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MATTEO CARCASSI Etude No.7 Op.60

This month Declan Zapala brings us another fiery miniature from the Italian king of etudes. Perfect as a piece to play live or as an excellent technique booster.

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BUDDY GUY

This month Phil Short delves into the playing of a blues icon who balances old-school authenticity with a fiery and cutting-edge modern approach.

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JUSTIN SANDERCOE

The founder of justinguitar.com lends GThis insight as one of the world's most successful guitar teachers. This Month: The New Breed.

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CORY WONG

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music's most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: the modern hero of funk guitar.

GARY ROSSINGTON

This month Martin Cooper checks out the instantly recognisable sound of a southern rock icon, Lynyrd Skynyrd's sadly departed guitarist.

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JESSE DAYTON

A minute's all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with the singer-guitarist from Austin, Texas.

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Priya Ragu – 'It feels like a mission for me, this whole music thing'

Priya Ragu's vivid debut album, Santhosam, has been a lifetime in the making. Here, the Tamil Swiss artist tells Rolling Stone UK how creating music that resonates has become her life's work

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Karol G Bet on Herself and Won

On the last day of June, about 15,000 fans have braved dense New York City smog to worship at the altar of Karol G. At Rockefeller Center, a massive crowd assembles for the superstar's debut on the Today show, dressed in Colombian levanta-cola (butt-lifting) jeans and the lemon-yellow jerseys of Los Cafeteros, the country's national soccer team. There's even a little girl sporting a black crop top emblazoned with Karol's moniker, "Bichota".

Leigh Anne Pinnock – 'I wanted to explore black music in a way I've never been able to before'

From the age of II, Leigh-Anne Pinnock was telling her schoolmates she was going to be a pop star. Two decades on, you'd be forgiven for thinking she'd long since fulfilled that dream. But, as she tells Rolling Stone UK, she feels she owes it to her younger self to try to live out her 'destiny' as a solo artist

Just Getting Started

Not content with releasing fourth album Unfinished Business, west London rapper Fredo also has a clothing line and his own record label. Here, he discusses how fatherhood ignited his ambition, and announces the imminent arrival of new music from his long-awaited collaboration with Nines

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The Beating Heart of Pop

Kylie’s UK stats speak for themselves: seven number-one singles, eight number-one albums and 35 top-10 hits over five decades. As new album Tension drops, the pop icon is basking in the success of ‘Padam Padam’ and starting her first-ever residency in Las Vegas. Here she reflects on her creative process and 35-year career, as her star continues to rise

Beverley Knight

As one of the undisputed queens of British soul prepares to drop new album The Fifth Chapter, the singer, actor and TV star reflects on the artists that inspired her and how her musical debut in The Bodyguard changed her life

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RIFF'N'ROLL

As guitar brand Epiphone celebrates its 150th anniversary, we speak to some of the artists who have fallen in love with some of its finest instruments

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Holly Humberstone's Honest Truth

After opening for Olivia Rodrigo on tour, the singer-songwriter is ready to make her big debut - all while staying grounded in the strength of sisterhood

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INTO the ABYSS with ETHEL CAIN

One of the most intriguing rising artists in pop found her freedom by inventing dark, twisted stories - and she's got lots more to come

Reinventing the wheel

As Bombay Bicycle Club gear up to release their sixth album My Big Day, the 00s indie heroes look back on their career, collaborating with Damon Albarn and inspiring a new generation of artists

Rap's Next 50 Years

These are the artists who will help define hip-hop's next half-century

Danny Brown comes clean

Fresh out of rehab, he's rapping better than ever and trying to stay away from drugs and alcohol

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The new sonic adventures of Sigur Rós

Jónsi Birgisson and Georg Hólm from Sigur Rós talk about their first new album for 10 years, the return of keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, and vegetarian hot dogs...

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ΟΝ THE FRONT LINE

As the founder and face of news outlet Popular Front, Jake Hanrahan is bringing unfiltered world events to the masses through a social media platform that he believes is challenging established and antiquated media brands. Miles Ellingham joined Hanrahan and his team at the Paris riots to see him at work

TROYE SIVAN one of one

A STAR WAS BORN, AND A SUPERSTAR EMERGED

33½ minutes with...Den Hegarty

Doo wop revivalists Darts were one of the biggest-selling acts of 1978, scoring three hits and considered one of the foremost live bands of their day

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The Great Pretender

They formed in March 1978 and from the very start pretty much defined the sound and look of new wave. Forty-five years later, The Pretenders remain true to their original spirit, despite the tragic early loss of two founder members, and Chrissie Hynde is still conjuring classic pop songs and embodying the essential sass and strut of rock'n'roll. Pete Paphides interviews her about survival and songwriting, the Sex Pistols and narrowly avoiding jail on the road

THE YEAR IN...POST-PUNK/ NEW WAVE

In 1978, the Sex Pistols were disintegrating, and punk calcifying as literalists like Sham 69 attempted to carry on in its “true”, reductionist spirit, which would eventually degenerate into Oi. John Lydon was growing weary of Sid Vicious’s glassy-eyed nihilism, of manager Malcolm McClaren’s treatment of the Pistols like pawns in his own neo-situationist game. With a parting shot of, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” onstage in San Francisco at the start of the year, Lydon dropped his mic and quit the group

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THE ENGINE ROOM

The unsung heroes who helped forge modern music

TO 'ELLO, 'ELLO, 'ELLO & BACK

Formerly the biggest band on Planet Earth, The Police split almost 40 years ago. Not long before that, in 1978, they were just a trio of blond hopefuls waiting at the nation's gates with a daring hybrid of punk and reggae which seemed to catch the ear of many of the pre-punk old guard. Stewart Copeland's new book, Police Diaries, in words (his diaries circa 1976-78) and pictures (photos and illustrations), takes us back to those early days of The Police. It is, according to the drummer, \"the fun part of the Police story, the starving years when we didn't have any songs to play just crap punk songs, mostly written by me [some of them on a CD in the Signature edition of the book]. \"These formative years,\" Copeland attests, \"are the interesting part of the Police story, which is why the book focuses on the period of formation and exploration that preceded the stadium tours - it shows how three disparate individuals bonded before figuring out what music to play...\"