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Steve Howe’s top tip for better improvisations takes the complexity out of the art form
By Phil Weller published
The prog-rock hero says players “don’t need much information” if they follow these simple steps

Steve Howe on the most polarizing album Yes ever made, now getting a 15-disc deluxe box treatment
By Gary Graff published
‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ divided fans and critics, and caused Rick Wakeman to depart. Howe still stands by it

"Why it didn't sound like a complete pile of crap, I don't know!" Steve Howe on “Siberian Khatru"
By Gary Graff last updated
The guitarist also talks about the 1972 album’s genesis as it receives its Super Deluxe box set release

Steve Howe reflects on the future of Yes — and reveals that he once refused to let his techs tune his guitars
By Gary Graff last updated
The guitarist hints he "may have something else I want to talk about, maybe later in the year as well."

The Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison tried to sell Steve Howe a rare jazz guitar when he was a teenager
By Phil Weller published
The punk guitarist explains his early love for prog-rock players like Robert Fripp, Jan Akkerman and Howe

Steve Howe says writing on keyboards let him get experimental on his new solo album, Guitarscape
By Phil Weller published
Guitarscape is out in September and sees the eclectic guitarist branching out into “unconventional” songwriting that takes in his full range of playing styles

Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more
By Martin K. Webb published
Chatting with GP in 1973, at the stratospheric height of Deep Purple's popularity, Blackmore offered insight into his hugely influential style – from his tremolo approach, to his deafening onstage volume

“You Have to Account for 'Tales'…I Don’t Think We’d Be the Same Group Without It”: Steve Howe Talks Yes's ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ and Other Milestone Albums
By Gary Graff published
As Yes release their second album in two years, the guitarist reflects on the 50th anniversary of ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ and his newly reconceptualized take on the debut album from his 1960s band Tomorrow
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