Chris Stapleton Tributes Vince Gill With Stunning Cover
Vince Gill was honored by many artists during a recent taping of a Giants episode. The country star paid homage to his friend and musical hero with a performance of…
Cleveland’s Blue Winter Releases Sophomore Effort
The blue winter. There is a blue winter. When he was first learning to play guitar, the Blue Winter’s Aaron Troyer started listening to Led Zeppelin, and that proved to…
Lou Reed’s Folky Velvet Underground Demo, and 9 More New Songs
The first known demo of Lou Reed’s “I’m Waitin’ for the Man” was announced at the start of the recording. The aspiring poet and rock star had a practical reason…
Eric Clapton Lets Guitar Do The Talking As U.S. Tour Gets Underway
There is a performance on stage at the United Center. In September of 2022, in Chicago. Photo by Barry Brecheisen I would like to thank you. Over and over Monday…
“If I designed a metal guitar, this would be it”: Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia on his new Jackson, his old Epiphone, and the band’s recent headline shows
They are no longer that band. After bursting out of the underground in the mid-2000s as the ugly ducklings of deathcore, they spent the years that followed growing in maturity…
Watch producer Sylvia Massy record electric guitar through a pair of cheese sausages
When there are producers like Sylvia Massy around, the discipline shouldn’t be said to have lost its appetite for experimentation. Massy has produced albums by the likes of the Red…
Post Malone powers through illness, invites fan to play guitar, at sold-out Milwaukee debut at Fiserv Forum
Post Malone made it to Milwaukee for the first time, performing for the first time after becoming one of the world’s most successful artists. He gave fans everything he got,…
Nick Mason recalls the ‘rough’ circumstances Pink Floyd faced when recording Animals
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has opened up about the technical difficulties the band faced during the recording of the original release. In an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock yesterday,…
“The Guitar Is an Endless Exploration”: Acoustic Legend Peter Rowan Looks Back on a Lifetime in Music
From its traditional roots through the progressive movement and onto the modern landscape, Peter Rowan weaves a tapestry of his 60-year career. He has never been flashy. He is a…
‘Six Picks’ Music: The best in local music this weekend (September 16-18)
There is a lot of great music on this last weekend of summer. Get out there and enjoy some live music before the weather gets cold. There will be a…