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Light and Shade
Zakk Wylde emerges from lockdown with an album that laces ballads with twin-guitar rockers.
Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985 - Deluxe Edition
Discussing the merits of Bob Dylan’s ’80s output is a lightning rod for even his most ardent fans.
He Walked the Line
Johnny Cash was beloved by Americans who could agree on little else. Was he too eager to please?
MUSICAL FRUIT
Director Francis Delia on the most memorable shot of Wall of Voodoo’s “Mexican Radio”
JOHN OATES of Daryl Hall & John Oates
The music videos have never really sat well with you.
Believe in the Beat
From Broadway to Breakin’ and beyond, Godfather of Street Dance the late Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones discusses the Lockers, Lionel, and his legacy in his final interview from 2020
Book Review
The Secret History of Washington, DC, R&B
Bob Dylan
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” Director: D.A. Pennebaker
John Landis: Still a Thriller
Waiting on the worldwide release of Thriller 3D, Landis takes us back to the best – and then bonkers – of the King of Pop, as well as his Beatle moments and his love of B.B. King.
Freekbass
The funk master talks us through five career high points.
ASHDOWN RM-800-EVO ll
What a lightweight! Kev Sanders tests the new head from Ashdown
DUVOISIN Standard 5
Mike Brooks gives this Swiss-style five a road test…
I WAS THERE!
A historic moment in bass world – recalled by those who were there to see it
BAREFACED - One10T Cabinet
A new Barefaced cab? Kev Sanders feels the quality
KRIST NOVOSELIC
It’s 30 years since the release of Nirvana’s era-defining album, Nevermind, and high time that we revisited this 2011 chat with the great bassist turned political activist, Krist Novoselic, a musician who witnessed a truly chaotic period in music history
BASS PLAYER AWARDS 2021
After a year off thanks to the pesky virus, BP’s annual Lifetime Achievement Awards return—and this time we add a new category. Raise your glass to this year’s winners, Marcus Miller, Gail Ann Dorsey, John Taylor and Charles Berthoud.
RUSH TO READ
Rush’s Geddy Lee will release an “epic” memoir in 2022
STAYING POWER
Tal Wilkenfeld’s recent album Love Remains features a five-string in tenor tuning with a capo. Ellen O’Reilly finds out why…
TONEWOODS EXPLAINED
Do woods really determine tones?
SENDING UP A FLARE
Sedulous tone maverick explains how simply recording big, hairy, gnarly guitar riffs into his iPhone became his “life raft for sanity,” getting him out of his bunker, forging new connections and birthing a creative oasis amid the chaos
THE COMMITTED SINNER
JOHN 5 — a guy who really, really, really loves playing guitar — tells you everything you need to know about SINNER, his brand-new solo album featuring a QUEEN cover, some carefully hone driffs — and guest appearances by DAVE MUSTAINE and KISS man PETER CRISS
ONWARDS
STALWART YES GUITARIST STEVE HOWE ON THE INSPIRATION, TONES AND SENTIMENT BEHIND THE QUEST, THE PROG-ROCK MASTERS’ FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE THE PASSING OF FOUNDING BASSIST CHRIS SQUIRE
Blitzkrieg Rock
PUNK LEGEND BRIAN BAKER KEEPS BAD RELIGION — AND FAKE NAMES, HIS LATEST PUNK SUPERGROUP — ROLLING WITH HIS STASH OF VINTAGE GUITARS
Zakk's Dirty Dozen
From Ozzy Osbourne's “Miracle Man” to Generation Axe’s “Highway Star,” Zakk Wylde Discusses 12 Musical Milestones From A Career Spanning More Than Three Decades
Port Authority
GIBSON GENERATION G-00 AND G-200 ACOUSTICS
Love at First Stang
Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang
Orange Is the New Shred
Dean Guitars Md24 Floyd Roasted Maple
Echoes From Another World
Cheap Trick's RICK NIELSEN talks John Lennon, Jeff Beck, "cool little guitars" and the band's milestone 20th album, In Another World
COLD TRUTH
Guthrie Govan delivers a faithful account of the Aristocrats onstage with Freeze! Live in Europe 2020.
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 3
Open roots tuning tips.