Roy Rogers

Sep 19,2011
“I’VE COLLABORATED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I LIKE working that way,” says guitarist and slide-man extraordinaire Roy Rogers. “It’s a new rush every time.” The result of Rogers’ latest musical merging is Translucent Blues More...

Paul Pigat

Sep 16,2011
“I’LL OFTEN WRITE A SONG THAT I THINK IS GOING to be for one project, and then it turns out that it works better for something else,” says Canadian guitarist Paul Pigat in reference to his two very different albums, More...

Johnny Hiland Is All Fired Up

Oct 4,2011
If everyone in Nashville knows the name of a guitarist, that’s really saying something. In a town where every fry cook is seemingly the best picker you’ve ever heard, it takes a lot to get noticed. But that’s what happened to More...

It's Strictly Whatever with Harry Manx and Kevin Breit

Oct 24,2011
“Strictly Whatever [Stony Plain] is the most accessible CD that we’ve done so far,” says Harry Manx of his third outing with fellow Canadian guitarist and vocalist Kevin Breit. “Kevin’s songs are catchy and easy to sing More...

Warren Haynes Is a Man In Motion

Oct 24,2011
“Before I’d ever heard of Cream or Jimi Hendrix, I heard soul music,” exclaims Warren Haynes, whose new album, Man in Motion [Concord] is a paean of sorts to his first musical inspirations. “I was a singer before I ever More...

Black Crowe and North Mississippi Allstar Luther Dickinson

May 1,2011
AFTER THREE YEARS OF PLAYING RICH ROBINSON’S textural foil and lead guitar moneymaker in the Black Crowes, Luther Dickinson has raised his guitar game to a LeBron-like level. There’s little the versatile Dickinson can dream up More...

Brian Setzer Fuses Rockabilly, Country, and Jazz on Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!

May 1,2011
WITH HIS BLAZING CHOPS, TAKE-NO-PRISONERS SHOWMANSHIP, AND HOT-ROD TINKERER’S MENTALITY, BRIAN SETZER HAS NOT ONLY REIGNED OVER THE KINGDOMS OF ROCKABILLY AND BIG-BAND SWING FOR DECADES, BUT HAS CONTINUED TO REVAMP ’50s-style More...

Happy Birthday Robert Johnson

May 1,2011
TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH anniversary of the birth of Robert Johnson (give or take—do we really know when this guy was born?), we’re giving you this refresher course on how he tuned and capoed when tracking his More...

Papa Mali on Tracking and Tricking Out Time- Honored Tones

Jul 7,2011
PAPA MALI USED ECHOES AND REVERBS to otherworldly effect on his two swamp-blues solo CDs. Now he’s fronting the jam supergroup 7 Walkers—featuring members of the Grateful Dead and the Meters—and he produced More...

Anders Osborne on Using Multiple Amps

Jul 7,2011
ALTHOUGH HE’S BEST KNOWN AS the unofficial poet laureate of Louisiana’s fertile roots music scene, Anders Osborne is also a wicked slide player and a serious tone junkie. His current palette ranges from bold and More...

Guthrie Govan Takes the Reins in Prog Rock's Rowdy New Democracy

Jul 14,2011
“Guthrie Govan gives shred a good name,” says Paul Gilbert. “It’s absolutely heartwarming to hear someone play super fast and have musical depth to match. What a breath of fresh air.” Mr. Gilbert, however, is not the More...

Robben Ford and John Scofield Trade Blue Notes

Aug 18,2011
IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, THE BLUE Note in New York offered the rare opportunity to see Robben Ford and John Scofield playing together, in a quartet with drummer Toss Panos and bassist Andy Hess. Though both guitarists can play More...

Buddy Guy Picks 12 Year-Old Quinn Sullivan To Fill His Blues Shoes

Aug 17,2011
BLUES LEGENDS SUCH AS BUDDY Guy don’t usually go out of their way to sign, record, and promote pre-teenage talents, but that’s exactly the situation with Guy discovery Quinn Sullivan. Guy’s Grammy-winning producer Tom More...

Buddy Guy

Aug 17,2011
“IF YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY THE DAMN THING, PLAY IT LIKE it’s never been played before—or don’t play it at all,” says blues icon Buddy Guy. At age 75, he’s picked up a guitar more times than almost anyone on the planet. More...

Robin Trower

Aug 17,2011
“I LOVE THE GUITAR AS MUCH NOW AS WHEN I BEGAN playing,” exclaims the legendary Robin Trower. “It’s still a great thrill to play. If I can get a bit of electricity from an idea or a solo, that’s what it’s about for me. That More...

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