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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Steve lacy - Caught on Camera

“At the end of the service, they would just shred, and I would sit there and watch with my jaw to the floor, not moving”: Steve Lacy reflects on his guitar origins – and how it all goes back to church and Guitar Hero

As the multi-hyphenate artist gears up for the follow-up to 2022’s acclaimed record Gemini Rights, he looks back on his roots and his love affair with the guitar

Guitar World

Ravyn Lenae on her viral hit Love Me Not: ‘There’s so much ahead of me beyond this moment’

INTERVIEW: As the Chicago-born psychedelic-R&B singer achieves a Top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, she speaks to Ellie Muir about the power of manifestation, going on tour with Sabrina Carpenter, and repairing her relationship with her father

The Independent UK

Drake calls Kendrick Lamar collaborator Steve Lacy a ‘fragile opp’ in latest feud escalation

The ‘Bad Habit’ singer-songwriter responded to Drake’s jibe on Instagram, saying: ‘Who tryna be my…fragile opp’

The Independent UK

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‘Sometimes it can get tiring’: how Royel Otis became indie’s next big thing

The Australian duo went viral twice – for a Sophie Ellis-Bextor cover, then a Cranberries cover. Now they have eight Aria nods and a US and Europe tour

The Guardian - AU

Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody: ‘What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup’

Admired by SZA, Steve Lacy and more, the 25-year-old is writing one perfect pop song after another – while contending with an absent father, self-doubt and an industry that undermines Black women

The Guardian - UK

These 15 pioneering Fender Stratocaster players made the model their own – and learning their trailblazing approaches shows why the Strat is still one of the most versatile electric guitars

Learn the signature styles of 15 Strat-wielding icons – including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Nile Rodgers, H.E.R., Mark Knopfler and more

Guitar World

“Regardless of who picks one up and what they do with it, the Strat continues to excel in every environment”: The Fender Stratocaster can thrive in any genre – and these cutting-edge guitarists prove it

The Strat might be turning 70 this year, but its story is only just getting started – and these are the players writing the next chapter in its history

Guitar World

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Djo: Joe Keery on short attention spans, social media and swapping Stranger Things for pop stardom

Joe Keery used to perform his psychedelic electro-pop disguised by a wig. Now End of Beginning has raced into the Top 5, he’s happy to reveal his numerous talents

The Guardian - UK

“The more flavour and colours we have, the merrier!”: Brad Pitt’s revamped Miraval Studios has contemporary and classic Eventide effect processors, including the H9000 and groundbreaking H910

Revamped facility has already hosted Sade, Steve Lacy and Travis Scott

MusicRadar

Watch Billboard Music Awards live stream 2023 — BBMA nominees, performers, start time, TV channels

How to watch a 2023 Billboard Music Awards live stream online in the US and beyond with a VPN. Plus the nominees, performers and more.

What Hi-Fi?

Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and SZA lead Billboard Music Awards nominations

Winners will be announced during ceremony on 19 November

The Independent UK

Carla Bley obituary

Jazz musician and composer whose prolific output was deliriously entertaining, bewildering and bewitching

The Guardian - UK

What's behind the epidemic of concertgoers throwing stuff at artists?

On Wednesday, the opening night of Drake's new tour, the superstar rapper was midway through a tender version of Ginuwine's "So Anxious" when a cellphone flew out of the Chicago arena crowd and smacked him in the wrist. Drake kept on singing, uninjured if a bit confused why someone would…

Los Angeles Times

Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser Stratocaster review

Fuzzy logic

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The Guardian - US

From Bebe Rexha to Steve Lacy: why are fans throwing phones at musicians?

Rexha is the latest star to be injured by her own crowd. Bids for virality and post-lockdown aggression might explain it

Guitar World

Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser Stratocaster review

Debuting a new Chaos Burst finish and an onboard fuzz circuit, this really is a people-pleasing Strat...

Guitar World

Steve Lacy on how Jack White and Scott Pilgrim inspired his fuzz-equipped Strat, creating Fender’s first “pink sunburst” and why he loves affordable multi-FX pedals

The superstar guitarist/producer has worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat, and topped the charts with “nerdy chords” – now he has a radical new signature Stratocaster, but as he reveals, the ideas that didn’t make the cut were even more off-the-wall

MusicRadar

Steve Lacy on his new signature Fender Strat: "I kind of wanted to mix the old with the new – I think I always like that in everything that I do"

The artist and producer brings an auteur's touch to his first signature guitar; he tells us about striking a balance

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Guitar World

Fender debuts the Steve Lacy “People Pleaser”, a signature Stratocaster with a built-in fuzz circuit

The pop/R&B guitarist and super-producer's Mexican-made signature model also boasts noiseless pickups and a host of striking visual appointments – including a unique Chaos Burst finish

MusicRadar

Fender and Steve Lacy team up for the People Pleaser Stratocaster – a unique, hot-wired Strat with onboard fuzz

The People Pleaser is decked out in an all-new Chaos Burst finish and comes equipped with The Internet guitarist's Chaos Fuzz circuit, Noiseless pickups and vintage-style trem

MusicRadar

A pre-fame Steve Lacy shows you how he recorded his debut EP in GarageBand for iPhone

All he needed was an iRig interface and his guitar

Daily Mirror

Lizzo spills on boozy wine nights with Adele at her 'very English' LA mansion

Lizzo has talked about her friendship with fellow singer Adele and what they get up to together

The Times of India

Grammy Awards 2023 Complete Winners' List: Beyonce creates history; Lizzo and Harry Styles take home top honours

Pop queen Beyonce reigned supreme at the Grammys, breaking the all-time record for wins with her 32nd prize and fourth of the night to resounding applause.

Tribune News Service

The 2023 Grammy Awards winners list

Beyoncé further cemented herself as Grammys royalty Sunday.

The Guardian - US

Grammy awards 2023: list of winners

The 65th annual Grammy awards saw major wins for Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Beyoncé

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