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Great artists talk about their past recordings

Madison Cunningham

THE SINGER-SONGWRITER EXPLORES MIND-BENDING TONES AND RHYTHMS ON HER LATEST ALBUM, REVEALER

JOHN PETRUCCI

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, JOHN PETRUCCI HITS THE ROAD — SOLO

TEXAS, FLOOD! THE 30 GREATEST TEXAS GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME

IN TERMS OFactual geography pretty much a pipsqueak compared to, say, Alaska. (For those keeping score, Alaska accounts for 665,384 square miles versus Texas' total area of 268,596 square miles.) But if we're measuring Texas' mark on American culture, specifically through music, it's hard to make an argument that any other territory comes close to the Lone Star State's impact. From cowboy prairie songs to Tejano and conjunto music, from Western swing to the blues, from early rock 'n' roll to hip-hop, and dozens of genres and sub-genres along the way, the sounds of Texas have enthralled and inspired listeners in ways that are almost incalculable.

A DIME A HALF DOZEN

EMULATE DIMEBAG DARRELL'S BLISTERING RIFF-WRITING STYLE AND LEAD-PLAYING TECHNIQUES WITH THIS SIX PACK OF DIMEINSPIRED RIFFS AND LICKS

Reinhold Glière

Dismissed by some as being stuck in the past, Glière was nonetheless blessed with a rare melodic gift and fine technique, says Erik Levi

INQUIRER PHIL MANZANERA

THE LONGTIME ROXY MUSIC GUITARIST TALKS OBSCURE GEAR, EARLY GIGS AND EMBARRASSING ON-STAGE MOMENTS

Fallujah

SCOTT CARSTAIRS AMPS UP THE AGGRESSION FOR EMPYREAN, WHICH TAPS INTO THE SPIRIT OF AN EXCITED 17-YEAR-OLD WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY GUITAR”

Buzz Bin Warm Audio Warmdrive

I CAN GIVE you a reason why certain pedals become legendary and often get name-checked by rhapsodic fans in online forums and magazine articles.

T FOR TEXAS

LONG BEFORE HE FLEW LIKE AN EAGLE, STEVE MILLER LEARNED HIS FIRST BLUES LICKS - LITERALLY AT THE FOOT OF THE MASTER, T-BONE WALKER

SOUL ΤΟ SOUL

IN THE STUDIO, NO ONE WAS CLOSER TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN THAN HIS HANDPICKED PRODUCER/ENGINEER, RICHARD MULLEN. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM 2003, MULLEN DETAILS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SRV AND HOW HE CAPTURED THE OTHERWORLDLY GUITAR SOUNDS ON TEXAS FLOOD AND COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER

Got Their Mojo Working

HOW GA-20’S MATTHEW STUBBS AND PAT FAHERTY CRACK DOWN ON THE SLICK, OVERPRODUCED SOUNDS OF MODERN COMMERCIAL BLUES

Dead Cross

MICHAEL CRAIN AND JUSTIN PEARSON TAKE YOU DEEP INSIDE THE HARDCORE PUNK SUPERGROUP’S LATEST RABID EFFORT, II

Crobot

THE PENNSYLVANIA HARD ROCKERS’ LATEST RECORD IS A CELEBRATION OF STRAIGHT-UP, FAT-FREE RIFFERY

Jordan Ashman hits the heights

Percussionist takes BBC Young Musician 2022 crown

Playing for her life

Hélène de Montgeroult risked the guillotine during the French Revolution – but there’s far more to this talented composer than her remarkable survival, as pianist Clare Hammond tells Rebecca Franks

The Sound of Silence

As the conflict in Ukraine prompts the barring of contemporary Russian works and artists from global stages, Erik Levi looks at how Britain similarly censored German composers during World War I

Herbert Howells Requiem

Though Howells wrote his Requiem in contented times, it would go on to become associated with personal tragedy, as Jeremy Pound explains

The genius revealed in Franck’s fiery visions

Julian Haylock introduces two works which totally changed the reputation of the Belgian-French composer

To be Franck

César Franck has sometimes been unfairly dismissed by critics as plodding and passé, but as we mark the BelgianFrench composer’s 200th anniversary, Roger Nichols says there is much to admire in his colourful melodic language

Shining a light

Awarded by composers to composers, The Ivors have propelled a wealth of outstanding British talent to the forefront of musical life during the past two decades, as Kate Wakeling discovers

"When you detune it feels more subversive!"

How alternative rock stars Bush got heavier than ever before

Alter Bridge – "The Guitars Are Breathing"

A deep dive into the heavy new Alter Bridge album - with Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy, two guitarists in perfect balance.

The 1975 – "In one song there's nine guitar parts going on simultaneously"

How the two-guitar dynamic works in The 1975-by the band's lead player and secret metalhead Adam Hann

GA-20 – "Some of our songs don't even have a solo"

Two guitarists, zero showboating: inside the retro-chic blues of GA-20

COME CLARITY

KELLIN QUINN TELLS THE STORY OF HOW HE AND HIS BAND TOOK THE PAST FEW YEARS TO RECALIBRATE, REFOCUS AND GET BACK TO WHAT THEY DO BEST.

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED DANI WINTER-BATES BURY TOMORROW

DANI OPENS UP AND TELLS THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF HIS EARLY LIFE AND CAREER SO FAR, IN HIS OWN WORDS.

EXISTER

VUKOVI HAVE NAVIGATED WATERS THAT WOULD HAVE SUNK MOST BANDS. HERE, JANINE AND HAMISH EXPLAIN WHY ON NEW ALBUM 'NULA' THEY AREN'T JUST STILL STANDING, THEY'RE BETTER THAN EVER.

FOR THE DREAMERS

PINKSHIFT'S CAREER COULD HAVE BEEN OVER BEFORE IT EVEN TRULY BEGAN. BUT NOW, THEY'RE WINDING UP TO TAKE ON THE WORLD WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM.

THE FIRST...RYAN POTTER THE HUNNA

RYAN RECOUNTS HIS BABY STEPS IN MUSIC.