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Melanie C says she's bringing joy to the club with 'Sweat,' an athletic album from the Spice Girl

Melanie C, also know as Mel C or Sporty Spice from the game-changing ‘90s girl group the Spice Girls, will release a new album on Friday

The Independent UK

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 27, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foo Fighters, Airbourne, All Them Witches and more

Louder

"I felt misunderstood by the German music industry. They called me too extreme." From Eminem teaching her about authenticity to the Nirvana song that made her pick up a guitar, this is the soundtrack to Mimi Barks' life

Nu gen provocateur Mimi Barks talks us through the songs that have defined her life

Metal Hammer

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“Bob Rock said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m gonna help you become a guitar hero.’ And he did!” Billy Duffy on how The Cult made their most challenging hit single

The guitar icon explains how tours with Billy Idol and Guns N' Roses shaped their 1989 hit, Fire Woman

Guitar World

“It was a hard song to record. It changes time signatures and keys as it goes along. What sounded so simple on the piano quickly got very complicated when translated to a full arrangement”: How A-ha combined classic pop with an experimental mindset

“It’s how we started out in the ‘80s – a return to synth-based thinking”

MusicRadar

“My heart skipped a beat. Shock, horror, horrendous feelings. Yeah, it was traumatic, really. It was like someone passing away": Paul McCartney’s driver on how he felt when Macca’s beloved Hofner was stolen

But it turned up 51 years later

MusicRadar

“A pioneer of music and an innovator who left an indelible mark on the history of music": Nashville session legend Wayne Moss has died, aged 88

Guitarist played on Oh Pretty Woman, Jolene and on Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde

MusicRadar

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Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group

Even though she was unwell, the last surviving Ronette was full of poignant memories and saucy asides when I met her last year. And she had a rich life after pop success

The Guardian - UK

“The bass strings broke – I had to tie them together. I would slide down the strings, cutting my fingers and getting blood all over the bass”: Bakithi Kumalo looks back at his formative years touring South Africa

Kumalo made a radical change in his bass technique during a tour of South Africa – before he ever played a note with Paul Simon

Guitar World

“I’ve heard tracks where someone took a Massive preset and just added a snare and some chords and that’s all they did”: How Native Instruments’ Massive became the go-to bass synth for a generation of music-makers

This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its rebirth as Massive X Player

MusicRadar

“Our music was so simple: we’d all laugh when Adrian Wright moved just one finger on the synthesizer and it sounded great”: Replicate the sonic magic of the Human League’s defining synth-pop anthem

The first UK No. 1 to use a drum machine plays host to one of the most recognisable synth parts ever. We re-create its opening 5th riff in all its 80s glory

MusicRadar

"I thought the melody was so beautiful and I really liked the lyrics, it was very clever. I knew my daughter would be thrilled as well": So which Billie Eilish cover has Paul Weller included on his new compilation?

It came from a recent BBC Radio 2 session

MusicRadar

“If he’s having a rough time, if he’s in a bad place, we’re usually in for a good album!”: Marillion’s Steve Hogarth started to write songs that made him cry. He can’t stop now

The singer names the track where he and his colleagues matched perfectly – even though it hurt to create it

Louder

Synth Week 2026: Exhibitor A-Z

Fantastic new releases and stories from our partners

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"I'm deeply uncomfortable with the amount of old men here." Teenage guitar sensation Grace Bowers quits YouTube, blames "old-ass creeps"

Grace Bowers now plans to make music for her own generation

The Guardian - UK

‘It needs to be loud’: Jozef Van Wissem’s one-man mission to make the lute rock again

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’

International Business Times UK

Leo Brooks Andrew Millsaps Split: Why Neon Union Broke Up at Career Peak

Neon Union's Leo Brooks and Andrew Millsaps confirm their split after four years together, revealing why the country duo broke up at their career peak

The Guardian - AU

Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80

Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett

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The Very On-Brand Way Blake Shelton Maintains His ‘Sanity’ Amidst His Wild TV And Music Careers

How's the life of this cowboy going?

The Guardian - UK

Bill Leader obituary

Other lives: Record producer who worked with the biggest names in folk music from the 1950s onwards

International Business Times UK

How Did Michael Jackson Die? Real Cause of Death and Why His Doctor Was Convicted

Michael Jackson's death in June 2009 was ruled a homicide after his doctor gave him a powerful anaesthetic at home. This feature unpacks the medical evidence and the conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Responds to Subpoena in Lively-Baldoni Legal Feud, Calls It an Attempt to Make a 'Tabloid Clickbait'

Taylor Swift has rejected claims linking her to the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal feud, calling a subpoena an attempt to generate tabloid attention.

Guitar World

“I wasn’t a fan. The only thing I knew was Ace Of Spades. I knew it was going to be rough... I couldn’t distinguish one track from another”: Why Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson knew his stint in Motörhead was doomed

The flying Scotsman replaced Fast Eddie Clarke, and had a formidable rep as Thin Lizzy guitarist, but he soon found Motörhead were not quite his speed

Metal Hammer

"I wasn’t going to smoke angel dust or rob people, so I thought straight edge was a good antidote." The Beatles, Blondie, New York hardcore and those disgusting CBGBs toilets: an interview with Quicksand's Walter Schreifels

The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music

Guitar World

“Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him)

Bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded Weather Report with fellow Miles Davis alumni Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

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