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

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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Trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine organized the 1974 festival and produced the new album Zaire 74: The African Artists, which captures performances by Miriam Makeba, Franco and more.

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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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

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

Total Guitar

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Neo-soul pop hit Happy was released from the soundtrack to the film Despicable Me 2 in 2013, and went on to become the most commercially successful single worldwide the following year with nearly 14 million sales/streams. The upbeat soul/Motown groov

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

Goldmine

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On September 15, we lost singer-songwriter and producer Ric Ocasek, a founding member and leader of The Cars. Ric and Benjamin Orr had played in a few Ohio bands before ultimately moving to the Boston scene, which led to The Cars’ self-titled polishe

Total Guitar

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If you’re looking to be a top singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran seems to be the man to beat. Influenced by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Eminem and alternative English folk duo Nizlopi, Ed’s material covers a range of traditional and contemporary s

UNCUT

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WRITTEN in a cellar, recorded in a bedsit and released by a start-up independent label run from a record shop in Dudley, the debut single by Brummie reggae quartet UB40 was an instant success story that surprised everyone except the band. “We were co

NPR

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Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.

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

Classic Rock

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Formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody (the latter died six years later) – both members of the Allman Brothers Band – American southern rock jam group Gov’t Mule have carved out a successful career while flying beneath the

NPR

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This month's playlist includes a single off Anna Burch's forthcoming debut album, a cover of a Willie Dixon song and a powerful spoken-word track about homelessness.

NPR

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An Oklahoma country station made news this week when it briefly refused to play a Beyoncé song. It's a resonant tale for the Black and women musicians who have tried to crack the format for decades.

Goldmine

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Retirement hasn’t been able to stick with Tommy Roe, who by his own count has stepped away from the concert spotlight at least five times. What makes the pending return from his February 2018 retirement different from the others is that this time he’

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.

Evening Standard

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Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther franchise has returned to the big screens once again this weekend. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is in cinemas worldwide, released to rave reviews and major excitement. Yet this is also a moment of pause, since thi

Guitarist

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Joni Mitchell’s Shine album was released in 2007 and came after 10 years of radio silence from the legendary singer-songwriter. Now available for the first time on 180-gram vinyl, the album won Joni a Grammy in 2008 for the instrumental track One Wee

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

UNCUT

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FOR much of the past 60 years, the four musicians who make up The Meters have been a constant thread in New Orleans musical history. While still in their teens, all four – Art Neville (piano and organ), Zigaboo Modeliste (drums), George Porter Jr (ba

UNCUT

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IN 2019, The National curated a “friends and family” covermount CD for Uncut, drawing together tracks that highlighted their healthy and productive relationships with other artists – including Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten and This Is The Kit. To accomp

NPR

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Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performed an intimate set featuring "Heavenly Father" and a cover of Leon Russell's "A Song For You."

Los Angeles Times

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If you were there - or if you just watched it on YouTube - then you know that Beyonce's performance at the 2018 Coachella festival may have been the greatest concert of our time. A loving and deeply thought-through re-creation of a halftime show at a

AppleMagazine

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For many, (the artist formerly known as) Prince was more than just a musical artist. He was an icon, a sex symbol, a rebel, a prodigy, an innovator who brought us an oeuvre that transcended boundaries of musical style, textures, and genres. He was kn

TechLife News

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For many, (the artist formerly known as) Prince was more than just a musical artist. He was an icon, a sex symbol, a rebel, a prodigy, an innovator who brought us an oeuvre that transcended boundaries of musical style, textures, and genres. He was kn

UNCUT

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PLUS! THE RHAPSODY WORLD TOUR REVEALED! PAGE 98 EVEN for a band as seasoned as Queen, a new tour presents certain tribulations. For example, as they resume their Rhapsody World Tour – including a 10-date residency at London’s O2 Arena – Brian May, Ro

You South Africa

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Fans can expect to hear all the hits that made Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of A-ha one of the biggest bands of the ’80s and early ’90s, such as The Sun Always Shines on TV and Take on Me. We caught up with songwriter and g

Stereophile

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As I was preparing our annual Records to Die For feature for 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it occurred to me that at such a moment, “Records to Die For” didn’t evoke the same feelings it once did. That name—for what has become Stereoph