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Byline: Roland Schmidt After much anticipation, a full symphonic string section finally gets the professional Spitfire treatment, courtesy of Abbey Road Studios. We head for the famous zebra crossing Spitfire [...]

NEWS PHIL COLLINS VINYL BOX HAS ALL SIDES COVERED Aspecial edition 5LP vinyl boxset of Phil Collins’ fifth solo studio album Both Sides is set for release on 20 September [...]

June saw the Royal Academy of Music’s Jazz Department collaborate with the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music for a special recording of late jazz trumpet legend Kenny Wheeler’s [...]

Artist: Various artists Album: Heavenly Cream (Quarto Valley Records) A few years ago, on one of his many visits to the Guitarist offices, the late Bernie Marsden let it slip [...]

MUSIC Mercury Prize: Album of the Year 8.00pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer While Mercury Prize ceremonies of years past featured live turns from all nominees, 2024's offering has been [...]

7.00pm Great American Railroad Journeys 4/10 Series 2. In Colorado, Michael Portillo follows in the footsteps of 19th-century east coast men who came here to experience life as a cowboy. [...]

THE REGULARS / Coda 9 AUGUST 1958 CLIFF RICHARD SIGNS WITH EMI A fresh-faced Cliff Richard, aged just 17, puts pen to paper to ink his first record deal with [...]

I T'S SPRING 2024 and I'm at Abbey Road Studios to meet the Bea... relax, this isn't more AI gone mad... the Beach Boys. Well, Bruce Johnston and Mike Love, [...]

THE REGULARS CD Album Reviews Elvis returns to Hollywood, Billy J. Kramer’s back at Abbey Road and Richard Hawley clears his diary to serve up a stunner Billy J. Kramer [...]

It doesn't happen very often with Joe Elliott, but for a brief moment, Def Leppard's singer is lost for words. He and the other four members of the band - [...]

IN A WARM DAY IN SEPTEMBER 2022, ALONGSIDE 40 OR SO PRESS COLLEAGUES, I WAS TREATED TO AN ADVANCE DEMONSTRATION OF THE DOLBY ATMOS MIX OF THE BEATLES' REVOLVER, AT [...]

Edward Elgar with the 16-year-old Yehudi Menuhin on the steps of Abbey Road Studios in 1932 Oh to have been a fly on the wall of the house in Gloucester [...]

Byline: Neville Marten Best of 2023: On working with Lennon and McCartney: 'Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas [...]

Though the encounter happened back in 1974, Alan Parsons still recalls meeting his partner in The Alan Parsons Project, Eric Woolfson, in the cafeteria at Abbey Road Studios. 'Eric had [...]

Barcelona-based pedal company Aclam is continuing its quest to put specific sounds of yesteryear in pedals with The Mocker, another one with a Beatles connection. A couple of years back [...]

NIGHT WISH HAVE NEVER been ones to think small, but their upcoming 10th album, Yesterwynde, is bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anything they've done before. Written over several months [...]

Byline: Andy Price We've all dreamt of making a masterpiece at Abbey Road. For this Galway four-piece, the iconic studio became the real-life HQ for the recording of their debut, [...]

Byline: Computer Music Finding the perfect high-pitched bash for your cinematic or orchestral productions requires elbow grease. Spitfire is here to lend a hand Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra: High [...]

When The Beatles convened on the rooftop of their Apple Corps HQ on January 30, 1969, it was one of the most legendary gigs of all time; a moment so [...]

— TYLER COATES If These Walls Could Sing (Disney+) Mary McCartney — daughter of Sir Paul — makes her documentary feature directorial debut with this history of Abbey Road Studios, [...]

Byline: Ben Rogerson 'We're doing it differently to anybody else,' she claims We're assuming that a lot of artists are happy to hand over the 'spatialisation' of their back catalogues [...]

Byline: Rob Laing New Disney+ documentary If These Walls Could Sing shines the spotlight on the legendary London studios Mary McCartney directing a documentary about Abbey Road Studios meant one [...]

Byline: Edited by FRANCES TAYLOR MUSIC DOCUMENTARY If These Walls Could Sing 111 Available from 6 January Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul, secures access to music royalty in this affectionate [...]

Percussion has always played an essential role in musical scoring and production, but finding libraries which cater for the evermore bombastic demands of today's soundtracks, hasn't always been easy. Live [...]

—STEVE KNOPPER The swimming pool at Karma Studios in Bang Saray, Thailand. ONLY ONE OF THE recording sessions for British hard-rock band Enter Shikari’s eight albums was interrupted by a [...]

Catch up via iPlayer Vicky McClure's previous films about dementia demonstrated how musical therapy could positively affect people living with the condition, reducing their anxiety, depression and agitation. The choir [...]

NO GROUP HERALDED the 1990's unplugged revolution like Tesla. Acoustic guitar has always played an essential role in the music of the Northern California rock and rollers, who were well [...]