Features

Glenn Tilbrook on the resurrection of the Squeeze concept album that never was

By Henry Yates published 10 March 26

Demo’d in ’74, when their compositional skills wrote checks their chops couldn’t cash, Squeeze shelved Trixies for 52 years. Now, Tilbrook says he’s proud to pull this lost album from the time machine

“He felt a responsibility to look after these things”: Inside the greatest guitar auction of all time

By Jamie Dickson published 10 March 26

With Jim Irsay’s epic collection of iconic guitars about to go under the hammer at Christie’s, we find out how this unique treasury of tone was prepared for auction

He arrived on the shred scene with Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker and John Petrucci… then he vanished

By Andrew Daly published 9 March 26

After starting a family and his own company, Darren Housholder's priorities changed – but he’s gradually brought music-making back into his world

How Eric Gales enlisted Buddy Guy, Kingfish, Joe Bonamassa (and his guitar collection) to pay tribute to his brother

By Amit Sharma published 9 March 26

With a little help from Bonamassa and Josh Smith, Eric Gales put together one of the great 21st-century blues albums to honor his brother Little Jimmy King

How Gail Ann Dorsey honed her bass craft with David Bowie and Lenny Kravitz

By Chris Jisi, Nick Wells published 8 March 26

Bowie’s long-time bassist salutes her mentor and unpacks her approach to the bass chair with Lenny Kravitz

Vicki Peterson on a gift from the Bangles’ most famous fan and their garage approach to an ‘80s pop classic

By Bill DeMain published 8 March 26

The heat was on. The label expected. And so, in 1986, the Bangles did what the Bangles did best – they put together a set of songs that had the whole world walking differently

Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along

By Janelle Borg published 8 March 26

Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages

Meshell Ndegeocello favors restraint over fretboard theatrics; but Marcus Miller (and Jaco) get a pass

By Bill Leigh published 8 March 26

Meshell Ndegeocello discusses what set Jaco Pastorius apart from the pack, what she looks for in a bassist, and the crucial lesson her jazz musician father taught her

It was nothing more than a throwaway jam – then they were playing it at the Grammys in tuxedos

By Jackson Maxwell published 7 March 26

In the annals of ’90s alt-rock one-off hits, few were more improbable than Liar, the snarky funk-metal jam that brought hardcore heavyweight Henry Rollins and his band onto mainstream radio, and to music's biggest stage

Remembering the late Mick Abrahams, co-founder of Jethro Tull, purveyor of “good, honest music”

By Henry Yates published 6 March 26

A powerful, lyrical bluesman, the founding Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist always played music his way – even when it hurt his career