The New Yorker is spreading the blues word, but surprises with some pop covers.

A CHIEF CONSIDERATION when playing with a slide is the tuning. Many of our favorite slide players — Elmore James, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, Derek Trucks — play slide almost exclusively in an open t

Singer/guitarist Marcus King

A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs “about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons”.

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Six decades into his career, Carlos Santana remains excited by the very thought of having a guitar in his hands. Below, he looks back on the music and gear that’s soundtracked his one-of-a-kind life