Pop ’N Hiss: Robben Ford and Yellowjackets
In 1975, 24-year-old Robben Ford was making a name for himself on the Los Angeles music scene, where competition was fierce. As a blues-guitar...
Ally Venable
Ally Venable’s latest album, Real Gone, features excellent production, accessible songwriting, intense guitar playing, and guest spots by Joe Bonamassa as well as blues...
Rodrigo Sanchez
The latest from Rodrigo y Gabriela, In Between Thoughts…A New World, shows the acoustic duo in top form with passion, grace, and consciousness-raising. Electric...
George Lynch
A lynch pin is a narrow shaft of metal that keeps a wheel from falling off – without it, the whole thing collapses. Same...
Hannu Könönen: Surf Stirred with Rautalanka
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From Finland’s Icy Fjords
Hannu Könönen used his home-assembled guitar to play “Lets’s Surf to the Dawn,” a track from “Sound Recycle Machine," the...
Noah Zacharin: Seriously Agile Fingerstyle
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“Lester Brown” Live From The Big Lonely
From his home in a forest between Ottawa and Toronto, singer/songwriter/fingerpicker Noah Zacharin entertains us with an...
Don’t Call it Fusion: Julien Kasper’s “Upon a Green Hill”
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Beck (et al) Connection!
The music made by Julien Kasper is connected to Miles, Beck, Hendrix, Mahavishnu, and Scofield, but brings its own sound....
Adam Levy’s Wistful Elegance
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Vintage ES-335 on “And They All Sang”
Famous for supplying charismatic guitar parts while backing Nora Jones and Tracy Chapman, Adam Levy’s latest solo...
Corb Lund’s (Acoustic) Roots Rock!
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Low-key in the living room
Corb Lund rescued his ’80s Kramer Ferrington from a hair ballad so he could use it to play this...
Have Guitar Will Travel 091 – Kenny Vaughan
In Episode 91 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, host James Patrick Regan circles back with Kenny Vaughan, guitarist in Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives. Kenny...