Steve Rosen
From 1977 through 2003, music journalist Steve Rosen formed and fostered a personal and professional relationship with guitar legend Edward Van Halen. In the...
Mark St. John
With the release of Kiss’ recent live album, Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1984, fans hear one of precious few concerts featuring guitarist...
Philip Sayce – Strat monster!
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Post-SRV blues-rock wizard
Godmonster beast on his (two) ’63 Fender Strats, Philip Sayce plays the one he calls Mother running through a Diaz Texas...
The Magical Philosophy Of Slide
In ancient Africa, when early man first dragged a flat rock across a string tied to a stick, he couldn’t have known that the...
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...