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The latest from soul-singing’ guitar phenom Marcus King has him partnering with producer Rick Rubin to manifest songs of sadness, struggle, and despair. King’s...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Black Country Communion returns. Produced by Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley (Rush, Black Crowes), the band is drummer...

Showcasing his solo instrumental side, the Austin-based singer/songwriter stakes a claim as one of the most impressive acoustic fingerpickers on the scene. Originals mix...

Many fans of Journey’s pop-rock may not realize their first three albums were experimental, with jazz-fusion and progressive-rock tendencies. Bassist Ross Valory was there...

There’s a moment in the DVD of their Los Angeles concert in 2002 that says everything about the Stones. In the middle of “Hand...

Fifty years since his earliest professional recordings with Paul Bley and Gary Burton, Metheny continues exploring a melding of jazz-fusion, pop, and Americana. Here,...

Less than a year after a heart attack onstage in Romania, Al Di Meola sounds healthy and fully able to do what he does...

“I love the music, but it got so hard. Sometimes you’ve got to raise the white flag and go, ‘I gave it everything I...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-’73) became a musical fountainhead after emerging in the ’40s as a singing, guitar-picking firebrand performing pop and gospel. She was...

This month, we feature Jason Isbell, Steve Vai, Mark Sampson, Midge Ure, Michael Manring, Steve Hackett, The Outlaws, Larry Carlton, Albert King, B.B. King,...