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Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue: Roy Harper . Since the mid-60s, the progressive folk singer-songwriter has enjoyed a successful solo career that’s also found him collaborating with everyone from Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush and Ian Anderson. But he’s never quite reached the commercial heights of his peers. As his Final Tour: Part Two fast approaches, he looks back over highlights from his career so far and teases a brand-new album.

DURING THE LAST week of November 1963, the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was released in the United Kingdom. That same week, a young Brit named Laurence Juber started playing guitar. It wouldn’t

Gareth Malone opens up about touring, family and how he keeps cheery in difficult times

ALL’S BEEN QUIET for several years on Jake E. Lee’s proverbial Western Front. The guitarist has taken extended breaks before, like the one after the demise of his beloved Badlands in 1993. Still, afte

Steve Hackett : “Being in Genesis was like joining the upper ranks of the diplomatic corps…”

BELOW, ZAKK WYLDE — who shared innumerable on- and off-stage experiences with Ozzy (and almost as many Guitar World covers) — looks back on his Wylde ride with the Prince of Darkness. More than any ot