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“I was caught in the middle of all of that band drama": When Adrian Belew was asked to replace David Byrne in Talking Heads
By Will Simpson published
He didn’t regard it as a serious offer though

“MIDI controllers can be expensive!": PinkPantheress records her songs using her MacBook’s keyboard
By Ben Rogerson published
Who needs a MIDI controller when you’ve got Logic Pro’s Musical Typing feature?

New George Michael tour film and live album announced
By Will Simpson published
Footage comes from Faith tour of 1988

Country star John Osborne’s signature Tele comes factory modded with a distressed nitro finish, custom pickups – and it’s even got a B-bender too
By Jonathan Horsley published
Based of his beloved 1968 Tele, this Road Worn doozie has it all going on, and while the B-bender is a headline spec item, what about that oil-finished fingerboard with the maple cap fretboard?

“I didn't say that I think her music was 'boring'”: Jack White puts the record straight about Taylor Swift
By Will Simpson published
And social media pile-ons stifle “artistic vision and imagination”, he argues

Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo didn't overheat a speaker during the making of Michael Jackson’s Beat It, but an AC/DC issue did
By Ben Rogerson published
“Something let loose in the amplifier and put out a tremendous power surge,” says engineer Matt Forger

“We were labelled ‘the new Led Zeppelin’. But it was a blessing and a curse”: A great rock band that had it all – and then blew it
By Paul Elliott published
As one critic said, this band had “more good riffs in one song than there are in the first four Black Sabbath albums”

Why Ryuichi Sakamoto’s spellbinding theme from Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence remains so captivating
By Roland Schmidt published
We take a deeper look at the theory underpinning Ryuichi Sakamoto’s gorgeous, award-winning theme from the movie that gave him his acting and scoring debut
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