Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
"Crafted from Heritage. Tuned for Tomorrow": Zultan Cymbals celebrate their 25th birthday with a new high-end 25 series
With 16-hand hammered cymbals across the range, there’s something for every sound and style
Tempo shifts, key changes and nonsense lyrics: Is Eurovision 2025 set to be the most musically weird competition in its history?
Europe’s songwriters and producers have upped their game with more unexpected ear-catching song switch-arounds than ever before
“It would be me blowing £100,000 to give me pleasure": Gary Kemp laments the changing face of touring
The Spandau songwriter appeared on a new podcast to talk new album, social media worries and the unlikeliness of him hitting the road
Roland's V-Drums go wireless for new simple and seamless WT-10 sensor and DH-10 hub DrumLink system
Adding digital elements to your analogue kit (with zero trailing wires) has never been faster or easier
Madonna teams up with Deadpool & Wolverine filmmaker for a Netflix series based on her life
Netflix has put the Queen of Pop together with the Stranger Things producer and director, with Julia Garner rumoured to be starring
"All I wanted to do is hug him”: Someone just paid $12,495 to be Gene Simmons' roadie for a day
After dreaming up the ultimate fan experience and then cancelling 17 gigs, Simmons’ aborted tour finally got its first, paying member of staff
Want a gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival? Thomann and Shure want to gift you your big break
A fresh-for-2025 competition sees them parting with cash, prizes and a spot among the superstars on the festival’s famous stage
Chad Smith just destroyed the Wu-Tang Clan in his latest drum tuition video
Taking to the studio for Drumeo, Smith has just given an old favourite a through beating up
“We were like, ‘Oh, my God’”: Jill Sobule’s final song is entitled JD Vance Is A C__t
The social activist singer songwriter penned one last scathing future classic before tragically leaving us earlier this month
Metallica’s Enter Sandman triggers mini earthquake on its American Football ‘homecoming’
As the walk-out music for the local football team, Metallica nearly brought the house down when they played it for real
“Let’s see if we survive this one”: Is this really your last chance to see The Who?
The Who have just announced another ‘farewell’ tour. And all the signs are there that this one really will be their last
“Keep creating, pushing boundaries”: 12 pieces of Andy Weatherall’s studio gear are up for auction
Fans have the chance to obtain a little bit of history… And bag some highly desirable music gear in the process too
Motörhead’s Phil Campbell prepares to unveil an 8ft bronze of his bandmate, Lemmy Kilmister
This Friday's ceremony will reveal the statue and feature the delivery of a portion of Kilminster’s ashes into its plinth
“It replaced three plugins on my vocal bus - I love it!ˮ: Meet Velvet, iZotope’s new smart vocal smoothing tool
As part of the affordable Catalyst series, Velvet aims to zap the bugs in your most vexatious vocals
Arturia embraces NKS - and offers hardware owners free access to Native Instruments' Komplete 15 Select
Superbooth 25: With KeyLab mk3, KeyLab Essential mk3, and MiniLab soon able to browse NKS libraries, is the sound-tagging format now too big to fail?
Sugar Bytes' Dialekt is an 8-track groovebox that can create instant songs in a variety of genres
It's an all-in-one self-contained music making platform that can even make your music for you
52 years later, Queen have finally got their debut album right, says Roger Taylor
Despite already being ‘rebuilt’ only last year, Queen 1 is now getting a further full Dolby Atmos surround treatment too. So is this Queen 1.5?
The LIVE Trust charity just made its first £500,000 from voluntary ticket price contributions
The money will be used to fund grassroots music ventures all across the UK
“Then it’s how you smack it, or zing it or strum it”: Guitar legend Michael Thompson talks clean tone
In a new video Thompson tells the backstory of his playing for NSYNC, All-4-One, Monica, Gloria Estefan and more.
‘Artist centric’ music streamer Deezer just made €134 million in the first quarter of 2025
And with new sharing and customisation features they're tempting switchers to see the Deezer difference
“It's a very friendly community”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge reckons you've got metal all wrong
Heavy metal isn’t often perceived as being the most friendly musical genre, but the Ghost frontman disagrees
“The groove was so thick. It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love
We go deep behind the scenes with the team behind the hard-hitting global smash that turned around Palmer’s career
“I started to leave the recorder for a day or two…": Man spends an entire year recording a tree
Out now: The unmistakable sound of a single pine tree in upstate New York
