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Watch the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Deliriously Wonderful House of Blues Performance By Mark McStea published 1 December 22 Video The quirky quartet puts on a dazzling display of supreme oddness
"I Was Set Free": Humble Pie Guitarist Clem Clempson Talks Lighting up One of the 1970s’ Hottest Rock Albums: ‘Smokin’’ By James Volpe Rotondi published 30 November 22 How Humble Pie was reignited after Peter Frampton's sudden departure
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“Keep Going Until Everybody Knows Who You Are”: Rory Block Talks the Blues By Jimmy Leslie published 24 November 22 Koko Taylor's “Little Miss Dynamite” gives blues women their due on new album ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried,’ with acoustic covers of Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elizabeth Cotten and more
“We’ve Never Done Anything That Hasn’t Been Totally Authentic”: Billy Duffy Talks Recording the Cult’s New Studio Album, ‘Under the Midnight Sun’ By Mark McStea published 23 November 22 After a six-year absence, the Cult are back with an LP that finds them returning to their mid-‘80s roots
Dave Keuning’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 November 22 The Killers’ axeman discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet
“I Want All My Songs to Work Acoustically”: Robert De Leo Takes His First Solo Journey on the Lush Acoustic LP ‘Lessons Learned’ By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 November 22 “When it comes to songwriting, that’s essentially where everything starts out for me,” says the Stone Temple Pilots tunesmith
This Musician Was Too Shy to Perform Publicly. Instead, He Found His True Destiny: Composition By Jim Campilongo published 18 November 22 Federico Mompou’s music is as uncorrupted as the sound of nature
Our Latest Issue Features the All-Time Best John Frusciante Interview We’ve Ever Read By Richard Bienstock, Guitar Player Staff published 18 November 22 Don’t miss this incredible Red Hot Chili Peppers special – out now!
“All of a Sudden, Our Audiences Doubled”: Peter Buck Opens up About R.E.M.’s Breakthrough Hit, “The One I Love” By Joe Matera published 15 November 22 The guitarist reveals the surprising truth behind their 1987 smash
