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Devils & Dinosaurs: Jerry Cantrell Reveals How He Crafted the Mammoth Tones and Riffs for Alice In Chains' New Album There was a time, let’s call it the early ’90s, when it seemed like all you needed was a guitar and a Seattle Zip Code and your band could get signed, your tunes could get on the radio, your records could sell in the millions, and you could tour the world and elsewhere. Of course, it wasn’t quite that simple. Northwest bands of that era—Nirvana, ‹ more ›

Devils & Dinosaurs: Jerry Cantrell Reveals How He Crafted the Mammoth Tones and Riffs for Alice In Chains' New Album

There was a time, let’s call it the early ’90s, when it seemed like all you needed was a guitar and a Seattle Zip Code and your band could get signed, your tunes could get on the radio, your records could sell in the millions, and you could tour the world and elsewhere. Of course, it wasn’t quite that simple. Northwest bands of that era—Nirvana,
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Elliot Easton Turns on the Twang
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Elliot Easton Turns on the Twang

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Barry Cleveland's April 2013 Faves : Eivind Aarset DREAM LOGIC On his ECM debut as a leader, the innovative and creatively restless Norwegian guitarist opts for sparse, gradually unfolding soundscapes that emphasize the meditative
Matt Blackett's April 2013 Faves : Alex de Rosso LIONS & LAMBS If you weren’t lucky enough to hear Italian badass Alex de Rosso when he was touring with Dokken, here’s your chance. De Rosso brings his funky, heavy, super-tight
Barry Cleveland's March Faves : Rudresh Mahanthappa GAMAK The celebrated alto saxophonist continues to evolve his trans-global musical vision on this mind-blowing disc, supported by an equally forward-thinking ensemble
Matt Blackett's March Faves : Honky 421 When I first heard the guitar playing of Bobby Honky (né Landgraf), I described it as sounding like Billy Gibbons and Zakk Wylde on a bathtub gin binge. That’s true. But there’s more.
Live show wrap: GP Presents Jose Feliciano March 7th at Yoshi’s Oakland : Spirits at Jose Feliciano’s March 7th show at Yoshi’s Oakland were sky high, and Feliciano impressed on several levels. Watching a blind man execute fretboard mastery was even more impressive

Barry Cleveland's April 2013 Faves : Eivind Aarset DREAM LOGIC On his ECM debut as a leader, the innovative and creatively restless Norwegian guitarist opts for sparse, gradually unfolding soundscapes that emphasize the meditative

Matt Blackett's April 2013 Faves : Alex de Rosso LIONS & LAMBS If you weren’t lucky enough to hear Italian badass Alex de Rosso when he was touring with Dokken, here’s your chance. De Rosso brings his funky, heavy, super-tight

Barry Cleveland's March Faves : Rudresh Mahanthappa GAMAK The celebrated alto saxophonist continues to evolve his trans-global musical vision on this mind-blowing disc, supported by an equally forward-thinking ensemble

Matt Blackett's March Faves : Honky 421 When I first heard the guitar playing of Bobby Honky (né Landgraf), I described it as sounding like Billy Gibbons and Zakk Wylde on a bathtub gin binge. That’s true. But there’s more.

Live show wrap: GP Presents Jose Feliciano March 7th at Yoshi’s Oakland : Spirits at Jose Feliciano’s March 7th show at Yoshi’s Oakland were sky high, and Feliciano impressed on several levels. Watching a blind man execute fretboard mastery was even more impressive

Features

Watch: Ana Popovic performs "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me" : Blues guitarist extraordinaire Ana Popovic and her band pay tribute to the great Albert King in this smokin' rendition of "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me."
Watch: Glenn Jones and Laura Baird perform "Across The Tappan Zee" : Glenn Jones and Laura Baird perform "Across the Tappan Zee" from Jones' new album, My Garden State, which is on sale now.
Tommy Tedesco's Studio Log, July 1979 : While playing some "beatnick" grooves for a movie soundtrack, Tedesco becomes frustrated by the lack of standardization in chord symbols
Watch: Queens of the Stone Age "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" : Check out the new video for Queens of the Stone Age's "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
Watch: Tim Sparks Performs a Solo Guitar Version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from Petrushka : Here is the latest installment in Tim Sparks' Russian Project, a solo guitar version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from his ballet Petrushka, with comments by the guitarist.

Watch: Ana Popovic performs "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me" : Blues guitarist extraordinaire Ana Popovic and her band pay tribute to the great Albert King in this smokin' rendition of "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me."

Watch: Glenn Jones and Laura Baird perform "Across The Tappan Zee" : Glenn Jones and Laura Baird perform "Across the Tappan Zee" from Jones' new album, My Garden State, which is on sale now.

Tommy Tedesco's Studio Log, July 1979 : While playing some "beatnick" grooves for a movie soundtrack, Tedesco becomes frustrated by the lack of standardization in chord symbols

Watch: Tim Sparks Performs a Solo Guitar Version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from Petrushka : Here is the latest installment in Tim Sparks' Russian Project, a solo guitar version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from his ballet Petrushka, with comments by the guitarist.