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Music technology gear of the year 2025: Our favourite new synths, drum machines, plugins and more

Undoubtedly the most high profile hardware release of the year, the TR-1000 is Roland ’s new flagship drum machine, combining ...
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"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – the experimenta…

According to Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recordings Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970, ...
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Tell Me There’s a Heaven: Chris Rea has died, aged 74

Sad news reaches us this afternoon that Chris Rea has died after a short illness, aged 74. Many news outlets will no doubt be ...
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“In operas, if you have a double aria, it's what the woman does that really matters. The man lies, the woman tells the truth": The story of Fairytale Of New York

At this time when the music world is mourning the loss of Shane MacGowan, MusicRadar looks back on one of his most enduring ...
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“I have only flashes of making it. I was personally going through a very bad time”: How a disillusioned and drug-addicted David Bowie reinvented his music with a ...

It was a fragile psychological state. The result was that he had almost no recollection of having recorded the song or the ...
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Is pop music really getting dumber? A music professor explains what the science really says

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...
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Back To The Old House: Morrissey signs again to Warners subsidiary Sire

Sire Records are the latest label to take a punt and see if they can establish a working relationship with Morrissey. Last ...
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“We have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane’s Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together”: Peace ...

In reply, the rest of the band – Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins – posted their own Instagram message that gave ...
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“Record royalty distributions mean more than just big numbers – they represent rent paid, instruments bought, studio time covered and careers sustained for thousands …

There is also £8.9 million that came from songs performed live in concert. Indeed in October just gone PRS launched its ...
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“I turn this thing on, I don’t want to stop playing”: Keeley Electronics has made Andy Timmons fall in love with reverb with his new signature Nocturne pedal

There are knobs for Tone, Level, Decay, and Modulation, dual footswitches. The jacks are on the top. It’s a serious bit of ...
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Got a new e-kit for Christmas? Transform it with 15 day one upgrades that will make it sound better and play quieter

So, you've just unboxed a new electronic drum set for Christmas. If you're totally new to the drums, then congratulations - you're about to embark on a supremely fulfilling rhythmic journey (I'm 25 ...
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“He was told it was over”: 10 years ago, David Bowie’s final and most poignant single saw him turn his own death into art

Bowie’s heartbreaking Lazarus was a rumination on the imminent end of a life lived to the full - and a lesson in how to channel the bleakest situation into enduring music ...