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“A bad faith effort": Elon Musk is suing US music publishers association

By Will Simpson published 20 January 26

He says they’ve used ‘monopoly power’ to force him to license music

"I didn't like the song - I still don't": Producer David Foster says he turned down My Heart Will Go On

By Ben Rogerson published 20 January 26

"If it ever gets around to Céline, it's, ‘Oh, I love that Titanic song.' Then I have to say, ‘Well, I didn't produce that'"

“We’re the Ozempic of the music industry”: Co-founder of Suno defends the use of AI in music

By Will Simpson published 20 January 26

AI music is all a matter of taste, he says

“It gave us loads of publicity’”: The controversial Iron Maiden classic featured in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

By Paul Elliott published 20 January 26

“Six six six, the one for you and me!”

Vox unveils “re-engineered” treble booster with all the tone and none of the inconsistency of vintage units

By Jonathan Horsley published 20 January 26

NAMM 2026: Vox's VTB-1 Treble Booster in inspired by vintage Rangemaster units but remixes the circuit recipe and promises lower noise and a more robust performance

AlphaTheta’s DJM-V5 is a compact and more affordable take on its flagship V10 DJ mixer

By Si Truss published 20 January 26

NAMM 2026: The three-channel V5 comes equipped with four-band EQ, channel compressors, send effects and multiple filter modes

“Even a baby can sing, ‘Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene’”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic

By Neil Crossley published 19 January 26

“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said

Silvertone resurrects the cult semi-hollow electric guitar loved by Elvis Costello, Hubert Sumlin and Chris Isaak

By Jonathan Horsley published 19 January 26

NAMM 2026: A long-lost catalogue classic is back from the dead and it might be the coolest release you'll see all year

“It’s all anyone is talking about on the Strip”: Deal for Metallica Sphere residency is “90 per cent” there

By Will Simpson published 19 January 26

Plus new, smaller, Sphere announced for Washington DC

“Emotional and soul crushing”: Aphex Twin has more Youtube listeners than Taylor Swift and this is the reason why

By Will Simpson published 19 January 26

QKThr seems to be a go-to track for Youtube shorts