Guitar Player
WONDER WOMEN
With her new solo acoustic One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley pays tribute to guitar's female trailblazers, from Elizabeth Cotten and Lydia Mendoza to Maybelle Carter and Charo.
10 min |
August 2024
Guitar Player
TIP SHEET
How did Peter Stroud become the right-hand man to Sheryl Crow, Don Henley and many others? It took talent - and these five rules.
5 min |
August 2024
Guitar Player
THEMES FOR IMAGINARY WESTERNS
Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez weave haunting guitar instrumentals evocative of spaghetti-western scores. With Sonido Cósmico, they show why they are the most exciting guitar duo of our time.
8 min |
August 2024
Guitar Player
NEVER BE THE SAME
Four decades in with Crowded House's ever-changing lineup, Neil Finn takes a trial-and-error approach to music - and guitar. \"The mistakes make it interesting,” he says.
10+ min |
August 2024
Guitar Player
DEATH BECOMES THEM
Tik Tok gave Mother Mother a second lease on life. Now they take on the Grim Reaper with Grief Chapter.
5 min |
August 2024
Guitar Player
An ES for Less
Offered by Silvertone and Harmony, the H63 Espanada was the poor-man's version of Gibson's ES-175.
4 min |
August 2024
Guitar World
MXR Joshua Ambient Echo
IT’S AMAZING HOW many players have chased after and adopted the Edge’s signature delay tone.
2 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
SECOND COMING
CEDRIC BURNSIDE, GRANDSON OF MISSISSIPPI BLUESMAN R.L. BURNSIDE, PROFESSES HIS HILL COUNTRY LOVE
6 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
KEITH SCOTT
From \"Cuts Like a Knife\" to \"Summer of '69,\" the Canadian guitar great discusses the gear and solos that have fueled Bryan Adams' music for more than 40 years
10 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
THE 30 GREATEST GARDEN STATE GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME
New Jersey derives much of its water from New York’s Catskill Mountains. Low in calcium and magnesium, it’s a naturally soft water that’s ideally suited for bread flour. And, of course, that means it’s also a crucial component in the making of New Jersey pizza, which everybody knows is the best in the United States. (Oh, you wanna argue about it? How about this? Fuggedaboudit!)
5 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
SONG OF MYSELF
\"MILES DAVIS ONCE SAID, 'SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE TO SOUND LIKE YOURSELF\"\"
8 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
RETURN OF THE KING
RETURNS FROM THE ASHES WITH FROM HELL I RISE, THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM FROM HIS EPONYMOUS NEW ALL-STAR BAND. HE ALSO ADDRESSES THE END OF SLAYER, THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE REUNION SHOWS AND HIS CHEMISTRY WITH GUITARIST PHIL DEMMEL
10+ min |
July 2024
Guitar World
The Dandy Warhols
\"SMELLY BOY ROCK\" RULES THE DAY ON THE PORTLAND ALT-ROCKERS' RIFF-DRIVEN NEW RELEASE
3 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
The Pineapple Thief
THE BAND FROM THE RURAL BACKWOODS OF SOUTH-WEST U.K. WHO TOOK THE PROG-ROCK WORLD BY STORM
2 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
DigiTech SDRUM Strummable Drums pedal
DIGITECH CALLS THE SDRUM a “strummable drums” pedal, but that’s really only a small fraction of what this powerful device can do.
2 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
Sometime in February
TRISTAN AUMAN INJECTS HIS BAND'S WILDLY ADDICTIVE PROGRESSIVE METAL WITH CLEVER HOOKS, GONZO SHRED AND ARRESTING MOMENTS OF AMBIENT BEAUTY
1 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
THE AXES OF A KING
KERRY KING'S JOURNEY FROM B.C. RICH TO ESP TO DEAN
6 min |
July 2024
Guitar World
DEMMEL-ITION MAN
HOW FATE (AND PERSISTENCE) LED FORMER MACHINE HEAD GUITARIST PHIL DEMMEL TO A TREASURED SPOT IN KERRY KING'S BAND
6 min |
July 2024
Smooth Jazz Magazine
Ellis Hamilton Defying the Odds and Energy Unmatched!
Readers, I’m honored to introduce Mr. Ellis Hamilton to you. If you don’t know him or his music yet, you will! I met Ellis on May 20, 2023, at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Why can tell you the exact date? Well, Najee was performing that evening and receiving an award.
4 min |
May - June 2024
Smooth Jazz Magazine
NORMAN BROWN It Hits Different
This is what I will be going for rest of my life
2 min |
May - June 2024
Smooth Jazz Magazine
John Ernesto The End of an Era @BERKS
I had the pleasure of speaking with John Ernesto, the Artistic Director of the Berks Jazz Festival for over three decades.
5 min |
May - June 2024
Guitar Player
'I Play Less Notes These Days, but They All Mean a Lot More'
On Broken, Walter Trout packs his licks for maximum impact as he testifies to the hope that can save our divided world.
8 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
'THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR BAND IS TWO GUITARS'
Sleater-Kinney were making bass-less records long before the White Stripes and the Black Keys came along. Says co-leader Carrie Brownstein, \"The power comes from the conversation the guitars are having with each other.\"
6 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
EYE ON THE PRIZE
Erstwhile blues-rocker Hannah Wicklund finds her true self with an album of songs she calls the most authentic I’ve ever written.”
6 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
The Knockoff That Became a Knockout
Forced to stop copying U.S. guitars, Ibanez launched the all-original Artist line and took America by storm.
4 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
UNCOMMON FOLK
He grew up in a folk music haven. As he celebrates his latest album, Wide Open Light, Ben Harper shares sights and memories of his childhood home.
9 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
Steel of a Deal
Jerry Byrd’s Steel Guitar Favorites packs a heap of American styles in one outstanding disc.
2 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
TIP SHEET
Think effects are a crutch? Reeves Gabrels has a few choice words and good advice) for you.
5 min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
As he releases One Deep River, Mark Knopfler reflects on the guitars he's loved, the music that keeps his passion youthful... and how he'd like a do-over on that Dire Straits Rock Hall induction.
10+ min |
June 2024
Guitar Player
YOUR INFLUENCES STICK WITH YOU
Scott Henderson spent lockdown training his ears and building improv skills. As Karnevel! shows, his jazz chops flourished, but his blues-rock roots remain as strong as ever.
10+ min |