Record Collector
Musician Paul Mayer
Paul Mayer, a creative director and musician, has been collecting “Exotica” music on vinyl since he was just 12 years old. In the 70s, his parents took him to Hawaii where, at a young age, he saw the great Martin Denny perform at the Surf Room in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikiki.
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June 2023
Record Collector
Movers And Shakers
A new box set chronicles the “saxophone Colossus”’s late 50s California sojourn.
3 min |
June 2023
Record Collector
Weeping Beauty
Anniversary edition of an angst classic, in an atmospheric new mix.
5 min |
June 2023
Record Collector
Above And Beyond!
Big brother triumphs by reminding everyone he knows how to write giant tunes.
6 min |
June 2023
Record Collector
Homeward Bound
Belief and beauty explored with rare grace.
4 min |
June 2023
Record Collector
EUROPEAN UNION
One is the daughter of a psychedelic rock hero, the other played bass in The Clash. As Galen Ayers and Paul Simonon unite for a duets album, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?, Kevin Harley hears about how they wore their pasts lightly while drawing inspiration from continental adventures and great male-female duos of the past…
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June 2023
Record Collector
DREAD ALERT
The dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson is publishing his first book of prose, a fine addition to his impressive CV that includes music journalist, label owner and punk and post-punk reggae avatar. Man free-lance: Rich Davenport
9 min |
June 2023
Record Collector
"YOU HAVE TO BE RUTHLESS"
Simply Red’s soulful pop was one of the most familiar sounds of the 90s and made Mick Hucknall a household name. Despite their commercial domination, they were critical pariahs, dismissed for their smoothness and Hucknall’s reputation as a lothario. Truth is, they were steeped in dub, gritty R&B and post-punk, proud working-class peers of ‘soulcialists’ Style Council and Redskins. Three decades on, they continue to sell more albums than there are ginger hairs on his famous head: the work ethic is strong with this one. “We played to a million people last year,” he points out, and with a new album and tour to promote, he’s only going to be stepping up the professional pace. “You can’t take anything for granted,” he tells Lois Wilson.
10+ min |
June 2023
Guitar World
"We have a sickness it's called 'guitar pedals'!"
How the ambient music of Hammock is created a "guitar symphony" with tons of effects but no rules
6 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
DIMEBAG'S CHAMPION
GRADY CHAMPION, DIME’S FRIEND AND GUITAR TECH, TALKS ABOUT THE PANTERA CELEBRATION SHOWS — AND HIS ROLE IN THE MAELSTROM
6 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
TECH TALK
A QUICK ZAKK WYLDE RIG RUNDOWN WITH STEPHEN MURILLO, ZAKK'S GUITAR TECH FOR THE PAST DECADE
1 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
ARIA OF EXPERTISE
GW DIGS THROUGH 60-PLUS YEARS OF ARIA GUITARS HISTORY
8 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
AMERICANA'S GUITAR GODFATHER
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZAL YANOVSKY OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
10+ min |
July 2023
Guitar World
HOT FUZZ
10 recent-vintage fuzz pedals - in pretty much every price range that'll help you nail everything from George Harrison's buzz-saw \"What Is Life\" tone to stoner metal bliss à la Electric Wizard and Fu Manchu
8 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
Ally Venable
BESIDES A NEW STUDIO, NEW BAND AND NEW MINDSET, THIS YOUNG TEXAN’S LATEST ALBUM BENEFITS FROM SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE GUEST APPEARANCES BY BUDDY GUY AND JOE BONAMASSA
2 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
Jesus Piece
NOT EVEN A STUDIO FLOOD (AND OTHER MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGES) CAN STOP THIS PHILLY METALCORE QUINTET
2 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
FAR BEYOND DRIVEN
THE INIMITABLE ZAKK WYLDE DISCUSSES HIS THOUGHTS, HIS APPROACH AND HIS GEAR AS HE HONORS HIS MUCH-MISSED FRIEND WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT
10+ min |
July 2023
Guitar World
PANTERA GOES WYLDE
Celebrated Texas metallers PANTERA are back for a gangbuster world tour - with Black Label Society's ZAKK WYLDE filling in for the late 'n' legendary DIMEBAG DARRELL Is it a reunion or a tribute? Who cares! If you ask Zakk, it's simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. Behold the fiery return of the Cowboys from Hell!
10+ min |
July 2023
Guitar World
NEIL GIRALDO
Pat Benatar's right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck's pickups, his approach to singable guitar solos - and why being listed among the generally unsung greats ain't so bad after all
9 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
Bruce Kulick goes Back to School
IN 1985, THE FUTURE KISS GUITARIST TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL BOLTON — YES, THAT MICHAEL BOLTON — FOR SOME HARD-ROCKING TUNES, ONE OF WHICH WOUND UP IN RODNEY DANGERFIELD’S (AWESOME) 1986 COMEDY
2 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
24 Strings Blazing
INDIAN SLIDE GUITAR MASTER DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA HONORS HIS HERITAGE ON THE SOUND OF THE SOUL
3 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
Ayla Tesler-Mabé
ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT OPPOSED TO COMPROMISING, THE LUDIC (AND EXCALPURNIA) GUITARIST IS LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF HER DEBUT SOLO EXPERIMENT
2 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
20 YEARS GONE
IN THIS EXCERPT FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH ZAKK AND DIME FROM OUR MARCH 2003 ISSUE, THE DUO SCREAM OUT FOR MORE GUITAR SOLOS IN MODERN ROCK AND PREDICT THE RISE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SHREDDERS
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July 2023
Guitar World
The Classless of '23
CLASSLESS ACT GUITARIST DANE PIEPER CHRONICLES THE RISE OF A ROCK 'N' ROLL JUGGERNAUT
5 min |
July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
Minister of War
For 25 years, ex-Special Forces officer Dave Eubank has been dodging bullets to bring humanitarian aid to rebels in Burma's ongoing civil war. Critics say he blurs the line between combat and relief work while proselytising the Gospel. Rolling Stone spent three weeks in the jungle with him to try to learn the truth
10+ min |
June/July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
Emma Chamberlain
Doesn't have it all figured out
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June/July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
Lola Young – "I had to train massively - I didn't pop out the womb like Beyoncé"
Refreshingly modest about her talent, Brit School alumnus Lola Young prefers to call new release My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely a project rather than a debut album. But there's no denying that her soul-searching songs are hitting all the right notes
8 min |
June/July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
The rebirth of Ronson
Songwriter, DJ and record producer Mark Ronson has been through a period of renewal. Following divorce, he's now happily remarried and has become a dad for the first time in mid-life. Not only that but he is turning his attentions to a new skill: composing a film score, as he tells Rolling Stone UK
9 min |
June/July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
Going for Gold
After a stunning run of albums as one half of electro-folk chameleons Goldfrapp, ethereally voiced frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp is going it alone and bringing her prerequisite polish to a fresh, fabulous new era -
10 min |
June/July 2023
Rolling Stone UK
The quiet passion of Cillian Murphy
More than 25 years after his debut, the Peaky star remains driven by his craft, bringing an intensity to every part, including his latest as J Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb. Here, he discusses starring in and producing a film depicting the dark story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, as well as reprising his role as Tommy Shelby on the big screen.
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