From Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s gospel-infused riffs to B.B. King’s precise pick technique and Albert King’s thumb-driven bends, blues rock guitar has been shaped by innovators with distinctive ...

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All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like ...

Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

Described by blues-rock titan and mentor Buddy Guy as “the next explosion of the blues,” 25-year-old Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has wowed fans and critics alike with his incendiary guitar playing, ...

Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has influenced some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Gary Clark Jr. But the factors that led to his inspiration may not ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be demonstrating many of my approaches to blues rhythm guitar playing and soloing, covering a ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993. This is ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with guitarist and singer Eric Gales about reclaiming a career stalled by drug addiction and prison time. And as a treat on this holiday, Indigenous Peoples Day, I want ...

The first album from Gary Clark Jr. in five years, last month’s JPEG RAW, features guest appearances from Stevie Wonder and George Clinton. They sound perfectly at home, because Clark’s entire record ...