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Why Blue Heart Pins Are Every 2025 Grammy Attendee's Accessory

This red carpet accessory is significant.

Marie Claire

How to watch the 2025 Grammy Awards

Some of music's brightest stars are gathering for the 67th Grammys on Sunday, February 2. Here’s how to watch.

WhatToWatch

Everything to Know About the 2025 Grammys, From How to Watch the Awards Show to the Performers

All of your favorite pop divas are set to take the stage.

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Grammys 2025: Which British stars won?

Kendrick Lamar and Bianca Censori were grabbing headlines, but it was still a great night for British stars

Evening Standard

Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP writers predict who will win at the 2025 Grammys

Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight

The Independent UK

Jacob Collier/Chris Thile/Britten Sinfonia review – Bach to Beatles and mass harmonies as virtuosic pair delight

An enjoyably varied programme took in Piazzolla, Samuel Barber and Queen with Suzie Collier conducting the Britten Sinfonia, but the musical fireworks were all courtesy of her son Jacob and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile

The Guardian - UK

“This unique model captures Jacob’s boundary-pushing musicality”: Jacob Collier’s wild five-string Strandberg signature, the JC Djesse, has finally hit the market – and it’s been joined by a six-string option

Melding Strandberg’s ergonomic headless guitar designs with Collier’s perception challenging D A E A D tuning, the guitar is one of the most intriguing guitar concepts in years

Guitar World

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“Stick to our chords”: Chris Martin rags Jacob Collier for his reharmonisation antics as they duet on a simultaneously stripped-down and more complex version of Coldplay’s Fix You

“I’m the worst musician in this room!” he admits

MusicRadar

Jacob Collier Innovates With 'Djesse Vol. 4' Album

Discover Jacob Collier's innovative 'Djesse Vol. 4' album with audience collaborations and Grammy nominations. Exciting musical excellence awaits at the 67...

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Jacob Collier enlisted 100,000 concertgoers on his way to more Grammy nods

Six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier took an unexpected approach to the final installment of his four-part “Djesse” album series

The Independent UK

Let it show: find an event for every day until Christmas with our culture advent calendar

From The Nutcracker in Glasgow and the Human League in Cardiff to Messiaen in Manchester and Maggie Mistletoe in Farnham, our critics pick the best cultural events in the run-up to Christmas

The Guardian - UK

“Can you put a banjo in a dubstep drop?”: Jacob Collier teams up with Google to launch AI-powered music creation tool MusicFX DJ

"You craft this real-time sonic putty that’s endlessly surprising, and essentially seeks to alchemize or forge connections between things that would otherwise be unlikely"

MusicRadar

“It never existed before, at least to my knowledge”: Jacob Collier’s custom five-string Taylor – which paved the way for his game-changing Strandberg – has been launched as his latest signature guitar

A six-string version of the uniquely shaped acoustic has also been made available for those wanting something a little more familiar

Guitar World

Jacob Collier: 'We're at the frontier of change - I’m terrified and thrilled by what’s about to happen.'

Friends with Chris Martin and Stormzy and dubbed the ‘Mozart of Gen Z’... what’s next for the artist who honed his considerable gifts in his bedroom?

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“Steve Vai… I listen and I think, ‘How does he do that? That’s crazy!’”: Jacob Collier says what Steve Vai taught him on guitar was much bigger than technique

It's not just Vai's chops and musical vocabulary that are unearthly, his wisdom too comes from a higher cosmic plane...

Guitar World

“I won my first Grammy playing bass with Nas, but the time I had with Prince at Paisley Park was life-changing”: MonoNeon on collaborating with giants, forging his own path – and why he plays with a sock on the headstock of his Fender signature bass

The Jacob Collier, Mac Miller and Prince collaborator reveals the bassline he wishes he'd written, and reflects on the mind-blowing experience of having Mavis Staples and George Clinton guest on his new album

Guitar World

“He’s taught me a lot about the guitar, but not from showing me stuff on the neck or talking about picking”: How Steve Vai helped Jacob Collier become a better player without even touching a guitar

The newly crowned Strandberg signature artist discusses how Vai’s progressive mentality informed his approach to the guitar

MusicRadar

“I recommend people try to make the worst song in the world”: Jacob Collier offers unusual creative advice

Jacob Collier offers unusual creative advice

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“The first thing they’ll try and do is make one of the six-string guitar shapes work. It's a car crash!” Jacob Collier on how his 5-string signature Strandberg guitar is forcing guitarists to rethink their approach to playing

Collier sees his off-kilter five-string setup as a vehicle for guitarists to push beyond their limits

Guitar World

“This five-string electric guitar is a literal dream of mine”: Strandberg and Jacob Collier’s game-changing signature guitar finally arrives this summer

Meet the JC 5 Djesse –a signature model that introduces the UK songwriter’s innovative five-string tuning to the masses

MusicRadar

“This 5-string electric guitar is a literal dream of mine”: Strandberg launches Jacob Collier signature model – headless and tuned to DAEAD, it’s like nothing we’ve seen before

Collier's Boden JC 5 Djesse is accompanied by a six-string in standard tuning, but there is nothing standard about these banana yellow limited edition Strandbergs

The Guardian - UK

Fresh faces: meet the UK’s 10 MPs from generation Z

Among those heading to Westminster are the first MPs to have been born in the 2000s

MusicRadar

Which audio interfaces do the pros use?

We've taken a sniff around the studios of 9 production powerhouses and creators to see what's at the centre of their setups

MusicRadar

“There’s no such thing as a wrong note”: Jacob Collier takes you inside his “wise” music room and explains why he can’t stop using a discontinued Native Instruments MIDI keyboard

“Whenever this one breaks I have to beg for unused spares,” he says

MusicRadar

"I did a lot of research on Rick... I don't believe his audience is creative people": Jacob Collier calls Rick Rubin's creative manifesto "absolutely false"

Musical polymath takes issue with bearded superproducer

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