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“Joe is on fire! What better inspiration can you get?”: Steve Vai's “crazy" new music with Joe Satriani
By Amit Sharma published
“I’ve never done anything like this,” Vai says

“The world’s leader in cast iron cookware”: Primus get a thorough panning for the 35th anniversary of Frizzle Fry
By Daniel Griffiths published
Simmer down. Their cast-iron classic now comes with matching bespoke 10.5" skillet…

Sabrina Carpenter snags Dolly Parton for a duet on a new version of Please Please Please
By Ben Rogerson published
It appears on the Deluxe version of Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet album

Andy Powers on the difficulties of designing a new Taylor electric and the launch of Powers Electric
By Jonathan Horsley published
The CEO, chief designer and president of Taylor Guitars says the design language and aesthetic of the high-end acoustic brand was the wrong fit for his all-new electric guitar

Stray Cats rockabilly legend Brian Setzer has autoimmune disease and cannot play guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
Setzer says he couldn’t even tie his shoelaces at first but is seeing signs of progress

“Labels, we got you, but do you got us?”: Universal Music cave in to Chappell Roan and launch the Music Industry Mental Health Fund
By Daniel Griffiths published
Two weeks after her Grammys call-to-action it looks like at least one major label was listening

“I don’t want to be trapped again, with the same musicians making the same sound”: New John Lennon documentary sheds light on his dark, tragic, final decade
By Daniel Griffiths published
Could Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade be the most honest, revealing and surprising Beatles documentary ever?

50 years of Phaedra: Tangerine Dream’s forward-thinking, futurist, synth classic is now an antique
By Daniel Griffiths published
One of the pioneering works of electronic music is getting a 50th anniversary six-disc anniversary re-release
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