Latest articles by Will Groves
Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not interested in it at all"
Check out the story behind the session, and Clapton's isolated guitar part
Businessman/YouTuber Lee Anderton will declare "any personal financial interest" in future product demos following complaints to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency
Statement issued following Victory Amps conflict controversy
Watch the Rolling Stones reveal details of their first album of new songs since 2005: "Let me put it this way, you haven't heard the last of Charlie Watts"
Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood will talk Hackney Diamonds live tomorrow (6 Sept)
Where is Paul McCartney's original Hofner bass? "Surely if anyone can find my guitar, it's you guys"
The Lost Bass Project is on the case of the missing four-string
Is IK's new flagship iRig HD X the ideal compact interface for guitar streamers?
Loopback+ function lets streamers seamlessly rope in any app, like TONEX of Amplitube, of their choice
Universal Audio reveals Apollo Twin X USB, promising 'elite' audio performance for Windows-based producers
UA's acclaimed audio interface escapes Thunderbolt's clutches
Native Instruments' latest Traktor DJ Controller is 'X1 of a kind'
All-new layout, OLED displays and smart lighting adorn Mk3
Harley Benton heads South with its new Delta Blues Resonator
Mississippi vibes for less than €300
Beato it: Gibson reveals second Rick Beato signature model finish - "My signature guitar is the one that I reach for every morning"
Les Paul Special Double Cut now available in Sparkling Burgundy Satin as well as last year's TV Blue Mist
Have the Rolling Stones just announced their new album with a local newspaper ad for a glass repair company?
Hackney Diamonds ad promises Satisfaction
"This disgusting world broke her and kept on breaking her": Stars pay tribute to Sinead O'Connor, who has died aged 56
A "voice that cracked stone with force & by increment"
"I wasn't likely to upstage Brian or Freddie": Queen's John Deacon - a tribute to an elusive bass giant
Brian May: "He won't talk to me, so why the f**k would he talk to you?"
Paul McCartney goes on tape in A Life in Lyrics, his major new podcast series - "I wanted to become a person who wrote songs and wanted to be someone whose life was in music"
"We realised there was something very special happening," says collaborator Paul Muldoon
Stop AI 'crushing' music, urges leading industry body: "Taking other people’s work without their permission contravenes basic principles of property rights"
Five-point plan aims to inform government policy around copyright and more: "It is absolutely critical we develop AI in a way that enables human artistry rather than eroding it"
"I wanted to make a reggae song out of Peaches": JJ Burnel on the birth of that iconic Stranglers bass part
"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable"
Rapper drops video apparently shot in his jail cell: "Appropriate action will be taken" says Canadian Solicitor General
Hassan Ali, aka Top5, is awaiting trial for murder
Paul McCartney sets the record straight on AI-'extricated' Lennon vocal in "last Beatles song": “nothing has been artificially or synthetically created”
Star moves to dampen "confusion and speculation" - plus, hear the original demo here
Aphex Twin releases Blackbox Life Recorder 21, his first official new music in 5 years - then immediately deletes it
Richard D. James delights then mystifies. Business as usual, then, but you can hear it here
Newly AI-separated Lennon demo vocal will feature on 'the last Beatles song', says Paul McCartney
"We just finished it up. It will be released this year"
Radiohead’s OK Computer painstakingly recreated using a slew of N64-derived classics
Follow-up to YouTuber's In Rainbows/Super Mario 64 epic features FX from Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more
Andy Rourke, Smiths bassist, dies aged 59
Morrissey pays tribute to "terrific and unconventional former bandmate" while Johhny Marr announces sad news calling him "a kind and beautiful soul"
Hearing Eddie Van Halen was "like, 'OK, the adult has entered the room'" says Paul Gilbert
"When Eddie came out, it was otherworldly"
75% of self-releasing musicians are losing money on promo
Yet over half of those surveyed are considering further investment in short-form visuals for future releases
