”: GForce Prophet-5 review
“For under $600 it does something quite special – it opens up a new sound-world”: Gretsch Electromatic CVT Baritone review
“You will not meet a punk-rock songwriter who doesn’t love the Descendants. They’re responsible for what’s so popular today”: The secret to Descendents’ seminal punk guitar sound and why Milo stood the test of time
“I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with”: Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers
