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

Australian Guitar

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As one of the few remaining pop-punk bands from the genre’s early-2000s resurgence, Simple Plan maintain their reputation as a stadium-filling musical force in their 25th year of existence. The group first assembled in the FrenchCanadian suburbia of

Total Guitar

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We love a good pop tune here at TG, and Olivia Rodrigo’s Good 4 U, from her 2021 debut, Sour, definitely counts! The album was conceived as a multi-styled tapestry of songs, taking in mainstream pop, rock, punk, folk and more – and, though Olivia doe

Classic Rock

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OVER THE PAST 13 years and four previous albums, Trucker Diablo have never held back on delivering bullish, anthemic music that gets right in your face. The Northern Irish foursome have now taken this a stage further on new album Tail End Of A Hurric

Total Guitar

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Taylor Swift has never been afraid to try out different styles and 2020’s Willow is a case in point, showcasing a folk-meets-contemporary pop style. The acoustic guitar at the beginning of the song was originally made up of five separate parts, so we

BN1 Magazine

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For those of you who haven’t listened to Creeping Jean’s music, from the band name alone you could be forgiven for imagining a sound that is quietly tiptoeing out of the shadows. You’d be wrong. With soaring melodies counterbalancing guitar riffs lik

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

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

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

Evening Standard

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Over the course of the last decade or so, Ed Sheeran went from a gigging Suffolk teenager with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal, to someone who’s played in front of the Queen, sold out arenas around the world and, by most measures, become one of t

Newsweek

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It feels like a different universe. In fact it was the summer of 1998: Bill Clinton was testifying in front of a grand jury about an affair with a White House intern, "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica was the biggest song in the country and Arma

Power & Motoryacht

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Before the world irrevocably changed, I was going into the office every day. Monotony was an issue. To avoid feeling stymied, and itching for a brew, on the odd Monday night, myself and a few of the editors could be found congregating at the Griswold

Los Angeles Times

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Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates says he secured his date to February's Grammy Awards ceremony many years ago. "When I was younger, it was always a thing that my mom joked about. 'All right, stop drumming, it's 9 o'clock.' And I'd be like, 'Please, l

Beat English

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Will it ever be possible to explain Taylor Swift‘s ascent from young country singer to this era‘s dominant pop culture icon? To some, her skilful use of social media to shape and command an almost religious fan community are the future of the music i

BN1 Magazine

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With many film festivals across the globe still unfortunately on hiatus, event organisers, film makers, and audiences alike, are fervently chomping at the bit for the opportunity to connect with the music they love. Stepping up to the plate is the Do

Prog

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This reader thinks they’re a great thing. In 2016 Andy Tillison asked The Tangent Facebook group if anyone out there would be interested in hosting a house concert. My wife and I live in a bungalow in Stretham, a village near Ely (it’s where Pink Flo

Caravan World

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Get some country music in your summertime trip with a visit to Tamworth in January for the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival, from 14-23 January 2022! If you’ve been missing live music, festival atmosphere and fun in the sun, plan a stop at Tamw

FHM Australia

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Parmalee is an American country music band consisting of brothers Matt Thomas (lead vocals, guitar) and Scott Thomas (drums), along with their cousin Barry Knox (bass) and Josh McSwain (guitar), who is a best friend since childhood. They are signed t

Classic Rock

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FOR 22 YEARS these Grammy-nominated South Carolinian rockers have built a serious following with their singalong heartland rock and hard-touring work ethic. They’ve regularly topped the US Rock, Alternative Rock and Christian Albums charts, and now o

You South Africa

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As one of SA’s best-loved indie-rock bands, December Streets need little introduction. They’re known for their energetic live performances and quirky rock sound that have earned them a huge fan base. Earlier this year they brought us the ridiculously

Camper Trailer Australia

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Australia has its fair share of summer festivals, but there is only one Tamworth Country Music Festival (TCMF). Tamworth is the acknowledged home of country music in Australia. Like Nashville in the USA, Tamworth is instantly recognised for its links

Surfing Life

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“Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar, that wet, splashy sound.”—Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar1 If you think about it, surfing is as sonic as it is physical. The sound of the ocean is the first song the Earth

Los Angeles Times

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will begin a new era on Jan. 1 with a new chairman, iHeartMedia President of entertainment enterprises John Sykes. He was selected by the board of directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation to take the reins aft

Evening Standard

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If you’re even remotely into London’s clubbing scene, it’s likely that you’ll have noticed a fresh new strain of dance music pounding across the capital over the last few years. A bit like bog standard house music if it wasn’t in such a hurry all the

Australian Guitar

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Initially shunned by radio and record labels yet beloved by many, Radio Birdman embraced their outlaw status in a mission to challenge the zeitgeist of ‘70s Aussie rock. Their oppositional MO was built on a passion for high-energy rock ‘n’ roll and b

Stereophile

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ATTENTION ALL AUDIO SOCIETIES: We have a page on the Stereophile website devoted to you: stereophile.com/audiophile-societies. If you’d like to have your audio-society information posted on the site, email Chris Vogel at vgl@cfl.rr.com. (Note the new

Scootering

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What would become universally known as Northern Soul grew organically from the original 1960s Mod scene and mirroring that evolution are The Signatures, a 10-piece Northern Soul tribute band, whose roots are entwined with the British scooter and Mod

New Zealand Listener

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When Laxed (Siren Beat) – a simple instrumental by an Auckland teenager – recently became a global hit after US R&B star Jason Derulo added lyrics to create Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat), there was understandable scepticism in some quarters. After a

NPR

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NPR is celebrating Black history, culture, music, art and stories for Black History Month! Check it out here.

Beat English

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Millions of listeners wait every year for „Last Christmas“ to haunt them wherever they go. Loved dearly and hated abysmally in equal measure, this brilliantly generic schmaltzy song has been sweetening and ruining every December since 1984. For Georg