Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

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This month Richard Barrett embellishes some open-position chords to find that satisfying jangle

Photography Joby Sessions Jim Irsay, the late owner ...

Recorded at Edward Van Halen’s fabled 5150 Studio, the latest album from Alter Bridge could very well be their most riff-laden to date

IN THE MID-EIGHTIES, ZZ Top went from being a group of Texas-bred blues bangers to a chart-topping powerhouse on the strength of albums like 1983’s Eliminator and 1985’s Afterburner. But neither of th