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Mo Foster: "What I had witnessed in real time was the start of the transition from jazz to fusion"

By Phil Mann

The composer and session bass legend reflects on 50 years playing with Gary Moore, Brian May, Jeff Beck and more

Queen's Brian May hints towards all-instrumental solo album

By Sam Roche

“I don't have the dazzling technical expertise of a Joe Satriani or a Steve Vai or Al Di Meola or Eddie Van Halen. But I just might”

Watch present-day Brian May jam with 1992 Brian May in his new Back to the Light video

By Sam Roche

Both wielding Red Specials, the pair of Queen guitarists trade the track's gorgeous six-string harmonies and soaring leads at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1992

Brian May reacts to Eric Clapton's anti-vax views: "He’s my hero, but he has very different views from me in many ways"

By Matt Owen

The Queen icon offered his opinion following Clapton's refusal to play at venues where proof of vaccination is required

Brian May and Arielle detail the evolution of the Brian May Guitars Arielle

By David Mead

The Queen guitarist welcomes a new addition to his BMG range, designed by rising guitar force Arielle

Brian May to reissue 1992 debut solo album, Back to the Light

By Jonathan Horsley

Recorded shortly after Freddie Mercury's death, the album finds the Queen guitarist processing grief and finding his voice as a singer

Brian May of Queen performs live on stage at The O2 Arena on December 12, 2017 in London, England

Brian May explains why he uses a sixpence as a pick

By Richard Bienstock

“The more rigid it is, the more you feel what's happening at the string in your fingers,” the Queen legend says

Brian May plays Beethoven’s Ode to Joy for new single “uniting the Spanish music industry”

By Richard Bienstock

“A stupendous event,” the Queen guitarist says of Himno a la Alegría

Watch Brian May and his father discuss the Red Special in a vintage video clip

By Richard Bienstock

The Queen legend built the iconic guitar with his dad when he was a teenager

Brian May and his silver Red Special channel COVID anxiety in new song Panic Attack 2021

By Richard Bienstock

The collaboration with singer Kerry Ellis is a reworking of their 2017 track, It's Gonna Be All Right

Photo of QUEEN, Freddie Mercury and Brian May performing on stage

Queen and David Bowie jammed on Cream covers at the 1981 sessions that produced “Under Pressure”

By Richard Bienstock

The artists played I Feel Free and NSU, according to Queen drummer Roger Taylor

Brian May goes deep on Bohemian Rhapsody: the gear, the solo and the magic of Freddie Mercury’s finest hour

By Chris Bird

In a Total Guitar exclusive, the Queen guitarist reflects on BoRhap's legacy and how its orchestral majesty came together

Watch Eric Johnson and Brian May put the Arielle signature electric through its paces

By Richard Bienstock

EJ opts for a “chill-out” approach, while Bri goes heavy on the whammy bar licks

AC/DC's iconic Thunderstruck originated as one of Angus Young's acoustic guitar warmup licks

By Matt Owen

Young revealed the larger-than-life lead lick had an unlikely origin while in conversation with Apple Music

Arielle debuts Brian May signature model in new single, Peace of Mind

By Sam Roche

Listen to the first track from the Austin singer-songwriter's upcoming album, Analog Girl In A Digital World

Brian May gets in on the sea shanty action with a sizzling rock guitar cover of the viral TikTok smash

By Matt Owen

The Queen guitar legend lets loose on a Pink BMG Special as he offers up a tasty reimagining of the viral sea shanty

Brian May Guitars unveils asymmetric Arielle signature electric, “the Red Special in a parallel universe”

By Richard Bienstock

New model was designed for Austin-based singer-songwriter Arielle

Brian May and Queen and Adam Lambert perform at the Fire Fight Australia, a concert for National Bushfire Relief in Sydney on February 16, 2020. - More than 24 acts are performing at the nine-hour fundraising concert for victims of the recent bushfires in Australia.

Brian May reacts to Bohemian Rhapsody topping Total Guitar’s greatest solo of all time poll

By Richard Bienstock

“I am not worthy, but it’s much appreciated,” says the Queen guitarist

Brian May pays tribute to his friend Eddie Van Halen: “I miss his presence in the world“

By Chris Bird

“There was no one who could match him, no one who could come close. There will never be another one of him“

Brian May admits he stole the riff from Bo Diddley's I'm A Man for his guest spot on WOMAN's I'm A Woman

By Sam Roche

The Queen guitarist – who wields the “World's pinkest pink" guitar – joins forces with the We Will Rock You alumni to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month