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LIGHTS ON

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WAIT, BUT ONE OK ROCK ARE WELL AND TRULY BACK WITH 'LUXURY DISEASE'. IN THIS BRAND NEW, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, TAKA MORIUCHI WALKS US THROUGH THE JOURNEY HE AND HIS BAND TOOK TO WEATHER THE PANDEMIC, CREATE ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF THEIR CAREER, AND TAKE ON AMERICA ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THE STORY OF AN ERA.

GET BACK

RETURNING TO THE ROOTS OF WHY THEY LOVE ALL OF THIS SO MUCH, THIS IS HOW TURNOVER SET ABOUT CRAFTING THEIR LATEST COLLECTION OF STUNNING ALTERNATIVE BANGERS...

HOLY FAWN

BREAKOUT NEW MUSIC FIRST | MURKY, ETHEREAL BRILLIANCE FROM PHOENIX.

THE FIRST...YOUNG CULTURE

ALEX AND GABE WALK US THROUGH THEIR BAND'S BABY STEPS.

FITTING IN

DE'WAYNE IS BACK WITH A MORE FOCUSED, REFINED FOLLOW-UP TO HIS BRILLIANT DEBUT. IN THOSE FAVOURITE BLUE JEANS...

Arctic Monkeys – Another Change in Direction

Arctic Monkeys’ new album The Car finds the popular indie rock band employing amore subdued and elegant sound

Backstage with... Violinist/director Alexandra Wood

Warming up: ‘We want to give the idea of the music evolving’

Musical destinations – Berlin Germany

Jeremy Pound heads to the German capital’s Philharmonie concert hall to enjoy a late-summer feast of spectacular orchestral playing

Soccer Mommy

HOP INTO SOPHIE ALLISON’S HONDA ODYSSEY AND LET HER CART YOU OFF TO A BETTER PLACE

BEGGIN' FOR MORE

ITALY'S MANESKIN ARE AN UNLIKELY WORLDWIDE SENSATION. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, GW TRACKS DOWN GUITARIST THOMAS RAGGI AND BASSIST VICTORIA DE ANGELIS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS STEAMROLLER ROCK (AND ROLL)

Power and Passion

EASTMAN JULIET SOLIDBODIES

Clean Cut

SUPRO ROYALE 1932R 1X12 COMBO

I like the feeling of falling into a different era, not just in my music but in any music

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

And did those feet...?

Since Parry wrote his much-loved setting of Blake’s poem more than a century ago, a wide array of versions of Jerusalem have followed in its famous footsteps, as Jason Whittaker explains

Candlemass

AFTER DECADES OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, THE FIRE BENEATH THESE SWEDISH DEATH METAL GODS BURNS BRIGHTER THAN EVER

C. 1991-PRESENT COLLINGS OM2H

CATEGORY: STEEL-STRING FLATTOP ACOUSTIC

An Appalachian Tale

MARTIN GUITAR D-28 RICH ROBINSON

EXTRA JIMMIES

JIMMIE VAUGHAN CHOOSES HIS TOP 12 TEXAS BLUES GUITARISTS

DECEMBER 1781 Mozart and Clementi lock horns in a royal piano duel

The history books are not short of great performers and composers whose burgeoning careers as musical prodigies were micromanaged at every degree by their parents.

Whipping up a storm

The sonic extremes of storms, whether physical or cosmic, have attracted composers through the centuries –and with good reason, says Tom Service

REWIND

Great artists talk about their past recordings

Madison Cunningham

THE SINGER-SONGWRITER EXPLORES MIND-BENDING TONES AND RHYTHMS ON HER LATEST ALBUM, REVEALER

JOHN PETRUCCI

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, JOHN PETRUCCI HITS THE ROAD — SOLO

TEXAS, FLOOD! THE 30 GREATEST TEXAS GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME

IN TERMS OFactual geography pretty much a pipsqueak compared to, say, Alaska. (For those keeping score, Alaska accounts for 665,384 square miles versus Texas' total area of 268,596 square miles.) But if we're measuring Texas' mark on American culture, specifically through music, it's hard to make an argument that any other territory comes close to the Lone Star State's impact. From cowboy prairie songs to Tejano and conjunto music, from Western swing to the blues, from early rock 'n' roll to hip-hop, and dozens of genres and sub-genres along the way, the sounds of Texas have enthralled and inspired listeners in ways that are almost incalculable.

A DIME A HALF DOZEN

EMULATE DIMEBAG DARRELL'S BLISTERING RIFF-WRITING STYLE AND LEAD-PLAYING TECHNIQUES WITH THIS SIX PACK OF DIMEINSPIRED RIFFS AND LICKS

Reinhold Glière

Dismissed by some as being stuck in the past, Glière was nonetheless blessed with a rare melodic gift and fine technique, says Erik Levi

INQUIRER PHIL MANZANERA

THE LONGTIME ROXY MUSIC GUITARIST TALKS OBSCURE GEAR, EARLY GIGS AND EMBARRASSING ON-STAGE MOMENTS

Fallujah

SCOTT CARSTAIRS AMPS UP THE AGGRESSION FOR EMPYREAN, WHICH TAPS INTO THE SPIRIT OF AN EXCITED 17-YEAR-OLD WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY GUITAR”

Buzz Bin Warm Audio Warmdrive

I CAN GIVE you a reason why certain pedals become legendary and often get name-checked by rhapsodic fans in online forums and magazine articles.

T FOR TEXAS

LONG BEFORE HE FLEW LIKE AN EAGLE, STEVE MILLER LEARNED HIS FIRST BLUES LICKS - LITERALLY AT THE FOOT OF THE MASTER, T-BONE WALKER