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Steve Vai and Dave Navarro champion 16-year-old folk guitarist who has blown them away
Queens of the Stone Age, Fred Durst, Vernon Reid and H.E.R. have also praised the teen’s age-defying songcraft
Kurt Vile on meeting Neil Young, his prized vintage offset and why he prefers dead strings
Kurt Vile’s 10th album, Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me, was written by night – but the prince of indie-psych says it charts his journey out of darkness
Former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg cancels tour due to serious health issues
Vandenberg has been forced to cancel live dates after being urged by medical specialists
“Once you get it, it’s like breathing”: Eric Johnson has a valuable lesson for players “trapped in patterns”
The guitar great has laid down the gauntlet, offering a simple challenge to anyone who is trying to play more melodically
The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Melissa Auf der Maur at Lollapalooza
Billy Corgan and co. balanced nostalgia with their more recent era at their first Lollapalooza set since 1994
John 5 is a modern day master of the Telecaster – here are his 5 favorite Teles
The stories behind 5’s favorites, featuring the Mötley Crüe guitarist’s custom Ghost and Phantom builds, and a vintage doozy that convinced Fender he should be on the artist roster
Billy Howerdel is trying to avoid being “too good”, as he writes A Perfect Circle’s next album
Having dropped the all-new single Starless in May, Howerdel says a new record is incoming but “You've got to be a Buddhist about it”
“I’d love to go and see him but I probably wouldn't stay for the whole concert”: What Jeff Beck thought about Eddie Van Halen
From the Archive Beck shared his thoughts on the Van Halen school of guitar back in 1985
