Latest articles by Jim Beaugez
Kim Deal on finally making her solo debut, working with Steve Albini and why she hates bright guitar tones
On her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You more, Kim Deal expands on the sonics she built in the Breeders and Pixies
The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando on the art of cover versions
The Lemonheads mastermind discusses the value of being lectured by your heroes, rolling between grunge and metal, his favorite Gibson, and that time he played a Minor Threat song in front of Ian MacKaye… drunk
Inspired by Kiss, Metallica and Dokken, DRAIN’s Cody Chavez is the hardcore hero who isn’t afraid to shred
The Jackson die-hard thought he’d never be good enough to solo – then he surprised himself. He explains how his playing on new album …IS YOUR FRIEND was influenced by Dimebag Darrell, James Hetfield – and one specific George Lynch guitar solo
Robbie Fulks on the “miracle” of bluegrass and the ecstasies of improv solos
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
He’s inspired by Buddy Guy, played EVH in a Van Halen tribute band and made his name in GA-20 – say hello to Pat Faherty's new power trio
Canyon Lights gives Faherty the opportunity to draw from all corners of his musical vocabulary but ask him what he wants as a player and he'll tell you it's all about Buddy Guy, 1970, and that touch and feel...
Coheed and Cambria on going it alone to make a signature guitar, channeling Joe Walsh – and the prospect of their swan song
The Father of Make Believe is another immersive long-form trip into the world of Coheed and Cambria’s fictional world. Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever tell us what we're in for when we get there
How Jack Moore is expressing his own sonic identity with Marshall amps, wah pedal extremity – and his father's signature Les Paul
Jack Moore, the son of legendary player Gary Moore, steps into a musical world shaped by folk and pop, but a gift for the blues runs in the family
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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
With his gourmet phrasing and R&B hot sauce, D.K. Harrell is the blues hero you need in your life right now
The Louisiana phenom comes from the less-is-more school of blues that B.B. King came from, and you might want to keep that King comparison in mind when listening to Harrell's latest album
![Winona Fighter's Dan Fuson [left] and Coco Kinnon perfom on stage, with Fuson playing a red EVH S-style and both screaming into the mic.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3hPCKjHpB76dEg7nLtFhAC-840-80.jpg.webp)
Winona Fighter’s Coco Kinnon and Dan Fuson on the secrets behind their riotous punk guitar sound
On their debut album, Nashville's Winona Fighter tough it out with grungy pop hooks and brash leads. In concert, they're throwing it down so darn hard they don't even need real amps...
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Shiv Mehra and Kerry McCoy on stompbox thrill-seeking and Deafheaven's return to super-heavy guitars
Lonely People with Power takes Deafheaven back to the frontiers of black metal and shoegaze, and once more torching the rulebook of genre orthodoxy in search of sonic enlightenment
The Fleshtones’ Keith Streng explains what he learned from a misspent youth at CBGB’s – and the merits of pointless practice
Streng’s rhythmic garage riffs keep the punk-era legends vital after five non-stop decades
They inspired everyone from Oasis to the Smashing Pumpkins. Now English post-punk luminaries the Chameleons are back for more
Mark Burgess takes us back to Madchester as he discusses the comeback of one of England's most slept-on bands
How Yasmin Williams is redefining the people’s music with kitchen implements and acoustic guitar
The acoustic folk virtuoso even used a frother from her parents’ kitchen to get a tone on new album Acadia, but, she tells us, the end justifies the means
Larkin Poe switched to blues-rock to cover their rent. Now the bluegrass revival has them revisiting their first love
With renewed confidence and a slew of new guitar-forward songs, Larkin Poe’s Rebecca and Megan Lovell are upping the ante on seventh album Bloom
How JD McPherson took surf rock way past witching hour with vintage amps and Gretsch guitars
McPherson's new LP, Nite Owls, was nearly over before it began, but an invitation to open for Alison Krauss and Robert Plant brought it back to life. The result is a work of “surf noir”… with a little bit of Depeche Mode in there, too
Tab Benoit on the blues comeback of the year and why he’s a one-take wonder like Robert Johnson
After more than a decade spent clocking up road miles, the Louisiana blues ace is back with a new 10-song collection, I Hear Thunder
Meet the Bad Ups, the Philadelphia punks inspired by country-and-western, reggae and Chet Atkins
The Philly punks kick down the walls of genre orthodoxy on their debut album Life of Sin, complementing their powerchord assault with new-wave vibes, acoustic guitar, and licks Chet Atkins taught 'em
How fixing thousands of guitars changed the way Tulsa blues cat Seth Lee Jones plays the thing
Jones is bringing a slice of everyday Tulsa into his Delta blues-inspired sound, and his new album might bring him as much renown as a player as he has a luthier
All her heroes might be gone, but Towa Bird is spreading joy with big riffs and “lots of fuzz pedals”
The viral star of TikTok and late-night television makes her debut with the stellar American Hero, an album steeped in rock history, but with one eye to the future
“Play what moves you”: Those are the words Parlor Greens’ Jimmy James says we all should live by
With his inspired new trio, Seattle guitarist Jimmy James digs deep into Meters-style funk, rocking his Silvertone and making the world a better place
Jason Isbell and Luther Dickinson pay tribute to Dickey Betts
Isbell, Dickinson and Sadler Vaden paid homage to Betts with a three-guitar salute on the Allman Brothers classic
“If you don’t have good tone with just your amp and your guitar, ain’t no pedal gonna help you”: Sue Foley is dropping truth bombs and nylon-string blues in her tribute to the pioneering women of guitar
One Guitar Woman finds Sue Foley getting technically adventurous as she covers Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Memphis Minnie and Maybelle Carter
“People should really do their homework and learn about the history of music and what came before whatever style you wanna do”: Logan Ledger on paying his dues – and what he learned from Clarence White and Waylon Jennings
The golden-throated Nashville-via-California singer-songwriter shares his love of the B-Bender and discusses how the greats informed his dynamic playing style
“90 percent of my guitars are in mint condition – untouched and unmolested... The last 10 percent – those are the ones I play on the road”: Joe Bonamassa on his legendary collection, perseverance, and how he picks his touring guitars
The blues guitar titan looks back on the 2003 album that saved his career, explains why – 20 years later – he's recorded a sequel, and reveals how his legendary guitar collection gave a new voice to slept-on blues tracks
