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MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Four decades down the road with Winger, Reb Beach sheds his hair metal past with this quintet of metal and fusion cuts.

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

West Coast luthier Ron Thorn took a trip to the Big Apple. He came back with his stunning new Florentine Empirial.

Mother Folker

Dubbed the Queen of the Beatniks, Judy Henske ruled the roost on High Flying Bird.

STAR '69

As he hits the road for a long-awaited celebration of Creedence Clearwater Revival's music, John Fogerty recalls the year when it all came together in three hit albums and a little festival called Woodstock.

THE SESSION WHISPERER

Shred like the best of them with these 10 techniques gleaned from Steve Lukather, the legendary studio ace and Toto guitarist.

WONDER WOMEN

With her new solo acoustic One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley pays tribute to guitar's female trailblazers, from Elizabeth Cotten and Lydia Mendoza to Maybelle Carter and Charo.

TIP SHEET

How did Peter Stroud become the right-hand man to Sheryl Crow, Don Henley and many others? It took talent - and these five rules.

THEMES FOR IMAGINARY WESTERNS

Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez weave haunting guitar instrumentals evocative of spaghetti-western scores. With Sonido Cósmico, they show why they are the most exciting guitar duo of our time.

NEVER BE THE SAME

Four decades in with Crowded House's ever-changing lineup, Neil Finn takes a trial-and-error approach to music - and guitar. \"The mistakes make it interesting,” he says.

DEATH BECOMES THEM

Tik Tok gave Mother Mother a second lease on life. Now they take on the Grim Reaper with Grief Chapter.

An ES for Less

Offered by Silvertone and Harmony, the H63 Espanada was the poor-man's version of Gibson's ES-175.

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

IT’S AMAZING HOW many players have chased after and adopted the Edge’s signature delay tone.

SECOND COMING

CEDRIC BURNSIDE, GRANDSON OF MISSISSIPPI BLUESMAN R.L. BURNSIDE, PROFESSES HIS HILL COUNTRY LOVE

KEITH SCOTT

From \"Cuts Like a Knife\" to \"Summer of '69,\" the Canadian guitar great discusses the gear and solos that have fueled Bryan Adams' music for more than 40 years

THE 30 GREATEST GARDEN STATE GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME

New Jersey derives much of its water from New York’s Catskill Mountains. Low in calcium and magnesium, it’s a naturally soft water that’s ideally suited for bread flour. And, of course, that means it’s also a crucial component in the making of New Jersey pizza, which everybody knows is the best in the United States. (Oh, you wanna argue about it? How about this? Fuggedaboudit!)

SONG OF MYSELF

\"MILES DAVIS ONCE SAID, 'SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE TO SOUND LIKE YOURSELF\"\"

RETURN OF THE KING

RETURNS FROM THE ASHES WITH FROM HELL I RISE, THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM FROM HIS EPONYMOUS NEW ALL-STAR BAND. HE ALSO ADDRESSES THE END OF SLAYER, THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE REUNION SHOWS AND HIS CHEMISTRY WITH GUITARIST PHIL DEMMEL

The Dandy Warhols

\"SMELLY BOY ROCK\" RULES THE DAY ON THE PORTLAND ALT-ROCKERS' RIFF-DRIVEN NEW RELEASE

The Pineapple Thief

THE BAND FROM THE RURAL BACKWOODS OF SOUTH-WEST U.K. WHO TOOK THE PROG-ROCK WORLD BY STORM

DigiTech SDRUM Strummable Drums pedal

DIGITECH CALLS THE SDRUM a “strummable drums” pedal, but that’s really only a small fraction of what this powerful device can do.

Sometime in February

TRISTAN AUMAN INJECTS HIS BAND'S WILDLY ADDICTIVE PROGRESSIVE METAL WITH CLEVER HOOKS, GONZO SHRED AND ARRESTING MOMENTS OF AMBIENT BEAUTY

THE AXES OF A KING

KERRY KING'S JOURNEY FROM B.C. RICH TO ESP TO DEAN

DEMMEL-ITION MAN

HOW FATE (AND PERSISTENCE) LED FORMER MACHINE HEAD GUITARIST PHIL DEMMEL TO A TREASURED SPOT IN KERRY KING'S BAND

Ellis Hamilton Defying the Odds and Energy Unmatched!

Readers, I’m honored to introduce Mr. Ellis Hamilton to you. If you don’t know him or his music yet, you will! I met Ellis on May 20, 2023, at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Why can tell you the exact date? Well, Najee was performing that evening and receiving an award.

NORMAN BROWN It Hits Different

This is what I will be going for rest of my life

John Ernesto The End of an Era @BERKS

I had the pleasure of speaking with John Ernesto, the Artistic Director of the Berks Jazz Festival for over three decades.

'I Play Less Notes These Days, but They All Mean a Lot More'

On Broken, Walter Trout packs his licks for maximum impact as he testifies to the hope that can save our divided world.

'THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR BAND IS TWO GUITARS'

Sleater-Kinney were making bass-less records long before the White Stripes and the Black Keys came along. Says co-leader Carrie Brownstein, \"The power comes from the conversation the guitars are having with each other.\"

EYE ON THE PRIZE

Erstwhile blues-rocker Hannah Wicklund finds her true self with an album of songs she calls the most authentic I’ve ever written.”

The Knockoff That Became a Knockout

Forced to stop copying U.S. guitars, Ibanez launched the all-original Artist line and took America by storm.