“I’ll still be playing guitar – I’ll do that until I can’t – but I’m at the age where my heroes passed away. I’ve gotta keep that in mind”: Buddy Guy opens up on his retirement from the road and 70-year career as a true blues original
On the eve of his farewell tour, a living legend of the blues looks back on why he thought the Stratocaster was a joke, the moment he realized his influence on Hendrix and Clapton, and the advice B.B. King gave him about guitar solos
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IGGY POP Collection Of Rarities ‘Rare Trax’ Now Available On CLEOPATRA RECORDS
Many artists have long careers in music by doing one thing well and doing that same thing over and over again. And then there’s Iggy Pop. Like his early collaborator and co-conspirator David Bowie, Pop evolved and morphed multiple times over the course of his incredible 50-year musical journey, from…
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Ex-MORBID ANGEL Guitarist ERIK RUTAN: ‘TREY AZAGTHOTH Is One Of The Most Important Guitar Players’
During an appearance on the latest episode of the “Riffhard” podcast, guitarist Erik Rutan, who was in MORBID ANGEL from 1993 until 1996 and then again from 1998 until 2002, spoke about his working relationship with the band’s leader and creative mastermind Trey Azagthoth. He said (as transcribed by…
Read more » Every guitarist wishes they were better at fingerstyle – and this lesson may make you want to ditch the pick for good
Whatever style of music you play, these workouts will improve your fingerstyle technique – and that counts for both electric and acoustic guitar
Read more » Gibson SG Standard ’61 Ebony review – an all-time classic, back in black
A truly quintessential version of the guitar beloved by Angus Young, Tony Iommi and Derek Trucks
Read more » Richard Davis, legendary jazz bassist who worked with everyone from Van Morrison to Charles Mingus, dies at 93
He recorded with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, but it was Davis’ bass playing on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks that was described as “the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album”
Read more » “That final show was one of our best gigs. I can still hear that first note Stevie played… that one note will remain with me forever”: Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the “total chaos” that followed his tragic death
He played with Johnny Winter, battled addiction, then joined a band with his childhood friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In this candid interview, the Double Trouble bassist recalls the highs and lows of life with one of the all-time guitar greats, playing Woodstock on acid, and why he still thinks he’d be the best bass player for the Rolling Stones
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Watch: MEGADETH Plays Second Concert With New Touring Guitarist TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI
MEGADETH played its second concert with new touring guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari (WINTERSUN, SMACKBOUND) last night (Thursday, September 7) as part of the Navajo Pearl Anniversary Concert Series in Window Rock, Arizona. Teemu is filling in for the band’s longtime axeman Kiko Loureiro, who announced ea…
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SHARON OSBOURNE On Her Relationship With OZZY: ‘We Were Two Wild Young People That Found Each Other’
In a new interview with E! News, Sharon Osbourne, who is the wife and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, was asked about the secret to their “successful partnership”, 53 after they first met when Sharon’s father, Don Arden, was managing Ozzy’s band BLACK SABBATH. She responded (a…
Read more » “I play a lot of blues festivals – but I want to make people mosh, grind and flail”: Erin Coburn released her first blues album aged 14. But her love of Sleep Token, Polyphia and 7-strings set her on a heavier path
Now aged 22, the blues breaker turned rocker explains how she’s embraced her darker side with the help of headless guitars and solos that avoid “play a thousand notes” pitfalls
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