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Naomi Baker

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Naomi Baker

    “We grew up massive fans of Green Day. We knew all the lore and how Rob worked with them – we were just starstruck”: Riff Wood formed when they were 11 years old. Then they were discovered by Green Day’s producer. Stadiums are next (opens the original)

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    Singer-guitarists Carson Groves and Hyrum Russon were just 11 when they formed Riff Wood with drummer Asher “Shredder” Winegar. Five years on the Utah-born trio have toured North America and the UK, and eagerly await the release of their contagious, riff-soaked second album Butterfly in Black and White. Their debut, Tough Luck, featured the catchy anthem Blur that’s been streamed almost four million times to date. It grabbed the attention of three-time Grammy winner Rob Cavallo – producer behind

  2. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Naomi Baker

    “You’re an unknown – then all of a sudden 10 million people have seen you”: How Sawyer Hill went from playing in Arkansas garage bands to touring arenas with Yungblud (opens the original)

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    Self-taught guitarist Sawyer Hill went from playing in an Arkansas high school garage band to America’s next best country-tinged indie-rocker overnight, after a viral video of Look at the Time flooded his inbox with A&Rs applauding his flair, hair and knack for songwriting. “You’re an unknown – then all of a sudden 10 million people have seen you,” Hill recalls. In 2023, after being fired from his lab assistant day job, he’d decided to stop “sleepwalking through life” and devote himself to guita

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Naomi Baker

    “I was a session guitarist for a bit, which is unbelievable because I can’t read music. I used to pretend to flip the music sheets during sessions!” Dan Hawkins says it’s a miracle The Darkness have survived so long (opens the original)

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    Perhaps The Darkness – the quadruple platinum, outrageously infectious rock band – made their riff-roaring, double-entendre-laden debut, Permission to Land, 20 years too late. There was a significant backlash on its release: due to the outlandish lyrics and falsetto vocals, many critics were quick to assume the band were a glam rock parody. Yet here the four-piece unapologetically are, 23 years on, having secured three BRIT and two Kerrang! awards, and with eight albums under their rockstar, or

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