Ranking albums is dumb… We all know this. Art isn’t a competition. I can’t really distinguish between my 13th favorite album ...

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G&L Music Instruments, the Fullerton guitar-making shop launched by the legendary Leo Fender, has gone silent after 45 years. News of the company’s closure hasn’t been confirmed by anyone at G&L. But ...

The album artwork has also been officially confirmed. Sam will once again be using one of the late Tish Murtha's pieces, depicting someone sitting on a snow covered bench, overlooking terraced housing ...

Last night, Sam Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize-- the annual award given to best album released by a musical act from the UK or Ireland determined by a panel of music industry figures -- for his ...

Sam Fender has shared his new single featuring Elton John and announced a deluxe version of his Mercury Prize-winning album ‘People Watching’. The soothing track, which you can listen to below, sees ...

ZZ Top have recorded some great blues songs over the years – none of them better than the one on which Billy Gibbons played a Stratocaster gifted to him by the most revered guitarist of them all. It ...

If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...

You can be sure that folks on the historic downtown hotel’s patio were standing throughout the concert. Hummel expects the same when he and Funderburgh return for the 12th annual KXCI House Rockin’ ...

Ever dreamed of being in a rock band? Or a blues band? Or just a one-man band? Now is as good a time as any to finally follow your dream! And you’ll be glad to know it’s easier than ever. You can get ...

To quote the Smiths, fame fame fatale fame, it can play hideous tricks on the brain. That’s what’s happening in the album-opening title track from People Watching, the third LP by U.K. pop-rock star ...

The singer’s latest release has him rhapsodising on his hometown and mortality over washed-out production (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP) Of late, Sam Fender has seemed to be 30 going under. As he was ...