Latest articles by Henry Yates
The Sea of Emotion is Satriani and Vai’s long-awaited debut album together, and although they recorded it remotely, there were a couple of notable exceptions
Does the rig shape the guitarist, or does the guitarist shape the rig? Satriani and Vai give their two cents on the matter
Friends and collaborators have heaped praise on the Heart singer in her upcoming documentary – now she returns the favor for Jimmy Page, Kim Thayil, her sister Nancy and many more
Toasting his 50th anniversary as a recording artist with a wishlist-fulfilling new album, the folk giant tells us about oddball electrics, the epiphany of Pentangle, and more
Renowned as one of Europe’s great slide men, Carl Carlton might also be the rock ’n’ roll era’s best raconteur. He shares some war stories from the glory days
Back with new album Hippies, Thugs And Heroes, the folk giant shares his soloing secrets, why modern music makes his ears hurt, and guitars lost to the airlines
Berry’s son discusses his dad’s hearing troubles – and why he wasn’t obsessed with accuracy
The Heart legend on her long-standing friendship with the Alice in Chains founder, and heady musician hangouts in the early-’90s
Guitars are up-front and center of new solo album, The Way It Was Before, but as Dave Stewart explains, the guitars were always there in the Eurythmics sound
The Sea of Emotion is unmistakably the work of Messrs Satch and Vai. But this time out the amps took a backseat
Ann Wilson looks back on her decades-long career in her authorized documentary film, In My Voice
The guitarist and bassist reveals why Prince demanded so much out of his band, why you can’t get an Epiphone in his shade of blue, and how Sexy MF came to be
Dolly Parton leaves a rich legacy. From her quick wit to her remarkable fretting hand, there will never be another like her
In a rare interview, Broadrick opens up about how his autism shaped his career, his council estate beginnings, the terror that kept him off the road and what life after Godflesh holds
Twisting punk’s brutal template with angular riffs and solos, XTC’s Drums and Wires was essential listening for artsy kids circa ’79. Dave Gregory remembers butchering his SG, out-of-tune parts, and the gigs that spun out of control
Sideman to the stars Carl Carlton recalls one particularly difficult studio session, and how Palmer’s confidence in him eventually helped him nail the track
The Austin trio’s widescreen Latin grooves have already caught Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye. Could Quentin Tarantino be next?
From being horrified by Bill Nelson to sending U2 stratospheric and surviving Robert Fripp’s fiendish time signatures, the Canadian guitarist looks over a career journey that could have been very different
The indie-rock icon talks hungover shopping trips with Noel Gallagher, why some electrics feel like ‘living things’, and what he’ll do if a tech bro starts bidding at his forthcoming auction
No, it has nothing to do with Godflesh but everything to do with how the eight-stringer gave melancholy music a super-heavy spin as Jesu
Bowie’s most iconic six-string moments, featuring his all-star cast of top-tier players, from Mick Ronson to Stevie Ray Vaughan
South Carolina’s rising blues-rocker on her expensive tastes, the “turn-off” of gold hardware, and why she is ready to bring out her flame-painted T-type again (despite the jibes)
The psych-folk pioneer tells us about the “sprawling mess” of his songwriting, the hell of forgotten tunings, and the Telecaster that almost broke his back
