“you just jump on the riff and it plays you!”

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

When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World

A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most

OVER THE LAST two columns, I’ve demonstrated a handful of what I consider to be essential “blues approved” licks that work well both as embellishments to rhythm parts or as phrases within a solo. Our

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

The Surrey-born beatnik folk pioneer, who influenced players as significant as Keith Richards and Thurston Moore, and played alongside Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, has died at the age of 86