Latest articles by Julian Piper
Legendary Howlin' Wolf guitar sideman on his hard blues road
"When Jimi played with Cream... he walked offstage with this smirk; he knew exactly what he was doing" – we look back at the seismic impact of Clapton and Hendrix on the British guitar scene
Carla Bruni tells us why modelling and becoming France’s first lady have always been mere sideshows to her music.
From Richard Thompson and Emmylou Harris, to the hit TV show Nashville
The queen of slide's words of wisdom
The Texan six-string slinger on his Cuban adventure
Although Rory Gallagher amassed a formidable collection of guitars - he is reputed to have owned 121 - as his brother Donal explains, he was the antithesis of a guitar collector…
Rory Gallagher was one of the most important and incendiary blues guitarists of his generation
Steve Earle has consistently served up Southern music as real as grits and greasy greens. Now, 15 albums down the line, new LP Terraplane finds him stalking his own dusty blues backroads
