Guitar Player
How to Play a Telecaster
On Second Album, Tele evangelist Roy Buchanan raised Leo's creation to new heights.
2 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
DIRTY DEEDS
Looking for fresh musical inspiration, Kenny Wayne Shepherd left Nashville for Alabama's FAME Studios. The result is Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 1, the first half of a new album project that continues his blues-rock evolution.
10+ min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
How I Wrote..."The Story in Your Eyes"
Justin Hayward reveals the story and hidden message behind the Moody Blues' timeless 1971 hit single.
3 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
TIP SHEET
He's played with and learned from the masters. Here are Christone \"Kingfish\" Ingram's best practices for performance.
4 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
TWA
Krytical Mass KM-01 Reactive Octave Fuzz
2 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
MELODY MAKER
As Dave Hause puts the focus on songs, he keeps the guitar work all about the hooks.
5 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
WINNER TAKES ALL
Twenty years ago, Joe Bonamassa placed a bet on himself and hit the jackpot. Now he celebrates two decades of musical independence with Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, a return to the album concept that made him the blues' reigning champion. Guitar Player visits Nerdville for a little chat and a look at a few of Joe's very fine vintage axes.
10+ min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
FENDER
Tone Master Pro Floor Modeler
5 min |
January 2024
Guitar Player
FENDER
Tone Master Pro FR-10 Powered Cabinet
2 min |
January 2024
BBC Music Magazine
15 Christmas Music Essentials
It's time to make a few notes, please, as Jeremy Pound sets out his musical must-have list for the festive season that lies ahead
7 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Albert Hall celebrates its past as archive is revamped
Million-pound 'rescue operation' brings together thousands of historic artefacts
1 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW: Tasmin Little
'When I make a speech, I have a message to deliver - just as with my violin I had a message to deliver through the music'
6 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Russell Watson
The genial British singer has enjoyed an enduring popularity since his first hit album The Voice dominated the charts in 2000.
3 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Settling the score
Charlie Chaplin's film A Woman of Paris has a complicated musical past - now a new score, orchestrated by Timothy Brock, is available for its 100th anniversary, as Femke Colborne reports
5 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
A steady hand
The venerable French conductor Roger Désormière died 60 years ago, in October 1963. Roger Nichols recalls a musician of impeccable timing and taste
6 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Bergen Norway
With an acclaimed local orchestra, music is everywhere in this city and its most famous composer is never far away, finds Jeremy Pound
3 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Bernstein celebrates festive freedom in East Berlin
\"I believe that Beethoven would have given us his blessing. Let freedom live!\"
2 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Guiding lights
In recent years, the Candlelight Concerts brand has become a phenomenon, helped in no small part by social media. Rebecca Franks finds out more
5 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Richard Morrison
Today's musicians shouldn't be afraid to take on political causes
3 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
With a cherry on top
Despite its ostensibly festive sounds, Brahms's Fourth Symphony presents a vortex of despair, writes Tom Service. Perfect, then, for the Christmas season!
2 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
A King of King's
Boris Ord was music director at King's College, Cambridge from 1929 to 1957, but his contribution is often overlooked. It's about time we gave him the recognition he deserves, writes Andrew Green
6 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Bernard Herrmann
This complex and irascible man was plagued by frustration, but remains one of cinema's most iconic musical voices, says Michael Beek
6 min |
Christmas 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Singing Lessons
As the Choir of King's College, Cambridge celebrates the 95th anniversary of its Nine Lessons and Carols broadcasts, Amanda Holloway meets music director Daniel Hyde
8 min |
Christmas 2023
Prog
Empire Reborn
It's been five years since Southern Empire's critically acclaimed Civilisation was released and now the Australian five-piece are back with Another World. Keyboard player Sean Timms and new singer Shaun Holton reveal what was going on behind the scenes, and why the current line-up are looking forward to a vibrant future.
5 min |
Issue 145
Prog
CHILDREN OF THE STONES
Heavy music is often associated with industrial clamour. Green Lung, however, are imbuing sturdy rock with folk and fairy tales from the English countryside on their third album, This Heathen Land. In the process, they want to emulate the prog-inspired ambition of 70s icons Deep Purple and Rainbow. Prog catches up with guitarist Scott Black and vocalist Tom Templar to find out more.
5 min |
Issue 145
Prog
MISSION Critical
When Gong's founder Daevid Allen died in 2015, many of the veteran act's fans assumed they were gone for good - but the truth is that the Kavus Torabi-led Gong are better than ever, just as Allen knew they would be. 'He always loved to throw a grenade into situations!' says Torabi, beckoning us into the caverns of the mind.
8 min |
Issue 145
Prog
Acoustic Solace
Lonely hotel rooms, deathbed reflections and the undeniable lure of strings have all fed into the making of the third solo album from The Pineapple Thief's driving force, Bruce Soord. He takes Prog inside the creative process that spawned Luminescence, taking care not to let his brain explode in the process.
7 min |
Issue 145
Prog
Winds Of Change
From the personal lyrics to the focus on the acoustic guitar, Peter Jones has gone back to basics with his latest Tiger Moth Tales album, The Turning Of The World. But as the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist tells Prog, it's an album that he needed to write.
5 min |
Issue 145
Prog
Time Passages
Cornwall-based symphonic proggers The Emerald Dawn explore the idea of time, both sonically and lyrically, on In Time, their latest album. Prog catches up with band founders Ally Carter and Tree Stewart at their Kernow hilltop base to find out more about the complex ideas and themes behind the new work.
5 min |
Issue 145
Prog
TALK TO ME LIKE HUMANS DO
On the follow-up to 2020's more traditional Folkesange, Myrkur's Amalie Bruun has created an experimental album of contrasts that takes the listener on a journey through motherhood and bereavement. Bruun tells Prog about the healing power of Spine and the life changes that inspired it.
4 min |