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“The little idiot”: Dave Davies hits back at Moby calling Lola “unevolved” and “transphobic”
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (330+ words) And he quotes Jayne County's thoughts about the song It may be 56 years old this year but it seems The Kinks' Lola can still stir up strong emotions. Over the weekend, Moby was interviewed as part of the Guardian's Honest…...
“The first step toward accessing critical mental health support”: Backline launches first mental health support line dedicated to musicians
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) B-LINE links music professionals to trained counsellors Amidst all the usual doom and gloom, here, at least, is some positive news: Backline has launched a 24-hour mental health and crisis support line created exclusively for musicians and anyone working in…...
“People come from all over the world, and everyone is supportive and encouraging. For 60 seconds you’re allowed to be free, silly, the biggest rock star in the world”: The World Air Guitar champion talks about how he won his title
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (482+ words) The championships" motto is "make air, not war" This year"s World Air Guitar champion " yes, of course there is such a thing - has been talking to the Guardian about the presitigious championships and what it takes to win the…...
“Carlos made a comment about the enormous quantities of mahogany trees that had blown down that were now being turned into mulch”: PRS uses wood felled in a Category 5 hurricane for the S2 Special Semi-Hollow Reclaimed
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (475+ words) The S2 Special Semi-Hollow Reclaimed is a limited edition electric guitar like no other, literally, with each instrument unique, and it uses exotic tonewoods salvaged and lovingly repurposed PRS Guitars has unveiled a limited run of the super-versatile S2 Special Semi-Hollow that…...
“It's the pre-eminent instrument in the world. Every culture has accessed it and made something of their own of it” Andy Summers to co-produce and front new docu-series about the cultural impact of the guitar
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (326+ words) Global Guitar will start filming next year, hopefully Here's one to place in the "why has no one ever done this before?' file " Andy Summers is set to launch a documentary series about the guitar and its place in the…...
“Back At It”: Are the rump Jane’s Addiction recording an album without Perry Farrell?
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (183+ words) No clues as to what name they might use It's almost a year now since Jane's Addiction's reunion skidded to a very messy end on stage in Boston in the shape of a physical altercation between Perry Farrell and Dave…...