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“He has this really old black acoustic that everybody has signed. It’s got Johnny Cash’s name scratched into it, and he had me sign it”: How a rite of passage led Margo Price to etching her signature onto a guitar next to a country legend’s

Price recently collaborated with Gibson on a signature J-45 and is set to release her upcoming album, Hard Headed Woman, at the end of the month

Guitar World

“I’m not a big fan of bands that take themselves too seriously. Look at Angus Young. He’s a grown man who wears a schoolboy uniform”: Justin Hawkins unfiltered – the inside story about the rise, fall and rebirth of the Darkness

This is the story of a band who blew up, broke up, and got back up again with an appetite to record the album of their lives. And Justin Hawkins admits, he's lucky to be be alive to tell the tale

Guitar World

“You’re talking about somebody who’s touched by the hand of God. You can’t even fathom it”: Paul Gilbert worshipped his playing, he tutored Luther Dickinson, and he remains, decades after his death, perhaps the greatest little-known guitarist of all time

He was made a guitar legend by his jaw-dropping speed, but Shawn Lane is more worth remembering for his sheer fretboard versatility – he aced country sessions, while blowing minds onstage equally with Southern rock bands and Indian classical-influenced ensembles

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“I said, ‘Rick, I’m playing one note, how the hell do I play less?’ He said, ‘I know you can do it’”: Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin on Johnny Cash’s American IV album was like solving a puzzle

“You need to simplify,” Rubin kept telling him

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"I remember thinking, This is ridiculous. Johnny finally said, 'This isn’t working'." Rick Rubin once tried to get Johnny Cash to record Robert Palmer's US number one single Addicted To Love

Johnny Cash's American Recordings sessions with producer Rick Rubin yielded some incredible music, but not everything worked

Louder

New horror sequel Final Destination Bloodlines features music by thrash metal veterans Evile

Evile join the Final Destination Bloodlines soundtrack alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, and erm, Kelly Clarkson

Metal Hammer

“Compact and handcrafted charm with concert-ready charisma”: Gibson’s Parlor Rosewood EC offers a downsized, single-cut take on the SJ-200 shape beloved by Brian May and Johnny Cash

The small, cutaway-lavished acoustic is built to be a worthy travel companion without limiting the size of its sound

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii: What are the greatest live albums of all time?

This week saw the first official release on vinyl of Pink Floyd's legendary 1971 set played in Pompeii - showing to what extent the British band were once one of the greatest live acts in the world. With so many great live albums out there, we give you our Top…

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“His studio was a temple to analogue, within which he made a point of always wearing a boiler suit”: 6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before

They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape

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Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans

Donald Trump first came up with his plan for a “National Garden of American Heroes” at the end of his first term, before President Joe Biden quietly tabled it upon replacing Trump in the White House.

The Conversation

“So I’m standing in the vocal booth one night and I felt Johnny’s presence. I am not a woo-woo, but I felt his presence pushing me": Sheryl Crow says it felt like Johnny Cash was with her when she recorded her vocals for their posthumous duet

Written by Crow, Redemption Day had been recorded by the Man In Black in 2003

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“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight”: How Johnny Cash drew on his own experiences to make his greatest songs

The Man in Black comes under our spotlight as we break down his take on the creative process

MusicRadar

19 Forgotten Hollywood Scandals That Stunned Fans

From Ben Affleck's slave-owning ancestor to Russell Crowe assaulting a hotel clerk, these celeb scandals once dominated headlines but have slipped from public memory.

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Hulu top 10 movies — here's the 3 you need to stream right now

Hulu's top 10 movies are always changing, so we’ve chosen the ones worth watching right now.

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“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight”: How Johnny Cash drew on his own experiences to make his greatest songs

The Man in Black comes under our spotlight as we break down his take on the creative process

The Independent UK

June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown to join the Country Music Hall of Fame

Tony Brown, June Carter and Kenny Chesney have been invited to join the Country Music Hall of Fame

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"This is about her son": Emotional scenes all round as country music’s past and present celebrate Grand Ole Opry’s 100th anniversary

Tributes paid to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton and others

Guitar World

“I can play barre chords and my dad couldn’t. He had a strum that was identifiably his, but I learned from the Carter women. Mine is more of a Carter scratch”: How Rosanne Cash found her sound – and captured Johnny’s design flair in her signature Gibson

Her surname precedes her (whether she likes it or not). But as Gibson releases a limited-edition recreation of her fabled father’s SJ-200 – alongside her new J-185 – Rosanne Cash tells us she’s comfortable in her skin and proud of her own legacy

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Coronation Street’s Kevin Kennedy looks back: ‘I collapsed after going two days without alcohol. I knew I’d die if I carried on’

The actor on being ‘Curly’ Watts for 20 years, beating his addiction and playing the same festival as Johnny Cash

The Conversation

From Jewish summer camp to gospel to Chabad, Bob Dylan’s faith doesn’t fit in a box − but he’s long had a connection to Israel

James Mangold’s film “A Complete Unknown,” nominated for eight Oscars, captures the elusive, enigmatic quality of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s: the years he emerged as a major musical and cultural phenomenon. A scant few years after he came to New York from Minnesota, and legally changed his name…

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“There’s a tradition in country music where an older musician – in order to give respect to a younger musician – would give them his guitar. Dad gave Bob Dylan one of his guitars”: Rosanne Cash on her father’s six-string salute to Dylan

The country legend says her father was not precious with instruments – instead, he respected the players

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30 Side By Side Shots Of Iconic Locations And The Legends Who Made Them Famous Photos By Steve Birnbaum

Steve Birnbaum, the creator of The Band Was Here, has learned the art of blending history with the present moment. The post 30 Side By Side Shots Of Iconic Locations And The Legends Who Made Them Famous Photos By Steve Birnbaum first appeared on Bored Panda.

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"It was crazed, almost Charles Manson–like." Before he started Def Jam, and produced everyone from Slayer to Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin played guitar in a noise-rock band called Hose, and recorded one of the worst Led Zeppelin covers ever committed to vinyl

Now one of the most powerful and influential men in the music industry, once upon a time super-producer Rick Rubin was just another punk rock guitarist in a terrible band

The Independent UK

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘I wrote a song that made my legs turn to jelly’

INTERVIEW: Laura Barton talks to Will Oldham about recording with some of his heroes, how he writes for his alter ego, and why a song about gun deaths made his legs turn to jelly

Louder

"He was the first time I'd ever seen the potential of music to be evil": From Oz punk to Detroit blues, Nick Cave names his Desert Island Discs

Nick Cave chose eight favourite songs on the long-running BBC Radio show

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