Guitar World

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“GOSSIP” WORDS AND MUSIC BY DAVID DAMIANO, VICTORIA DE ANGELIS, ETHAN TORCHIO, THOMAS RAGGI, JOE JANIAK, MADISON LOVE AND THOMAS B. MORELLO. COPYRIGHT © 2023 SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (ITALY) S.R.L., PROMISED LAND MUSIC LTD., ARTIST PUBLISHING GROUP WEST

NPR

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The influential reggae group, whose name means "black freedom," brought songs of solidarity and love to the Tiny Desk.

The Independent

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The lengthy list of nominees for the 2023 Grammys have officially been unveiled. On Tuesday (15 November), the Recording Academy announced the artists who have been nominated in each category, with Adele and Beyoncé battling it out for the top award

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

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

NPR

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Sheryl Crow's Tiny Desk Fest concert included a handful of early hits that have become pop standards.

New Zealand Listener

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The late Phil Fuemana – producer, mentor and prime mover behind urban Pacific music – once said, “Proud didn’t make us, we made Proud,” a terse assertion about the 1994 album of South Auckland music, Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation. Th

New Zealand Listener

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The late Phil Fuemana – producer, mentor and prime mover behind urban Pacific music – once said, “Proud didn’t make us, we made Proud,” a terse assertion about the 1994 album of South Auckland music, Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation. Th

Stereophile

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The Soft Parade has long been the Doors’ most undervalued album. After the revolutionary impact of the band’s first two LPs, The Doors and Strange Days, and the commercial consolidation of the band’s popularity on the third, Waiting for the Sun, Soft

Future Music

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If you asked 100 music fans to name a grime artist, we’d hazard a guess that almost all would name an MC. The vocalist is the public face of the sound, but the genre is underpinned by a sprawling, web of players supporting the figureheads: DJs, produ

AppleMagazine

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Given his prolific and highly acclaimed back catalogue in hip hop, the legendary Nas can be easily excused for spending much of his new release looking back at the good times. There’s a wistful tone to King’s Disease that will chime with many of the

Guitar Techniques

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Radiohead made a huge impact on music in the latter years of the 20th century and into the 21st. Along with bands like U2 and REM, they recorded some of the most classic songs in recent memory. Formed in Oxfordshire, England in the mid 1980s by schoo

Goldmine

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During the 1970s, rock concerts began to be broadcast on mainstream radio, and quickly developed a strong following. The King Biscuit Flower Hour was the first to break through, and it ran on Sunday nights for over 20 years, across almost 300 station

Guitarist

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Much like the revolving door of a football team presents loyal followers with a different line-up of players under one familiar banner, there are plenty of gigging household name acts that contain very few, and sometimes no, original members. Althoug

Guitar World

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FOUR DECADES AGO, the British new wave band the Fixx were having their moment in the sun. Hooky, slick and multi-textured hits such as “Red Skies,” “Saved by Zero,” “Stand or Fall,” “One Thing Leads to Another” and “Deeper and Deeper” turned the grou

Classic Rock

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Empyre were busier than most musicians during lockdown. Vocalist/guitarist Henrik Steenholdt explains how in 2020 the Northampton band released an album and six singles, performed livestreams and even managed to play three proper, physical gigs. How

NPR

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Korean pop's near-total global ubiquity may be intimidating for the uninitiated, but getting into the music shouldn't be. Our introduction includes tracks by H.O.T., Girls Generation, BTS and more.

NPR

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Out of nearly 700 performances at the Tiny Desk over the past decade, this one by British composer Anna Meredith is one of the most exhilarating.

Evening Standard

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Say what you like about emo music, how many other rock subgenres can say they have their own national day?  Have your Jimmy Eat World or Weezer at the ready as National Emo Day falls on Tuesday - as it apparently does every December 19 (It wasn’t one

Guitar Techniques

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VIDEO & AUDIO https://bit.ly/3BvSmVy Brought to you by… Moderate/Advanced Info Key: Various Tempo: Various https://bit.ly/3BvSmVy Will improve your ✔ Melodic narrative ✔ Major Pentatonic vocabulary ✔ Bending accuracy & control There are few popular m

Metal Hammer UK

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Fred Durst is standing with his hand on the detonator, counting down to oblivion. It’s May 1999, and MTV have invited Limp Bizkit to the Bahamas for Blow The Boat: Isle Of MTV Summer Launch, a televised summer moshfest with two express goals: firstly

Guitarist

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9/10 Ethereal, nomadic grooves from Texan trio We live in an amazingly rich time for absorbing all kinds of music from around the world. Yet few bands bring so many disparate elements together in such a beguiling and coherent form as Texas trio Khr

Metal Hammer UK

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IN SEPTEMBER 1991, Nirvana released Nevermind, and blew the doors wide open for alternative artists to enter the mainstream. Though certainly not alone in representing alternative culture, Nirvana’s success kickstarted a veritable gold rush as major

NPR

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2014 began with a Frozen streak, included some stumbles (U2 and Apple, we're looking at you) and closed with an R&B revelation.

Stereophile

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Before the bits and bytes, before the streams, the music business and its most talented artists, producers, and engineers conjured up a notion of musical-sonic holiness: the perfect album side. Remember albums? The idea is quaint in the era of strea

Australian Guitar

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In a fashion similar to one of Africa's 218 volcanoes, the Zambian ‘garage-psych-prog-funk-afro-rock ensemble’ WITCH erupted in activity in 2012 after lying dormant for nearly 30 years, and later set off on their first world tour. Led by remaining fo

The Atlantic

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Before John Fogerty’s life became mine, there was cold. In November 2012, I was 22 and had left the family farm in Manitoba to find work in the oil fields of Alberta. I arrived during a bust and, because work was not immediate, spent the days driving

Evening Standard

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Taylor Swift said making history as the most decorated artist at the Billboard Music Awards was the “nicest early birthday present”. The US pop superstar scooped 10 awards, including for top artist and top Billboard 200 album for The Tortured Poets D

The Independent

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The 2022 American Music Awards were held live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (20 November). The ceremony was hosted by American TV personality Wayne Brady. Taylor Swift was the biggest winner of the night with six wins, including

NPR

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Miley Cyrus, SZA, Billie Eilish and others had a big night. But once again, the music industry found itself in the long shadow of Taylor Swift, who won album of the year and announced a new project.