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“I thought, ‘That’s the guitar Mike Bloomfield played…’ I just had to buy it”: The mistake that led Robben Ford to buy his first great instrument –and how Miles Davis and Jeff Beck took him to the Strat

As Ford returns with Two Shades of Blue, the Californian guitar legend drops by for a video lesson and to talk all things guitar, from his adventures with big-box jazz models to Strats

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We pick 8 of the best Record Store Day 2026 releases – The Cure, Nas, Miles Davis, Pavement and more

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“It was the way for me to learn to approach the guitar a different way, because Jeff Beck was not an early influence”: Robben Ford on rearranging John Lennon, iconic collaborations and paying tribute to Jeff Beck and amp guru Alexander Dumble

Two Shades Of Blues was conceived as a tribute to Beck and Ford's favourite amp builder, and it finds him exploring the Strat and making his own weather with his Overdrive Special

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Record Store Day 2026 starts soon! The date, the top vinyl drops, and everything else you need to know

RSD happens but once a year, and it's a refreshing return to bricks-and-mortar-store shopping for vinyl — so you'll want to be ready

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I used Apple Music in ChatGPT to build creative playlists — and the results surprised me

I used the Apple Music app inside ChatGPT to come up with playlists based on three creative prompts I came up with to see the 10 songs it compiled for each one

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“They describe themselves as a Mantra-Rock Dada Pythago-Cubist Orchestra, and the band name translates to ‘angina of the chest’”: The microtonal music theory behind viral math-rockers Angine de Poitrine

Our resident music professor breaks down the experimental tunings and time signatures behind the costumed Québécois duo breaking the internet

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“I knew that he liked me, and he would call me on the phone. ‘Robben, what you doing!?’” Robben Ford on how playing with Miles Davis made him feel untouchable

Ford wasn't a jazz player when he joined up with Davis in 1986 but he would soon learn – and it give him a sense of self-confidence that's with him to this day

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Five Great Reads: how Animalia became a global bestseller, hand-me-down recipes, and the genius of Miles Davis

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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‘He used the trumpet as a songbird’: 100 years of Miles Davis, by jazz greats Sonny Rollins, Yazz Ahmed and more

Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather outfits

The Guardian - UK

“Here’s a diary entry from July 24, 1974: ‘Argument with Bill Bruford. Bill says, ‘They might as well get a session guitarist’”: The making of Red, the album that pushed King Crimson to the brink

Robert Fripp digs into his long-unopened personal diaries with Guitar World as he shares the story of the relentlessly heavy and ambitious 1974 prog classic

Guitar World

‘I’m the product of a smashed-up family’: how Sean Scully became the greatest abstract painter alive

He has survived loss, breakdown and schooling by ‘scary nuns’, but the anguish is still there in his art. As his new show thrills Paris, the US-based, Irish-born artist talks about the pain that drives him

The Guardian - UK

“I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis

He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way

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“I got bored with Miles Davis. He was like, ‘Robben, play that just like the record.’ And I didn’t join Miles Davis to do that”: Robben Ford explains his dalliance with Davis, Joni Mitchell’s fuzz tips – and how Jeff Beck got him back on the Strat

Ford on two moments when Joni Mitchell was right and he was wrong, why his late 80s stint with Davis didn't work out and his go-to Dumble alternative

Guitar World

“We heard King Crimson synchronised music with visuals at gigs. I thought we could use that, since we didn’t have Mick Jagger to run around or anything”: Remembering Rick Davies, from tramping around Germany to leading Supertramp around the world

Former colleagues recall the life and times of a driven but introverted musician who endured tough challenges to see his lifelong vision achieved – and updated his joke book while he did it

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“Miles Davis and all those guys would just record right to the vinyl. And I was fascinated by that. So I got that feeling in my stomach – butterflies”: Why Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry loves to record with no safety net

It happened recently with a cover of a Bowie classic

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“I think that’s what grabbed people – the fact that there were real moments of humanity in it. And the melody was catchy, the rhythm and my vocal was hypnotic”: The story of Cyndi Lauper’s first No.1. hit – later recorded by Miles Davis

She delved deep into her personal life to create four minutes of pop brilliance

The Guardian - UK

Jack DeJohnette obituary

Thrilling American jazz drummer, pianist and composer who played with some of the genre’s greatest stars

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A definitive list of what’s cool (and what’s not cool)

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Elle Hunt and share their own definitions of coolness

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Jazz great Jack DeJohnette - drummer for Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and others - dies, aged 83

He played on Bitches Brew and Live-Evil

The Independent UK

Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83

Acclaimed jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette has died at 83

The Guardian - UK

Jack DeJohnette was more than a jazz drummer – his staggering range made him a superhuman force in music

With a complex playing style that was nevertheless generous towards other musicians, the US musician was in a category all of his own

The Independent UK

Jack DeJohnette death: Jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis dies aged 83

He worked with musicians including Alice Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Herbie Hancock

The Guardian - UK

Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83

Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Rochford: Finding Ways review – Polar Bear drummer’s strikingly varied quest into the aftermath of grief

Rochford showcases his signature alchemic touch, featuring seven electric guitarists in a fusion of improv, reggae and romantic pop

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Photography icon David Bailey to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2025

David Bailey has shaped the way we see music, from jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, to rock and pop icons including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie

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