The Future of Touring Is in Latin America … from Rolling Stone Jason Maxey
Artists are looking past the U.S. as they chase live music’s next wave Read More
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How Reparto Became the Heartbeat of Cuba … from Rolling Stone Jason Maxey
Raw, raunchy, and self-referential, reparto has emerged as the island’s dominant sound Read More
Queen Are in ‘Conversations’ About a Las Vegas Residency at the Sphere with Adam Lambert … from Rolling Stone Brian Hiattt
Brian May says in our new digital cover story that he’s excited about playing the futuristic venue Read More
Spotify Embraces AI Music With New Policies, While Combating ‘Spam’ and ‘Slop’ … from Rolling Stone Brian Hiattt
Even as it welcomes AI-generated music, the streaming giant reveals it removed 75 million “spammy” AI tracks in the last 12 months Read More
“He’s swinging this guitar around and nearly took my face off with it. It ended up on the floor and I put it out of its misery”: The “smashed up” Gibson ES-355 that broke up Oasis in 2009 is headed to auction … from Guitarworld
The guitar, damaged during a Gallagher brothers bust-up before their cancelled show at Rock en Seine, Paris, and the Wonderwall acoustic are set to be…
Jake Paul Flaunts $5 Million ‘Emerald Billionaire III’ Watch At Miami Press Conference Hyping Gervonta Davis Fight … from Maxim Maxim Staff
(Photo Credit: Getty Images // Leonardo Fernandez/Courtesy of Jacob & Co.) How’s this for a knockout timepiece: Jake Paul flexed a $5 million Jacob &…
Converse Reveals ‘Most Premium Chuck Taylors Ever Made’ … from Maxim Beau Hayhoe
Don’t underestimate the value of taking a closer look at a true style icon, and then carefully revamping said icon: Innovation leads the way in…
“Like fine-tuned ‘sweet spot’ knobs, letting you drive your tubes hard while keeping the volume in check”: Why you need a power attenuator for your tube amp … from Guitarworld
We delve into the world of power attenuators, revealing how to push tube amps to their edge without the punishing volume. It might just keep…
“I’m not thinking about the audience and what they want, to be honest”: Why David Gilmour never learned to play this iconic Pink Floyd guitar solo … from Guitarworld
Gilmour believes his audiences would prefer a “real and happening” solo instead of a carbon copy night-in, night-out Read More
“Sets a new benchmark in polyphonic pitch-shifting effects”: Boss takes on DigiTech with the XS-100 and XS-1 Poly Shifter – could it topple the Whammy? … from Guitarworld
With an eight-octave range, glitch-free performance, plus simultaneous shifting and dropping, Boss sees the XS-100 as the Swiss army pedal of pitch-shifters Read More
“A new benchmark for heavy guitar sounds at a relatively accessible price point”: Blackstar DA100 Ruby review … from Guitarworld
Blackstar created this fire-breathing signature head for guitar icon Doug Aldrich. But does it rock our world? Read More
“Reshaping the nut to look more like a Gibson from the ’50s is too tempting not to do”: How I made the Epiphone Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul a little more Jeff Beck … from Guitarworld
After quite a few playing hours under its belt, Dave Burrluck gets the Epiphone Oxblood Les Paul back into the garage for a bit of…
“Pentangle sold out the Royal Albert Hall and the next night I was playing in a jazz quartet for 40 quid”: From gigging in strip clubs to recording with John Martyn and Kate Bush, Danny Thompson walked a singular path in bass playing … from Guitarworld
Beginning with his early days amid London’s jazz and blues boom in the ’50s, to his famed partnership with singer-songwriter John Martyn, the late Danny…
“This actual guitar has been on something like 10 number one records”: From Green Day to Eric Clapton, meet the Taylor acoustic guitar you didn’t know was responsible for some of the biggest songs in the world … from Guitarworld daryl.robertson@futurenet.com (Daryl Robertson)
Rob Cavallo’s Taylor was dubbed Excalibur by Billie Joe Armstrong and has been making hit songs for nearly 30 years Read More