Guitar World

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“GOSSIP” WORDS AND MUSIC BY DAVID DAMIANO, VICTORIA DE ANGELIS, ETHAN TORCHIO, THOMAS RAGGI, JOE JANIAK, MADISON LOVE AND THOMAS B. MORELLO. COPYRIGHT © 2023 SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (ITALY) S.R.L., PROMISED LAND MUSIC LTD., ARTIST PUBLISHING GROUP WEST

Total Guitar

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he first six shapes are used in the intro, verse and refrain; you can then switch from fingerpicking to a simple strum pattern for a lift during the second half of the song. Perfect when performing solo. Use the regular D shape (instead of D/F#) for

Cowboys & Indians

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I t’s not easy to find classic country music, but through his top-rated television show and highly successful radio show, Perley Curtis is making it his mission to keep the traditional genre alive. Fans tune in to Perley’s Place weekly on RFD-TV to s

Total Guitar

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Neo-soul pop hit Happy was released from the soundtrack to the film Despicable Me 2 in 2013, and went on to become the most commercially successful single worldwide the following year with nearly 14 million sales/streams. The upbeat soul/Motown groov

FHM Australia

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Parmalee is an American country music band consisting of brothers Matt Thomas (lead vocals, guitar) and Scott Thomas (drums), along with their cousin Barry Knox (bass) and Josh McSwain (guitar), who is a best friend since childhood. They are signed t

Total Guitar

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The third single (released St Patrick’s Day 2017) from Sheeran’s triumphant third album ÷, Galway Girl features a heavy Celtic influence – the result of a collaboration with Irish folk band Beoga, who co-wrote the song. The song was huge worldwide hi

Classic Rock

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OVER THE PAST 13 years and four previous albums, Trucker Diablo have never held back on delivering bullish, anthemic music that gets right in your face. The Northern Irish foursome have now taken this a stage further on new album Tail End Of A Hurric

Cairns Vibrance

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Riding a wave of success, Tones And I, and her outstanding pipes, have reached all corners of the globe and made hers one the biggest names in Pop music. Now, we get the chance to experience her palpable energy and staggering voice firsthand on the M

Guitar Techniques

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Evening Standard

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Once, afrobeats would have been lumped into the category of ‘world music’. Just as anything from outside the Western poposphere was all thrown together as music from ‘elsewhere’, reserved only for nerdy aficionados or pretentious rockstars. Not anymo

Power & Motoryacht

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Before the world irrevocably changed, I was going into the office every day. Monotony was an issue. To avoid feeling stymied, and itching for a brew, on the odd Monday night, myself and a few of the editors could be found congregating at the Griswold

Classic Rock

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WITH THEIR 1991 arrival album Splendor Solis, the Canadian trio laid out their table with a thrilling mix of weighty rock with Led Zep overtones, acoustic interludes, Middle Eastern vibes and Jim Morrisonlike vocals. Having lost their way a little in

Prog

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We asked. You voted. In your thousands. Almost 80,000 of you to be precise, by far and away the biggest reader vote this magazine has ever undertaken. So the past month has been a heady whirlwind of names, numbers, quotes, frayed tempers, late nights

NPR

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Sheryl Crow's Tiny Desk Fest concert included a handful of early hits that have become pop standards.

The Independent

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The lengthy list of nominees for the 2023 Grammys have officially been unveiled. On Tuesday (15 November), the Recording Academy announced the artists who have been nominated in each category, with Adele and Beyoncé battling it out for the top award

Australian Guitar

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Few bands have captured the hearts of Australia quite the way Busby Marou have. With their emphatic fusion of heart-on-sleeve storytelling and destructively moreish musical prowess – the individual quirks of Tom Busby and Jeremy Marou intertwining to

Los Angeles Times

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Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates says he secured his date to February's Grammy Awards ceremony many years ago. "When I was younger, it was always a thing that my mom joked about. 'All right, stop drumming, it's 9 o'clock.' And I'd be like, 'Please, l

Global Voices

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"Jamaica has lost the rhythm and soul of a prolific music icon who has inspired many. Perry was one of the most important creative figures to come out of Jamaica."

Prog

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“My first encounter with the music of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson came through an advert placed on my school noticeboard in 1980. Somebody was selling a copy of Aqualung cheaply. Due to my interest in progressive music, I’d heard of Jethro Tull but

Classic Rock

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Empyre were busier than most musicians during lockdown. Vocalist/guitarist Henrik Steenholdt explains how in 2020 the Northampton band released an album and six singles, performed livestreams and even managed to play three proper, physical gigs. How

Total Guitar

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If you’re looking to be a top singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran seems to be the man to beat. Influenced by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Eminem and alternative English folk duo Nizlopi, Ed’s material covers a range of traditional and contemporary s

The Independent

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The 2022 American Music Awards were held live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (20 November). The ceremony was hosted by American TV personality Wayne Brady. Taylor Swift was the biggest winner of the night with six wins, including

Evening Standard

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Over the course of the last decade or so, Ed Sheeran went from a gigging Suffolk teenager with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal, to someone who’s played in front of the Queen, sold out arenas around the world and, by most measures, become one of t

TechLife News

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For many, (the artist formerly known as) Prince was more than just a musical artist. He was an icon, a sex symbol, a rebel, a prodigy, an innovator who brought us an oeuvre that transcended boundaries of musical style, textures, and genres. He was kn

NPR

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The influential reggae group, whose name means "black freedom," brought songs of solidarity and love to the Tiny Desk.

AppleMagazine

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For many, (the artist formerly known as) Prince was more than just a musical artist. He was an icon, a sex symbol, a rebel, a prodigy, an innovator who brought us an oeuvre that transcended boundaries of musical style, textures, and genres. He was kn

FHM US

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The band just released their latest single, Just The Way, with rapper Blanco Brown, which is hitting #1 on the charts worldwide and is now getting set to go back out on tour... making sure to stay 6 feet apart from their fans. FHM sat down with the g

Sound & Vision

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Neil Young is not easily satisfied. And if there’s one true constant to the pioneering songwriter/guitarist/vocalist’s ever-mercurial yet creatively rewarding six-decades-and-counting career, it’s his unyielding pursuit of high-fidelity playback for

Australian Guitar

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Throughout history, there have been oodles of bands plagued by shit luck – and as far as Australia’s ever-burgeoning heavy music scene is concerned, Ocean Grove might very well just take out the top prize. They’ve navigated controversy, a revolving d

Prog

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In 2021, Gojira find themselves with the world at their feet. Releasing their seventh album, Fortitude, on the back 2016’s Magma – their best-selling record to date – and the host of festival headline slots they earned as a result, they have become o