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“Everybody knows the song, but it’s not like one of the Beatles songs that gets played all the time – It was a little more off the radar”: Bryan Adams on the key songs that defined his youth

Adams spoke to us around the release of his covers album Tracks of My Years and revealed why he chose to take on a particularly obscure Beatles song

MusicRadar · Sep 4

Audacity enters a “new era” with the biggest update in the free and open-source audio editor’s 26-year history

Audacity 4 overhauls the software's editing workflow, polishes up its interface and introduces new ways for users to organize their work

MusicRadar · Sep 4

“Oh, and did we mention it’s a 7-string?”: Ibanez just fully weaponised the Iceman for metal and refreshed a whole bunch of its flagship signature models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and more

The Iceman has always been a gent among metal guitars but with seven strings and a multi-scale build and Fishmans, consider it a true djent

MusicRadar · Sep 3

David Byrne’s song for Musk documentary is comprised entirely of the tycoon's quotes: “No editorializing. Straight from the man’s mouth to mine”

It’s “foot-tapping sardonic poetry” according to the film’s director

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“The Faith guitar is the jewel in the crown”: George Michael’s ‘Faith’ guitar heads to auction – and you won’t find a 1940s Gretsch with more ‘80s mojo than this

There are vintage Gretsches and then there are 1940s Gretsch acoustics that were played by George Michael as his solo career exploded

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything”: As she enters a new era by dropping the Cyrus name and rocking out in a white jumpsuit with a black Fender Strat, here’s what Miley has said about playing guitar

Her new album, Bass Persuades, will be released on 18 September

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“Her Mississippi heritage was always present in everything no matter how expansive her artistry evolved”: Blues jazz singer Cassandra Wilson has died, aged 70

Manager says the double Grammy winner passed peacefully at home

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“I got over the fact that I was lumbered with the bass – I realised the control you had over the band. They can’t go anywhere, man. Ha! Power!”: Revisiting a classic Paul McCartney interview from our archive

Looking back at a gem from the MusicRadar archive, in which the legendary Paul McCartney discusses the band-directing power of being a bass player and teaching Elvis a thing or two…

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“She will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun”: Alanis Morissette to sue “terrible” ex-tour manager

Lawsuit alleges drug trafficking, extortion and the booking of a $70,000 hotel room

MusicRadar · Sep 3

“We were talking about Lana Del Rey the other day”: Dani Filth tells us about his dream collaborators, Cradle of Filth’s reliance on Dropbox and his surprisingly stripped-back home studio

The Cradle of Filth frontman takes us inside the setup behind the band’s symphonic extremity - complete with a boutique Soyuz mic, hotel room writing sessions and a Creature from the Black Lagoon watching from the wall

MusicRadar · Sep 3