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“The first three times I performed it in public, I burst into tears – because it brought back the intensity of the experience”: How Joni Mitchell wrote Woodstock – an era-defining song that spoke to a generation

An anthem inspired by the legendary music festival – by an artist who wasn’t actually there

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The best new music tech gear of NAMM 2026: Epic polys, acoustic synths, budget samplers, a Behringer Juno and much more

MusicRadar's Matt Mullen and Andy Price have been roving the show floor – here are their music technology highlights

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“The studio bill came to £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought a celebratory bag of fish and chips”: Before superstardom and multi-million-selling albums, the young Def Leppard made their very first record on the cheap

“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”

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“That was a totally racist decision. We killed that song together. We were both deeply hurt”: So why did the original version of Robert Palmer’s Addicted To Love get junked?

It was originally a duet with Chaka Khan

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“Engineered for modern electric players seeking authentic nylon tine without the traditional limitations of classical instruments”: Abasi’s nylon 7-string opens for pre-orders

NAMM 2026: The long-awaited Abasi Córdoba Stage 7 nylon string guitar makes its debut in California

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40 years after the SK-1, Casio is making waves with another fun-looking sampler - could it be another budget classic?

NAMM 2026: Handheld device is attracting plenty of attention on the show floor

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"A brand new amp and speaker with AI vocal and instrument separation tech": JBL’s new BandBox makes it easier than ever to craft the perfect backing track

NAMM 2026: JBL’s new BandBox uses the same instrument separating AI principles that gave us new Beatles music

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"I love that you don’t have to be a Mayer mega-fan to enjoy what’s on offer here": Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review

Two opposing worlds collide in Neural DSP's latest plugin offering

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“Expressive sound, immediate control, and rock-solid reliability”: Kurzweil’s performer-focused SP8 looks like a bomb-proof stage piano that’s also a powerful synth

NAMM 2026: It looks like it covers just about every sonic eventuality

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“Its sound kicks the ass of amps three times its size”: Slash’s latest Magnatone Lil’ Viper 8-watt combo can go toe-to-toe with the big boys

NAMM 2026: Slash teams up with Magnatone once more to create a tiny 8-watt amp with plenty of bite

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“A deeper low-end presence within the StingRay lineup”: Sterling by Music Man launches its first ever baritone electric guitar

NAMM 2026: Sterling by Music Man reveals the company’s first-ever baritone electric guitar, refreshes its popular Luke series and we get two new signature models

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“You think back over what you have done and you drinka bottle of red wine and get out all the old albums and listen tothem until four o’clock in the morning”: Ex-Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies aged 71

He played on the band’s landmark albums and the worldwide hit Wind Of Change

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“If you can describe the effect, you can make your own”: Polyend Endless is a customisable stompbox with a text-to-effect generator

NAMM 2026: Polyend’s new pedal can load custom effects coded in C++, or created with Polyend’s text-based Playground generator

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“Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary'

NAMM 2026: Rise of the robots! Synergy’s latest amplifier uses cutting-edge Machine-Learning tech to fuse punchy tube tones with solid state conveniences

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“The truest conduit between the acoustic resonance of the guitar and its electric voice” says Chris Buck of the custom P90-style pickups in his new signature Yamaha Revstar

NAMM 2026: Music Radar’s Best New Guitarist 2017 Chris Buck gets his own signature Yamaha Revstar, while Yamaha also debuts a new Pacifica SC body shape and two 60th Anniversary editions

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Mapex targets comfort and speed with the Design Lab Swift belt-drive bass drum pedal

The belt-driven pedal features a host of features aimed at usability, performance and fast response

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DW expands DWe line-up with Roland module and cymbal-equipped bundles

Premium DW shells paired with Roland's next-generation V71 and V51 modules and a choice of DW or Roland cymbals

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“Delivers portability without compromising the authentic feel and expressiveness of an acoustic drum kit": Donner enters the pro-level electronic drum set market with new flagship Groove Series

Mesh pads, space-saving setups and well-stocked modules are all on the menu from Donner's new line-up

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MXR's high-gain Eddie Van Halen collab headlines Jim Dunlop's fresh pedal drop – and there's an Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby too

NAMM 2026: The MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal was co-designed with Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and is officially here, and it's joined by a special Way Huge fuzz and some cool Cry Babies

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“For those seeking acoustic power, projection and an enormous amount of volume": Faith unleashes a slew of updates and new models at NAMM

NAMM 2026: Faith Guitars reveals its new Nexus Venus and Neptune electro-acoustics – and they look out of this world!

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“We are proud to support the invaluable work War Child do and hope the record will make a positive difference to the lives of children affected by war”: Arctic Monkeys contribute brand new track to HELP(2) album

Project is a successor to 1995’s fondly-remembered Help album

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Seymour Duncan unveils MortalCoil active humbucker set, a multi-voiced pairing featuring the crushing new MC1 plus classic JB and Jazz humbucker voicings – will it dethrone Fishman as metal’s state-of-the-art pickup?

NAMM 2026: A serious upgrade to any high-performance electric guitar, Seymour Duncan promises a super-fast attack, clarity even when the gain is dimed – and hey, there's a single-coil voicing too

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"From professionals to advanced amateurs, EAD50 empowers every drummer to achieve their ideal sound": Yamaha confirms the EAD50, and it looks set to be your one-stop hybrid drum module

NAMM 2026: After a couple of weeks of teasers, Yamaha has finally lifted the lid on its next-level EAD product

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“A seamless start-to-finish creative workflow”: LANDR announces new “ethical” AI music-making assistants for songwriting and production, but will using them leave you feeling empty inside?

NAMM 2026: Blueprints and Layers can do so much that you might wonder what you’re bringing to the party

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“We hashed it out. It was hard. It is like a marriage. You go through these ups and downs, and try to understand your partner”: Jack Black and Kyle Gass have repaired their friendship

And Tenacious D will return, says Gass

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