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Well done @raye 👏
Raye wins Mercury Prize for album This Music May Contain Hope - follow live bbc.in/4yzpmYU
I didn’t realise this Trump / BBC thing was still going on.
Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit bbc.in/47vF8sP
Gutted that the BBC are closing Radio 4 Extra.
BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra channels to close bbc.in/4sjrORU
Too metal to go acoustic? @gibsonguitar has made the Satin Ebony Specials in J45 and Hummingbird so you can maintain your unquestioned level of badassery and cool.
#acousticguitar #guitarist #gibsonguitaruk #shoplocal Take a look at our Gibson acoustics at promenademusic.co.uk/guitar-…
You forget how many trainer brands there are. It would be interesting to see these done for acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars.
👟 25 iconic sneaker brands
(from oldest to newest)
1. 🇫🇷 Le Coq Sportif — 1882
2. 🇺🇸 Saucony — 1898
3. 🇬🇧 Gola — 1905
4. 🇯🇵 Mizuno — 1906
5. 🇺🇸 New Balance — 1906
6. 🇺🇸 Converse — 1908
7. 🇮🇹 FILA — 1911
8. 🇮🇹 Superga — 1911
9. 🇺🇸 Brooks — 1914
10. 🇫🇮 Karhu — 1916
11. 🇺🇸 Keds — 1916
12. 🇫🇷 Salomon — 1947
13. 🇮🇹 Diadora — 1948
14. 🇩🇪 Puma — 1948
15. 🇩🇪 Adidas — 1949
16. 🇯🇵 ASICS — 1949
17. 🇬🇧 Reebok — 1958
18. 🇺🇸 Nike — 1964
19. 🇺🇸 Vans — 1966
20. 🇮🇹 Lotto — 1973
21. 🇺🇸 Skechers — 1992
22. 🇺🇸 DC Shoes — 1994
23. 🇺🇸 Under Armour — 1996
24. 🇫🇷 Hoka — 2009
25. 🇨🇭 On — 2010
🖇️ Source: Sneaker History, Nike Archives, Adidas Group, ASICS Corporate.
If you know anyone under 17 who wants to enter the Rotary Young Musician Competition 2026/7, contact Andrew Nicholson for more details on [email protected]
Great evening at Zeffirellis in Ambleside to see the wonderful Maranello Trio with Jamie Taylor on guitar, Adrian Knowles on double bass, and Jason Scott on piano.
Interesting to see that there are 10 British guitarists in this list of “ 25 iconic rock guitarists”.
🎸 25 iconic rock guitarists
1. 🇺🇸 Jimi Hendrix — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. 🇳🇱 Eddie Van Halen — Van Halen
3. 🇬🇧 Jimmy Page — Led Zeppelin
4. 🇬🇧 Brian May — Queen
5. 🇬🇧 Slash — Guns N’ Roses
6. 🇬🇧 David Gilmour — Pink Floyd
7. 🇬🇧 Eric Clapton — Cream; Derek and the Dominos
8. 🇬🇧 Mark Knopfler — Dire Straits
9. 🇬🇧 Ritchie Blackmore — Deep Purple; Rainbow
10. 🇲🇽 Carlos Santana — Santana
11. 🇦🇺 Angus Young — AC/DC
12. 🇬🇧 Tony Iommi — Black Sabbath
13. 🇬🇧 Jeff Beck — The Yardbirds; The Jeff Beck Group
14. 🇺🇸 Randy Rhoads — Quiet Riot; Ozzy Osbourne’s band
15. 🇺🇸 Stevie Ray Vaughan — Double Trouble
16. 🇬🇧 George Harrison — The Beatles
17. 🇨🇦 Alex Lifeson — Rush
18. 🇺🇸 John Frusciante — Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. 🇺🇸 Kirk Hammett — Metallica
20. 🇺🇸 Dimebag Darrell — Pantera
21. 🇺🇸 Dave Mustaine — Megadeth
22. 🇺🇸 Tom Morello — Rage Against the Machine; Audioslave
23. 🇺🇸 John Petrucci — Dream Theater
24. 🇵🇹 Nuno Bettencourt — Extreme
25. 🇺🇸 Zakk Wylde — Black Label Society; Ozzy Osbourne’s band
🖇️ Source: Guitar World, AllMusic, Fender
Maybe it shouldn’t, but this list of “The Best Selling Jazz Albums of All Time” really surprises me.
What an embarrassment for the board members of The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music after Ofqual fines @ABRSM £150k over data retention failures. Maybe it’s time for change there. gov.uk/government/news/ofqua…
Loved the days when I’d read NME, Melody Maker, and Music Week cover to cover.
This 250 million euros cost-cutting slash at Universal Music Group will possibly see a who’s who of the global music industry leaving their posts. Frightening really.
Multiple layoffs at Universal Music Group, as $270M cost-cutting program continues
musicbusinessworldwide.com/m…
A great opportunity here for a young brass band composer.
Explore a new brass band composition opportunity for under-30s, with mentoring, £900 and a performance by NYBBGB 🎺 ✨ musicteachermagazine.co.uk/c…
I’ll be there 👍
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