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- January 8
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- “Even though it sounds gigantic, this song is literally drums, bass, fresh elements… and then one of the greatest singers of our time”: Producer Mike Sabath reveals the surprisingly limited instrumentation in Raye's Where Is My Husband!
- "We thought you could make an album faster on the road, as you are working more with computers, but we did not get the gratification from it": Brandon Flowers explains he’s concentrating on solo activity this year
- “He’s not a 10 like Sammy Hagar or James Brown. He’s a 4 or a 5 but he really delivered real rock n’ roll": Ted Nugent might have only qualified praise for Jack White, Green Day and Tom Morello, but he thinks Yungblud is "the real McCoy"
- “I thought: ‘I will be so famous with this crash that it will be great in front of millions and millions of people”: Sebastian Tellier on the time he entered the Eurovision Song Contest – in a golf buggy
- “You’ll notice when you play it. You hit this pedal on and your amp just becomes huge… It’s just this big, big sound”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr Z team up for a tube-driven preamp that might just be the cure for whatever ails your tone
- January 7
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- "Bite down, and feel the music": Lollipop Star is the sweet candy treat that you can both lick and listen to
- “I saw the Red Special. I pointed and said, ‘Is that it?’ Brian said, ‘Yup. Want to try it?’” Steve Vai says he once played Brian May’s guitar “like a baby giraffe on roller skates” – now the Queen icon has gifted him his own custom ‘Green’ Red Special
- “Driver’s License Application for Renewal”: Fans speculate on the meaning of the cryptic front page of Olivia Rodrigo’s website
- “Support the people of Sudan in their mission to end the violence and exploitation”: The Weeknd, PinkPantheress and Olivia Rodrigo donate to online auction in aid of organisations working in war-torn country
- “It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he doesn't want guesting ex-members on Megadeth’s final tour
- January 6
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- “To lead Fender is the honour of a lifetime. This brand has been a part of my life since childhood”: Fender announces Edward “Bud” Cole as its new CEO
- "I remember when we wrote it, there was a huge amount of excitement. It gives such a lift to the whole project... basically saying 'That's the DNA we're going to be build from'": Alan Menken looks back on his biggest Disney movie compositions
- “Dom has one of the greatest voices in the history of music, and as grand as that may sound there is no hype in what I’m saying”: Billy Corgan heaps praise on Yungblud, who the Smashing Pumpkins have just collaborated with
- “You notice I was loath to say John’s better… that ain’t gonna sit well with people”: Don Was explains why John Mayer “might” be better than George Harrison – and how they definitely have one thing in common
- “This isn’t about changing Reason, it’s about giving it room to grow”: Reason Studios acquired by AI music production specialist LANDR
- “I turn and I'm, like, 'Hey.' It's Lars, it's Kirk, it's Jason Newsted. They're, like, 'What do you know?' I go, 'I don't know. Master of Puppets. OK. Count it in'”: Daron Malakian recalls the time he fronted Metallica
- “My album is done”: Bruno Mars confirms that his fourth solo record is ready to go
- Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a compact 50-watt lunchbox head – offering the “heart and soul” of its “ultimate guitar amplifier” at a fraction of the price
- Roland unveils stylish KF-20 and KF-25 Kiyola "artisan" digital pianos inspired by the "Japanese concept of harmony"
- “Can I operate an SSL? No. I know just enough to let the other people do their jobs": John Mayer explains why he’s purchased Hollywood’s historic Henson studios
- "It would be an absolute honour – and I think those kind of things should be done by Brits, not Yanks”: Noel Gallagher weighs in on Oasis Bond theme rumours
- January 5
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- “I know the Duffers feel that Prince’s estate cleared the songs because of Kate Bush, and I’m sure that had something to do with it”: Stranger Things music supervisor Nora Felder explains how When Doves Cry and Purple Rain ended up in the show’s finale
- “He feels it should be in the hands of people who will put it to good use”: John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15
- “I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other”: Peter Gabriel to release the follow-up to i/o this year
- “A professor in my pocket who only wants to do what I ask it”: Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan says he’s been using AI “my whole life”
- “I wasn’t planning on working tonight”: Billy Joel makes surprise return to live performance… fronting a Billy Joel tribute band
- Splice partners with UMG on the development of AI-powered tools and virtual instruments
- January 1
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- “It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio”: How Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit transformed the contemporary pop landscape
- “There’s just one catch. The kid with the PC in the bedroom can’t play his instrument”: Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers
- “I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die