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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai perform onstage during the Satch/Vai Tour.

“I’m watching this genius develop right in front of me”: Joe Satriani on what it was like to teach a teenage Steve Vai

By Jonathan Horsley published

Here's this "goofy" Ace Frehley fan with big hands and he keeps coming back for more... Satch says it wasn't long before he recognised Vai's potential

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Paul Gilbert wears a tricorn hat and tan button-up waistcoat as he embraces the Washingtonian aesthetic with his signature Ibanez Fireman.

“A couple of the lyrics turned out to be AI-generated… I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll go for it’”: How Paul Gilbert accidentally wrote a song using an AI hallucination

By Jonathan Horsley published

Gilbert's first vocal album since 2016, WROC finds him adapting George Washington's "rules for civility" into lyrics for rock songs. But what happens when AI injects itself into the process?

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Hello Old Friend: Clapton heads out to Midwest for September tour

By Will Simpson published

Jimmie Vaughan is supporting

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Rusty Anderson and Paul McCartney

“Maybe I’m Amazed is always a fun song to play and sing”: How a Beatles fan ended up playing guitar for Paul McCartney

By Andrew Daly published

And how he got Macca to play on his solo album

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Robben Ford [left] wears a dark suit jacket and v-neck t-shirt as he plays a blonde Telecaster onstage. Photographed in 1975, Joni Mitchell [right] plays her Martin dreadnought live onstage at Wembley Stadium.

Robben Ford reveals the Joni Mitchell tone tricks that helped him nail his guitar sound in the studio

By Jonathan Horsley published

Ford has fond memories of touring and recording with the “wonderful” Mitchell, who has a producer knows exactly how she wants a guitar to sound – and how to get the tone

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Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush perform live in 2015.

Geddy Lee on honouring Neil Peart and why he and Alex Lifeson are getting back together as Rush

By Jonathan Horsley published

Rush will to the stage once more to celebrate the life and legacy of the late, great Neil Peart. Lee explains how wellness clinics, fun jams and "unfinished business" made the "R" word easier to say

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"Do not despair – the cavalry is coming!”: Tom Morello to join Springsteen on the Land Of Hope And Dreams tour

By Will Simpson published

Though he’ll only star on ‘selected’ songs

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Vernon Reid cups his hands to his ears to the crowd has he performs live at the at the Fremont Street Experience on April 18, 2025.

Living Colour’s Vernon Reid on NYC epiphanies, unsung heroes and the emotional power of a sample

By Jonathan Horsley published

The visionary guitarist walks us through the memories, sounds and people who shaped him as a player – and the sounds we hear on his bravura solo album, Hoodoo Telemetry

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Gibson Mark Ronson Les Paul Custom

Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Mick Ronson’s Bowie-era 1968 Les Paul Custom

By Jonathan Horsley published

With the ebony finish stripped to reveal its two-piece plain maple top, mismatched controls, custom-wound pickups, this limited run reproduction is the spitting image of Ronson's original

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Cory Wong

“My advice is play the song. Can you find a part that is tailored to the music”: Cory Wong’s tips for better rhythm guitar

By Amit Sharma published

“If people like how I play the guitar – great. But I’ll only play what I feel is appropriate for the song”

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