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He’s a go-to guitarist for Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff – but for Mikey Freedom Hart, it all started with a kid playing Eruption at church camp
The multi-instrumentalist Fender fan, who finally settled on guitar, explains where he gets his pop inspiration, why keeping it simple and clean is the way to go, and the secret of his creative partnerships with Jack Antonoff and others
Mick Taylor's Rolling Stones baptism by fire came just two days after Brian Jones' death – in front of 250,000 people
Jones’ decline into drug addiction in the two years prior to his tragic death at the age of 27 prevented the Stones from touring, leaving them quite rusty – not that that lessened their drawing power
Named after a Måneskin track, inspired by Queen and Arctic Monkeys, here’s how Baby Said became the UK’s hottest rock duo
Fresh from a triumphant run of festival dates, Veronica Pal checks in to give us the guitar story behind this sister act's stellar debut, BS! – and that's no b.s.
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How the triple-guitar threat of the Texas Headhunters is keeping a Lone Star tradition alive
With three prodigious gunslingers all bringing their secret sauce to the cook-off, Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore and Johnny Moeller are channeling the blues they grew up with – and taking it to new places, too
How Tony Visconti rethought rock bass for David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World
The legendary producer revisits his ground-shaking bass work on Bowie’s 1970 breakthrough album
When Ricky Byrd needed to record a solo for this Joan Jett hit, he asked the Mountain legend for advice – this is what he said
The simple advice paid off and helped forge a rock classic
![The English punk-rock quartet University [L-R]: [from left] Zak Bowker,Joel Smith, Eddie Leighand Ewan Barton.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bz2zxGCkozhiN5fcVG9hm7-840-80.jpg.webp)
University’s Zak Bowker on why your biggest inspiration should be yourself and his mission to entertain Xbox zombie slayers
University might be inspired by the Oasis ethos and the harmonies of the Beatles, but Bowker explains why they're going their own way
Wolfgang Van Halen stowed his dad’s most legendary guitar in his car as a precaution during the LA wildfires
Wolfgang was recording his latest record as the wildfires threatened 5150 Studios, but all he could focus on was keeping his dad’s most prized gear safe
