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Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he heard George Michael's duet with Aretha Franklin
By Ben Rogerson published
“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”

Black Magic Woman: the legendary song that passed from Peter Green to Carlos Santana
By Amit Sharma published
"The original Fleetwood Mac used to knock me out,” Santana said

Brian May just got Tony Iommi the best Christmas present ever
By Jonathan Horsley published
Talk about doing Christmas shopping early? May's gift was two years in the making, and it's a big one – Queen meets Black Sabbath on a Red Special replica with a signature Iommi twist

Sabrina Carpenter offers her songwriting advice as she accepts Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year award
By Ben Rogerson published
“The easiest way to write a bad song is to try to write a hit,” she noted

“It was all done on GarageBand – it’s live drums, but over this goofy funk drum loop I’d done on my laptop out on tour”
By Eric Everett published
“It’s in a bit of a DIY fashion"

Davey Johnstone on guitar shopping with Elton John – and how he ended up with his iconic Les Paul Custom
By Jonathan Horsley published
Johnstone says some of his best guitars came via the kindness of Elton John as he recalls one surreal day in the legendary NYC gear institution Manny's and the unexpected gift of a Clapton Strat

Tom Morello’s favourite 'Arm the Homeless' electric guitar has just been recreated by Fender
By Jonathan Horsley published
We have all seen this guitar. We have all heard it. Now we can buy it, and it has the same off-brand build and graphic finish as the original

How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist
By Andy Price published
The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered
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