Latest articles by Will Groves
The 3 best new snare drums of 2022, as decided by you
Which snare did you crown the backbeat king?
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"The smell of Abbey Road. Actually, it's the smell of fear!" Elton John, Paul McCartney, Nile Rodgers and more discuss the world's most famous recording studio in new documentary
If These Walls Could Sing tells the studio's 90-year story
Nazareth lead singer Dan McCafferty dies, aged 76
Hair of the Dog vocalist was "a wonderful loving husband and father"
"I AM IN SHAMBLES!": Taylor Swift on taking all top 10 slots of the Billboard 100 songs chart
New album Midnights steamrollers the opposition
"I’m in with all the people I look up to": Martin Garrix crowned world's no.1 DJ in annual mag rankings
Dutchman marks win with world's first set from the top of New York's iconic Empire State
"It's not one of the best guitars, it's the best guitar": Noel Gallagher's Custom Silver Sparkle Les Paul up for grabs - again
"This one gives you more. It goes to '11'" - and could cost you half a million pounds
Live music crisis: Animal Collective the latest to cancel a tour due to "unsustainable costs" in snowballing trend
Santigold and Sampa The Great also amongst many acts "finding ourselves simply unable to make it work"
Why The Wombles will never do a Revolver: “Do you think the Eagles would want Hotel California remixed when they’re dead and gone? What’s wrong with it as it is?"
Mike Batt, Wombles mastermind, "went through the tapes and threw them in the skip. Then they got taken away for landfill”
AmpliTube users: here's how to grab IK's filthy OverScream for free
Based on the famous Ibanez Tube Screamer, this could be what you need if you're after some sonic filth, gratis
Ringo Starr has COVID, forcing pause of tour
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band cancel seven US and Canadian shows
Black Francis reveals Pixies’ tasty song-building methodology: “It’s how you stack the sandwich”
"We’ve got onion on this sandwich"
Sammy Hagar calls for Van Halen line-up reunion to lead Taylor Hawkins-style EVH tribute: "I think it’s necessary"
And Dave Lee Roth would be invited
“Compared to the London show, this shit rocks a little harder”: Dave Grohl leads all-star Taylor Hawkins LA tribute
Watch key performances from the epic 53-song setlist - and Dave Chappelle doing Radiohead karaoke - plus check out the full list of songs and stars here
Live music in crisis, part 232: Now tour bus price hikes are blamed for cancelled tours
You wait years for one cost-of-touring crisis, then loads come at once
Pharoah Sanders, seminal jazz saxophonist dies, aged 81
"Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace"
Melodics, the smart keys, pads and drums app that gamifies learning, has added hit songs
Roster of hits will keep growing, says maker
The speedy creation of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black - Mark Ronson: “Damn, I wish it did take longer, because I would have more memories”
Mark Ronson and more on the making of a classic track, in their own words
Wolfgang Van Halen reveals footage of him shredding EVH's Frankenstein for Eruption tribute
Watch Red-hot performance footage unearthed by Wolfgang 45 years after the release of Eruption
