Posted March 24, 2026 at 4:28 pm | No comments
Today, Steve Earle has earned his own icon status, not only by writing his own songs and performing to thousands, but by deep digging into the entangled roots of more contemporary music, studying the wherefore and why of musical traditions of songs and styles beyond American shores. Like the generation before him, his own journey is part of both a land mass of musical traditions, and a migration of his own songs for future generations.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Blues Interviews, Country, Country Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted February 18, 2026 at 9:57 am | 5 comments
It is a daunting and perhaps completely irrelevant task, in the context of a guitar magazine, to attempt to write an introduction to an interview with Andy Summers.
Posted in: Classic Rock, Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Jazz Interviews, Rock Interviews
Posted July 15, 2025 at 12:25 pm | No comments
One word that helps define multi-instrumentalist, session musician and more is “collaborator”. As a working musician and a superb talent, Knox Chandler has worked with some artists that helped form the contours of punk, as well as New Wave music.
Posted in: Fingerstyle Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Indie Rock Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Prog-Rock Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted May 8, 2025 at 4:10 am | No comments
Jose’ Feliciano runs with that pack, and on any given day he just might be the leader. He can vamp Hendrix, lay down Atkins riffs, intrigue us with Segovia classical moves, play flamenco with a velvet crush, light our fires and adorn our Christmas spirits with seasonal hipness and universal love.
Posted in: Classical Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted May 8, 2024 at 5:44 am | No comments
Larry Coryell has been, and continues to be, an innovative force of jazz guitar and is credited by many with being among the first players to champion the jazz-rock and fusion movements. After reviewing his new autobiography, Improvising: My Life in Music (Backbeat Books)
Posted in: Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Jazz Interviews, Legends Interviews
Posted February 21, 2024 at 2:10 am | 4 comments
When country music artist Vince Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, one only had to look back on a few of his accomplishments to recognize his impact on the musical style.
Posted in: Country, Country Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews
Posted October 24, 2023 at 1:48 pm | No comments
By: Rick Landers PART ONE HERE! The legendary singer-songwriter, Jesse Colin Young and I had a couple of conversations about his life in music, as well as his life and experiences throughout the years, including first hearing his signature song, “Get Together.” Our conversation shift to many transformational times in his life, including, helping found […]
Posted in: Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted September 6, 2023 at 7:55 pm | No comments
Twenty years since the release of his best-selling album ‘Blues Deluxe,’ which celebrated what the US government had declared “the year of the blues” with a mix of originals and reinterpretations of classic songs, superstar Joe Bonamassa is taking stock of how far he and the genre have come with Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, out October 6th via J&R Adventures.
Posted in: Blues, Blues News, Guitar Hero Interviews, Guitar News, Instrumental News, Rock News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted September 5, 2023 at 2:38 pm | No comments
Prolific singer-songwriter, Jesse Colin Young, and his contributions to music are forever woven into the fabric of the American Dream, where the fundamental elements of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are rooted in song gifts bestowed by him to all of us.
Posted in: Folk, Guitar Hero Interviews, Industry Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted April 30, 2023 at 6:21 pm | No comments
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is a man on a mission to introduce the traditional and contemporary music of India to the Western World. As an ambassador of Indian music, Debashish has performed and recorded with such legendary artists of sound, such as guitarist extraordinaire, John McLaughlin, the masterful slide guitarist, Jerry Douglas, England’s guitar virtuoso, Martin Simpson, eclectic slide guitar mix-master, Derek Trucks, and African kora aficionado, Ballake Sissoko.
Posted in: Classical, Folk, Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Uncategorized, World Music
