Evening Standard

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Over the course of the last decade or so, Ed Sheeran went from a gigging Suffolk teenager with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal, to someone who’s played in front of the Queen, sold out arenas around the world and, by most measures, become one of t

UNCUT

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“BEING asked to cover a Dylan song is quite difficult,” admits Richard Thompson. “You think, ‘How do you do that?’ After all, his personality is so interwoven into the songs.” Despite the difficulties in reinterpreting Dylan – and the restrictions of

Australian Guitar

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So, where are you from? I grew up in a small town in north-west New South Wales called Narrabri. In 2001, The Today Show crowned Narrabri ‘Australia’s Sportiest Town’. I was the ripe old age of nine and remember feeling really proud, despite having n

Classic Rock

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OVER THE PAST 13 years and four previous albums, Trucker Diablo have never held back on delivering bullish, anthemic music that gets right in your face. The Northern Irish foursome have now taken this a stage further on new album Tail End Of A Hurric

You South Africa

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Fans can expect to hear all the hits that made Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of A-ha one of the biggest bands of the ’80s and early ’90s, such as The Sun Always Shines on TV and Take on Me. We caught up with songwriter and g

Total Guitar

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he first six shapes are used in the intro, verse and refrain; you can then switch from fingerpicking to a simple strum pattern for a lift during the second half of the song. Perfect when performing solo. Use the regular D shape (instead of D/F#) for

It GiRL

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Olivia Rodrigo is officially Billboard's Woman of the Year and was honoured with the award at Billboard's 2022 Women in Music Awards. “Her talents as a storyteller and songwriter have made Olivia one of the most authentic and exciting new artists to

Los Angeles Times

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Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates says he secured his date to February's Grammy Awards ceremony many years ago. "When I was younger, it was always a thing that my mom joked about. 'All right, stop drumming, it's 9 o'clock.' And I'd be like, 'Please, l

NPR

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Darlene Love reflects on her singing career, and collaborating with artists like Tom Jones and Elvis.

Classic Rock

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It’s December 10, 2002, and The Darkness are supporting indie hopefuls The Libertines at a Christmas party organised by London radio station Xfm. They’re half a year away from releasing Permission To Land, the album that will catapult them towards st

It GiRL

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A Taylor Swift tour is always a big deal but why does this show feel like it's extra special? This is because The Eras Tour journeys through all of Taylor’s musical eras and takes the audience through every single one of her albums! The three-hour sh

NPR

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This month's playlist includes a single off Anna Burch's forthcoming debut album, a cover of a Willie Dixon song and a powerful spoken-word track about homelessness.

NPR

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During a turbulent year rife with personal and political trauma, the most memorable songs pulled no punches in the pursuit of pop.

UNCUT

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PLUS! THE RHAPSODY WORLD TOUR REVEALED! PAGE 98 EVEN for a band as seasoned as Queen, a new tour presents certain tribulations. For example, as they resume their Rhapsody World Tour – including a 10-date residency at London’s O2 Arena – Brian May, Ro

Foxtel Magazine

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SONGLAND Stream* or watch from October 7, Wednesdays at 8.30pm on E! [125]** Sweet dreams are indeed made of this, with new reality songwriting competition Songland celebrating the magic of words and giving unknown lyricists a shot at world stardom.

Australian Guitar

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So, where are you from? I grew up in Penrith. I know this is not exclusive to one place, but nostalgia of making lifelong friends and playing music for the first time will always stay with me. Plus having a premiership-winning NRL team doesn't hurt.

Woman NZ

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* Scan this code in the Spotify app to listen to the playlist The male voice in song is my first true love – predating cigarettes, sourdough and pedicures, and even the actual male embodied presence. The sound of Tony Orlando, Neil Diamond and Don Mc

Metal Hammer UK

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System Of A Down had released just one radio single, the jazzy post-hardcore oddity Sugar, when they flew to Europe in October 1998 to open for Slayer on tour. Having already supported them in the States, System guitarist Daron Malakian had developed

Reader's Digest UK

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MY EARLIEST MEMORY WAS THE SONG “NOW IS THE HOUR”, which was a big hit for Vera Lynn shortly after the war. Bing Crosby recorded that in the Fifties, and that might have been the version that I heard, because a lot of big singers at the time recorded

The Guardian

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In 1995 we had just released our second album, Life, and were touring a lot. We were in an airport somewhere waiting for a flight and were looking at material Peter Svensson, our guitarist and songwriter, had written for the next record. He played th

Marie Claire Australia

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The last time I saw you was just before the Queen concert at the end of February 2020, just before Covid shut everything down. That show was incredible. The energy in the audience was amazing, and their energy charged us up. It was one of my favourit

Classic Rock

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TEMPT SOUND LIKE all your favourite high-charting hard-rocking bands from the 80s, but retooled for the Tik-Tok generation. On the young New Yorkers’ irresistible self-titled album, catchy single Roses harks back to Slippery-era Bon Jovi. On Camoufla

Prog

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We asked. You voted. In your thousands. Almost 80,000 of you to be precise, by far and away the biggest reader vote this magazine has ever undertaken. So the past month has been a heady whirlwind of names, numbers, quotes, frayed tempers, late nights

GAY TIMES

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It’s a new year and we’ve got a fresh dose of talent for you to get stuck into. Great ready and prep your playlists as we’ll be introducing you to our must-watch acts of 2023. Whether you fancy a buzzing R&B banger or an amped up pop-punk anthem, we’

Goldmine

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On September 15, we lost singer-songwriter and producer Ric Ocasek, a founding member and leader of The Cars. Ric and Benjamin Orr had played in a few Ohio bands before ultimately moving to the Boston scene, which led to The Cars’ self-titled polishe

Classic Rock

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Doro Pesch, who is celebrating 40 years in rock, runs down the mixtape of her life. She heard Little Richard as a toddler, survived a punkocalypse with her first band, Snakebite, and became the high priestess of metal in Warlock and as a solo artist.

Classic Rock

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Tfirst Jethro Tull studio album for nearly 20 years, The Zealot Gene landed high in our Albums Of 2022 list. Mainman Ian Anderson may be 75, but his talents as a songwriter, flautist and frontman remain undimmed. With the follow-up album done and due

FHM US

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From Halifax to Hollywood Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in February 1991 in Halifax, England. His parents, both working for an art consultancy at the time, also had an older son. Constantly being surrounded by art and creatives, Sheeran took an

The Big Issue

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Last week I heard a song called The King of Rome for the first time. It knocked me sideways. I immediately listened to it again, and then again. And then I started telling everybody to listen to it. It was released in 2012 so a number of the people I

Classic Rock

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Total Eclipse was a worldwide hit in 1983, but Tyler and Steinman’s follow-ups didn’t quite hit the same sweet spot with the public – until a film called Footloose came along the following year. The film’s score and screenplay were written by Dean Pi