Latest articles by Naomi Baker
Singer-guitarists Carson Groves and Hyrum Russon reflect on their rapid rise with assistance from a Grammy-winning producer, a tight gear list and their band-of-brothers attitude
He started on a $100 Epiphone and auditioned for his first band with Stairway to Heaven. Now Gibson are sending him guitars and he’s touring with rock’s next great hope. How did Sawyer Hill get here?
Goes to 11 His most prized Gibson was made for Jimmy Page and contains an Angus Young pickup. He knows the difference between opening for Metallica and Iron Maiden. He knows kids hate AI. And there’s one thing that he can’t tell you for legal reasons
The Darkness shared the stage with the Queen guitar legend back in 2011
A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal
The Haim and Phoebe Bridgers collaborator started out as an actress, moved on to the Californian indie project Whispertown, and is now stepping out on her own
Second album AUTONOMY is a strike for freedom for the Liverpool quartet, who felt limited in their corporate environment
After starting out with Fontaines D.C. and watching them soar, Fender-heavy album We Were Just Here features gigantic atmospheric sounds
The Gibson loyalist who’s served three stints with the Outlaws has been there, done that – played to stadium crowds, seen rock's greatest guitar heroes up close and witnessed prime-era Keith Moon debauchery
Canadian session pro discusses over-prepping, handling nerves, the advantage of her 24-fret PRS, and blowing away those who assume she’s part of the crew at soundcheck
The Isle of Wight quartet discuss Josh Homme’s hospitality, giving lessons to Wet Leg and their sticky yet therapeutic second album, Caramel – and share an exclusive live performance of Still Hurts
The guitarist and frontman reveals what he’s learned after 20 years of pushing too hard against the industry current, and the surprising upside of not being able to work as hard as he used to
A two-year stint left McKay with fans including the Edge, Robert Smith and Geordie Walker, plus a stack of demo tapes that he’s finally turned into an album
From shredder to super producer, Watts looks back on the car-crash that forced him into production
Stapleton has given the Hollywood star a guided tour of his glittering collection – and his favorite might surprise you
The Jethro Tull legend says his meeting with the Mountain man left an indelible mark on him as a player
Lizzy’s most faithful guitarist, Scott Gorham, has left the door open for a potential return of the iconic band – but only under the right circumstances
The Canadian rocker explains how he went through three Gibson builds in two short years
The blues rock gear guru explains his bare bones gear choices for run ’n’ gun live sit-ins - and which amps complement different venues.
The Canadian virtuoso went through a period of guitar dormancy when Rush ended – now he says he feels reborn as a player
The veteran rocker recalls how Frank Zappa helped him get his first Les Paul – and also got him kicked out of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – and discusses his recordings with Jeff Beck, which Rogers says were the last the late virtuoso ever made
Mark Knopfler’s charity single Going Home, released in March 2024, was widely thought to be Beck’s final recording, but Rogers says he has an unreleased studio track that may very well take that crown
Kiss opened for Manfred Mann's Earth Band back in 1974, hot on the heels of their self-titled debut album
The Live Aid orchestrator and Ultravox synth-pop pioneer looks back at his trial by fire with Thin Lizzy, swapping out his Yamaha electric because it wasn’t cool enough, refusing to join the Sex Pistols, and how The Edge might have changed Band Aid’s charity single
