The making of Billie Eilish’s No Time To Die Bond theme: “Finneas came up with this chord progression, and we were just immediately like, ‘Oh!’” By Henry Yates published 30 September 21 “We had an intense amount of writer’s block as soon as we were called to action”
Classic interview: Slash on the story of Guns N' Roses's Use Your Illusion I & II By Henry Yates published 30 June 21 Looking back on a double barrel of rock 'n' roll, 30 years on
10 guitar heroes' day jobs before they were famous By Henry Yates, MusicRadar published 29 July 20 How Slash and Clapton made ends meet
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green: the story of of the greatest guitar handover in blues history By Henry Yates published 27 July 20 Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums.
13 guitar hero Simpsons cameos By Henry Yates, MusicRadar published 21 July 20 From Keef to Kirk and Corgan to Costello
10 reasons why guitar is the best instrument By Henry Yates published 23 June 20 The six-string takes the crown
10 classic guitarist stage moves By Henry Yates, Rob Laing published 6 May 20 From Pete Townshend's windmill to the Hendrix showboater and beyond!
10 types of guitar YouTuber and how to spot them By Henry Yates published 13 March 20 As YouTube turns 15 we offer a guide to the menagerie of guitar vloggers you can find on there
On JJ Cale: “He would buy a $100 guitar, then if he messed it up by drilling holes, it was okay. That was the cost of educating himself” By Henry Yates published 24 July 19 Cale's widow and bandmate Christine Lakeland reflects on his career and gear
John Petrucci: “The last thing you want to do is be complacent or just have ‘okay’ guitar parts and uninspired solos” By Henry Yates published 22 May 19 The DT man talks Distance Over Time, six-string evolution and guitar-player camaraderie
Robert Fripp: The Crimson King returns By Henry Yates published 15 April 19 On the countdown to three rare UK dates from his prog giants King Crimson, we look back at the seismic career of a “difficult” genius…
How Takamine acoustics became the hardest-working guitars in music By Jamie Dickson, Henry Yates published 29 March 19 We head to Japan to study the roots of the luthier
Stereophonics’ Richard Jones: “I always had an affinity with the bass” By Henry Yates published 18 March 19 The Welsh bassist on Andy Fraser, ‘filling-in’ and five-strings
Lance Lopez: “Texas guitar playing is the attitude of putting everything behind each note” By Henry Yates published 26 October 18 Championed by Billy Gibbons. Mentored by Johnny Winter. Shattered by addiction. The Texas gunslinger tells his story
Then play on: the story of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan By Henry Yates published 24 October 18 Bernie Marsden, Jeremy Spencer and more reflect on the underrated six-stringer
James Hunter: “I think guitar playing needs to acknowledge what kind of record it’s on. A solo shouldn’t disappear up its own arse” By Henry Yates published 14 September 18 We talk to the UK soul star
Steve Lukather: “I’m a journeyman guitar player. And I’m proud to be that. I’m the guy you call to fix s**t” By Henry Yates published 14 June 18 The session ace looks back on 40 years of Toto
James Valentine and Sterling Ball: “Building a guitar is not like writing a song. You’re creating a three-dimensional tool” By Henry Yates published 7 June 18 The Maroon 5 star and Ernie Ball Music Man head honcho discuss the making of the Valentine signature model
Gibson: how did we get here? By Henry Yates published 15 March 18 Charting the troubled guitar giant's decline and how it can rise once more
Def Leppard's Phil Collen: “We worked. We went somewhere. I came out of Hysteria a better player” By Henry Yates published 12 December 17 30 years on, the guitarist revisits a classic album
The history of the Gibson Black Beauty By Henry Yates published 28 September 17 Hackett, Hawkins and Heafy on the be-suited 'Beauty's origins and evolution
Mike Oldfield: “It’s the age-old story. Out of suffering comes beauty” By Henry Yates published 22 September 17 When Oldfield’s world fell apart he found salvation through music that channelled the spirit of his '70s work
Steve Vai tells the story of the Ibanez JEM By Henry Yates published 31 August 17 "I had no expectations. I thought I was just designing a guitar for myself"
One for the road: Black Star Riders By Henry Yates published 17 August 17 Killer live tales from Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson
