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...

12 Rhythm Guitar Greats

Mar 22,2012
Richard Thompson  (From top to bottom) Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Larry Carlton, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Nolan, Grady Martin 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...

Ball & Chain, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi's Blues Union

Feb 7,2012
“We’ve got a lot of skin in this game,” says Derek Trucks about going all in with his wife Susan Tedeschi to form the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Both have dismantled successful solo projects to focus on the 11-piece powerhouse. More...

Ronnie Montrose

Feb 6,2012
If you had a gang of friends who were crazy into guitars in 1973, you could be absolutely certain of one thing: that every single one of them was playing the grooves out of the first Montrose album. Ronnie Montrose’s mammoth More...

Phil Brown's Imaginary World

Feb 14,2012
Shortly after Los Alamos National laboratory director Norris Bradbury helped create the atomic bomb, his music teacher wife unleashed another explosive force upon the world: Phil Brown. “Mrs. Bradbury pushed me into being the More...

"Smokin'" Joe Robinson Goes Electric

Feb 14,2012
When 16 year-old “Smokin’” Joe Robinson burned through a Chet-inflected medley of “Day Tripper” and “Lady Madonna” at the introductory round of the 2008 Australia’s Got Talent competition, the entire house—including 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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