“I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to jam on some Isley Brothers?’ Nobody laughed”: Les Claypool remembers his audition for Metallica Now he’s made a concept album with Sean Lennon MusicRadar · Mar 18
Unwatched and unloved: Two-thirds of recorded footage from gigs is never played back Yet 77% of us still take videos at gigs MusicRadar · Mar 18
“Who would have thought we'd be having full Ableton running on an iPhone chip? That's kind of crazy”: The first reviews of the MacBook Neo are in, and it looks like good news for budget-conscious music producers Both Ableton Live and Logic Pro run just fine, it would seem MusicRadar · Mar 18
“It inspired a whole generation of hard rock guitarists to pick up the instrument, not least Metallica’s Kirk Hammett”: How a broken string, a loan from his brother and a fresh paint job helped Michael Schenker turn this Flying V into an icon of rock Gibson used 3D scans to create this stunning Collector's Edition replica of the black-and-white Flying V that defined Schenker's work with UFO and Scorpions MusicRadar · Mar 18
“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”: How one song turned the self-confessed “worst rapper in the world” into an alt-rock icon “I knew my folk music would take off if I put hip-hop beats behind it” MusicRadar · Mar 18
“These tools should not replace the artist, but support a workflow where human intent, taste and creativity remain at the core”: Roland unveils generative AI tool, Melody Flip Forthcoming Cloud AI tool develops “Roland’s vision of technology as a partner that coexists with the creative process” MusicRadar · Mar 18
Would you buy “one of the greatest rock albums of all time” from this man for $2 million?: Meet the ex-Kiss guitarist asking one lucky fan to pay to manufacture and sell his album It’s a “classic” called Guitarmaggedon MusicRadar · Mar 17
"Of course I knew this device would be controversial": ChatDSP generates instruments and effects in Max for Live from text prompts - but now even its creator is asking if he should take it down Dillon Bastan's latest device has sparked heated debate among the M4L community MusicRadar · Mar 17
“All roads go back to the music we did. I worked with Bruno because he loved what I did with Amy, and as big as other records were, that is ground zero": Mark Ronson explains what made Amy Winehouse such a great musical collaborator – "she had no filter" He also looks back on the time he brought Winehouse and Adele together for a performance at the 2008 Brit Awards MusicRadar · Mar 17
“The Telecaster is like the heart and soul of rock and roll music”: Fender celebrates 75 years of the electric guitar that started it all with limited edition collection The 75th Anniversary Telecaster Collection features five stunning takes on the first mass-produced solidbody electric MusicRadar · Mar 17
“I tried to write a love song that wasn’t corny, that didn’t sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded”: How Talking Heads crafted the delicate beauty of This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Both one of Talking Heads’ most out-of-character compositions and their most emotionally resonant, This Must Be the Place continues to cast its spell over listeners MusicRadar · Mar 17
“I created the guitar parts. I was super jet-lagged and loopy, but I was able to focus, and we created the song. Natalie’s version is extremely similar”: How Paul McCartney’s guitarist Rusty Anderson helped to shape the sound of a classic ’90s hit Plus: Rusty's early years with Van Halen, the Bangles and more MusicRadar · Mar 17
“It’s not for the faint of heart. You need to know what you’re doing to play that guitar”: Derek Trucks reveals what it’s like to play Jerry Garcia’s record-breaking $11.56mn Tiger guitar Trucks got the chance to put the ultimate Grateful Dead guitar through its paces during The Tedeschi Trucks Band's residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City – and he says it's a “beast” MusicRadar · Mar 17
“Fans are consuming music from the artists they love in more ways than ever”: US vinyl sales hit the $1 billion mark for the first time in over 40 years It’s the 19th consecutive year of growth MusicRadar · Mar 17
MusicRadar · Mar 17 "The numbers are going backward": New report finds that 2025 saw "no progress" for women in music The percentage of women credited as songwriters in the Hot 100 decreased from 18.9% in 2024 to 14.5% in 2025 – a ratio of 5.8 male songwriters to every one woman
MusicRadar · Mar 17 “I had just finished a Christmas album; he had just finished a Metallica album”: It might have been “a bit of a whiplash” for some of his fans, but Josh Groban says he has no regrets about his “ballsy” decision to make an album with Rick Rubin “I found myself bored, so I wanted to learn again, get the good fear again," he says of 2010's Illuminations
MusicRadar · Mar 17 “We do not ever want it to be like we’re going through the motions or we’re having to run on empty. We’re going to do 20 shows each year. No more, no less”: Radiohead suggest they’ll play short-term residencies in other continents But not until 2027, says Ed O’Brien
MusicRadar · Mar 17 “He wrote some of the best parts of Hotel California and Desperado. He wrote some pivotal lines that I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years”: Don Henley’s praise for his Eagles bandmate Glenn Frey “We wrote the soundtrack to a lot of people’s lives”
MusicRadar · Mar 17 “I urge them to reconsider and step up to help the next generation of talent”: Minister’s message to Live Nation’s dawdling over £1 arena and stadium levy Otherwise, the government will legislate, says Ian Murray
MusicRadar · Mar 16 “People never believe me that Kraftwerk created Atomic Kitten”: OMD’s Andy McCluskey says that it was an electronic music legend who advised him to form the ‘00s girlband who would hit number 1 with Whole Again “He took me by surprise that he actually did it!,” said the Kraftwerk member in 2022
MusicRadar · Mar 16 “Was Courtney impossible, difficult, a drug addict, terrifying, and even mean sometimes? Yes, she was. But it took me one second to understand that she was also a survivor”: Melissa Auf der Maur on her time in Hole and why she’s “proud” of Courtney Love She has a memoir out this week
MusicRadar · Mar 16 “At least three albums with people who are a few of my favourite artists of all time... I’d say 95 percent of the work I’ve done was unpaid”: James Blake on the hit and miss nature of his production work “You’re throwing stuff at a wall and seeing what sticks” he says
MusicRadar · Mar 16 "I picked up the acoustic guitar and noodled around, and Bruno was freestyling and singing along. That started the whole idea, and we were like, 'OK, this is where we go'": Why Bruno Mars' new single Risk It All could have ended up sounding very different “Most of the other versions were more up-tempo," says co-writer/producer D'Mile
MusicRadar · Mar 16 “There’s plenty of output to use the pedal as a conventional boost with tonal options. And there’s a whole area of dirt to be explored”: JHS Pedals 424 Gain Stage review The latest from JHS Pedals captures the sound of plugging your guitar into the input stages of a vintage multi-track recorder, aka, the mk.gee approach
MusicRadar · Mar 16 “I find it amazing that people are singing along in such a celebratory way about being involved in a car crash”: We speak to The Smiths’ producer Stephen Street and learn how their most beloved song came to be There Is a Light That Never Goes Out remains one of The Smiths’ most heartbreaking songs - a near-perfect example of the potency of Marr and Morrissey’s songwriting partnership