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“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues

By Ethan Hein published

The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated country album, goes under the musical microscope

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Joe Bonamassa [left] plays his Epiphone 1955 Les Paul Standard and wears a bright blue suit and polka-dot; Sammy Hagar [right] wears shades, a black Cabo Wabo T-shirt and plays his red Gibson Explorer with white pickguard.

“The track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar have got the Fortune Teller Blues

By Jonathan Horsley published

Bonamassa played the entire track with an Ovation acoustic through an overdriven amp

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A music professor breaks down the theory behind Prince's When Doves Cry

By Ethan Hein published

Best of 2024: As Purple Rain celebrates its 40th anniversary, we put one of Prince's best-loved songs under the musical microscope

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Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit

By Ben Rogerson published

Best of 2024: She says she had “absolutely no idea” that it would become so successful

Bands

New book Dust & Grooves Vol.2 tells the tall tale of the scam records that could make collectors a fortune

By Daniel Griffiths published

Some of today’s most in-demand rare records actually weren’t meant to be bought at all…

Music Industry
Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.

Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo

By Jonathan Horsley published

Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top

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Röyksopp

"Coated with analogue warmth": Röyksopp get even more Mysterious with new surprise reworking

By Daniel Griffiths published

A new ambient reinterpretation of the electronic duo’s Profound Mysteries project catches their fans by surprise

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Various bits of music equipment including guitars, guitar pedals, microphones, and electric guitar strings

Cyber Monday Andertons deals 2024: Last chance to grab a deal

By Daryl Robertson last updated

You've not got long to bag yourself a bargain on guitars, pedals, and amps in the Andertons sale

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Mandy, Indiana

How Mandy, Indiana recorded their debut album in caves, crypts and shopping malls

By Danny Turner published

"There was water dripping on to the gear and we got interrupted by a cave diver"

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The members of the Japanese experimental rock band Mono perform on stage at the Trabendo in Paris on December 11, 2014

"He always felt like one of us": Five seminal records Steve Albini worked on

By Sam Drower published

A sound engineer and Albini fan honours an inspiration

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