Sons of apollo

FROM HIS EARLIEST days as the apple of Mike Varney’s eye to stepping in for Slash in Guns N’ Roses, it’s always the same for Ron Thal, aka Bumblefoot. “With every album, the inspiration comes from liv

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

WHILE MOST DUAL-GUITAR bands tend to have designated roles in terms of what kind of sonic space their members occupy, Momma six-stringers Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten enjoy being unrestricted,

THERE ARE VARYING degrees of guitar hero, but Carlos Santana is a name you’d expect to find near the top of any list. Like Jimi Hendrix, Brian May or Slash, Santana has transcended guitar music and pe

AL JARDINE WILL be the first to tell you he didn’t play much guitar for the Beach Boys in the Sixties. Early Beach Boys albums — like Surfin’ Safari (1962) and Surfin’ U.S.A. (1963) — feature plenty o

Album: Without The Pain (Snakefarm Music)