Albums

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

Album: New Light (Big Sun Records)

Back with a new album and with Slash in their corner, they play UK dates in October.

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

Podcasts: from Alan Partridge to Gary Oldman

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