Latest articles by Joe Matera
The Bellamy Brothers say they were hurting for a hit when they befriended Diamond’s band. The rest is history
The veteran road manager claims it wasn’t just creative differences that destroyed Pink Floyd — it was the wives
Session legend Carol Kaye says the song came alive the moment she ignored the written part
Behind the scenes of The Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle and Pink Floyd’s most experimental years
After sending his legendary “Big Red” ES-335 in for a neck repair, the Ten Years After guitarist got back a very different instrument
The veteran tour chief for Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and other rock legends recalls the night he saw everything chang for Green — plus his adventures with Mick Ronson, the Byrds and Frank Sinatra
The guitarist says his song is better known in the U.S for a successful cover version
From a fireside confession in a French château to a secret Stockholm meeting — did Blackmore actually record a solo track with Agnetha Fältskog?
The “Luka” singer reflects on paving the way for a new generation of women with guitars — and how her voice on “Tom’s Diner” became part of the development of the MP3
Vega reveals how the harrowing tune was transformed into a 1987 chart hit — and why its deeper meaning remained hidden for decades
Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians
Session guitarist Al Gorgoni reveals how a frantic, unguided overdubbing session saved “The Sounds of Silence” and launched one of folk-rock’s biggest careers.
‘Hearts of Fire’ was Dylan’s third foray into theatrical films and featured him playing a musician very much like himself
He was told he’d be a one-hit wonder, but the tunesmith is going strong — and still holding the keys to his empire
From co-writing "Grace" with Buckley to his sessions with Chris Cornell, the journeyman virtuoso looks back on five decades of wild studio sessions and untamed rock history
Legendary producer Daniel Lanois reveals why Dylan insisted on tracking vocals in the dead of night on ‘Oh Mercy’ and ‘Time Out of Mind’ — two albums behind his late-career renaissance
The producer behind U2, Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel explains how he builds music from fragments, repurposes discarded ideas, and treats the studio itself as an instrument
Louie Shelton and the founding members of Toto didn’t think the song had “a chance in hell” of succeeding. A DJ proved them wrong
A casual remark from Daisley helped the hard-rock guitarist remake his career with ‘Still Got the Blues’
Eno clashed with the technically minded musicians, but the result was one of rock’s greatest — and most beloved — live albums
The session guitarist recalls taking the young band into a London studio in 1976 to cut the demos that led to the birth of punk rock
Prince could have anything... except the guitarist he wanted most
For more than two decades, the guitarist kept quiet about the trauma that befell his treasured 1964 Gibson ES-175
