Beck is an archetype, like hendrix is an archetype

The ever-active session legend on his love for cheap guitars, Roland gear, and modding his pickups

Reissues PARLOPHONE

Will we ever know the true story of this fabled guitar? For some it’s iconic, for others it was simply a cobbled together working tool for a master…

John Lennon called them “sons of The Beatles”. Axl Rose said there was nothing like them. But how did a trio of Brummies create the progressive orchestral pop rock band who eventually became a global phenomenon following 1975’s breakthrough album Face The Music ?

Returning with an album of man-and-guitar Dylan covers, the Eurythmics legend’s playing has never been laid so bare. He tells us about gigging folk clubs underage, the blues in his palette, and a memorable night on the tiles with Robert Zimmerman himself

The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds. As told to Grant Moon.