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

WHILE PROMOTING HIS latest record, 2025’s Gentō — a collaborative effort with Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning (released under the Bioscope moniker) — Marillion’s Steve Rothery took a moment to

SINCE HIS EARLIEST days with Aerosmith, Joe Perry has been the epitome of guitar-related cool. Sure, he’s got the licks, the songs and the solos, but he’s also got a massive cache of iconic, quirky an

WHEN I WAS about 12, my friend’s dad was hipping me to all kinds of incredible music. He gave me the 1974 Gram Parsons album Grievous Angel, which includes “Ooh Las Vegas,” a song that features some r

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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