Dan Auerbach breaks down the guitar playing on 5 classic Black Keys tracks By Joshua M. Miller published 14 October 22 The prolific frontman, producer and fuzz pedal aficionado at large takes five to talk five, unpacking the stories behind a fistful of the band's most-loved tracks
Marcus King on raiding Dan Auerbach’s fuzz museum, soul singer solos, and chicken pickin’ hoedowns with Brent Hinds and Matt Pike By Amit Sharma published 27 September 22 The South Carolinian phenom's new album Young Blood is a tour-de-force of blues-rock and soul, and vintage gear to make it all “sound like a tattoo gun”
From somber blues guitar duels to Shadows-esque guitar-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Matt Owen, Jonathan Horsley, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published 19 August 22 The best in new guitar music – featuring fresh tracks from Hermanos Gutiérrez and Dan Auerbach, Buddy Guy and Jason Isbell, Fit For a King, Demi Lovato, the Wombats and more
Dan Auerbach explains the Supro secret behind The Black Keys’ Howlin’ For You fuzz tone By Matt Parker last updated 16 May 22 The reedy fuzz tone on the duo’s biggest hit came from a secret weapon in Auerbach’s gear arsenal
Marcus King announces new album, Young Blood, shares swaggering lead single, Hard Working Man By Sam Roche published 22 April 22 The record – produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach – arrives August 26 via American/Republic
The Black Keys announce 11th studio album, Dropout Boogie, drop slick new blues-rock banger, Wild Child By Sam Roche published 10 March 22 The Billy Gibbons-featuring record arrives May 13 via Nonesuch Records, and follows the duo's 2021 covers album, Delta Kream
Yola: “It's unfortunate that patriarchy plays a big role in the story of guitar playing. But the guitar, to me, means freedom” By Amit Sharma published 2 November 21 The four-time Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer-songwriter on her duty to claim the guitar, playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, and tracking down fuzz tones with Dan Auerbach for her sophomore album, Stand For Myself
The Velveteers' Demi Demitro: “I like cheaper guitars: not having everything be perfect forces you to work and be creative with what you have” By Jacob Uitti published 27 October 21 The garage-rock trio's leader on woodshedding as a teenager, opening for Guns N' Roses and working with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on their latest LP, Nightmare Daydream
Meet Kenny Brown, the greatest of the Hill Country blues sidemen By Jim Beaugez published 30 July 21 The 68-year-old guitarist has been there, done that, and is steeped in Mississippi Hill Country blues. This is his story...
Dan Auerbach: “That reckless abandon when we play was learned from people like Kenny Brown... that’s why we can go and improvise a record together“ By Jim Beaugez last updated 10 January 22 Auerbach goes to the source of Mississippi hill country blues and enlists guitarist Kenny Brown, R.L. Burnside’s right-hand man, for The Black Keys’ new collection of blues standards
Watch The Black Keys deliver rousing live performances of Crawling Kingsnake and Going Down South on The Late Show By Sam Roche published 17 May 21 Frontman Dan Auerbach and guitarist Kenny Brown trade tasty leads and slick slides during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Black Keys go back to their roots with swampy cover of John Lee Hooker’s Crawling Kingsnake By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 16 April 21 The solo-heavy new single is the first taste of the duo’s upcoming 10th studio album, Delta Kream
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach reveals what made him "fall in love with the electric guitar all over again" in GW's in-depth interview By Richard Bienstock published 7 November 19 The contemporary bluesman breaks down the six-string-driven approach on Let's Rock
Marcus King announces debut solo album, shares first single, The Well By Richard Bienstock published 11 October 19 'El Dorado,' produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, is out in January
The Black Keys' online MasterCourse will teach you how to "write music like the pros" By Richard Bienstock published 27 September 19 "Every song on a record is trying to accomplish something. That song in particular was trying to get me a new pool"
Missing Link: Hear "Son of Rumble," Link Wray's Previously Unreleased Followup to "Rumble" By Damian Fanelli published 2 May 18
Dan Auerbach Premieres "Stand by My Girl" Music Video By Damian Fanelli published 29 August 17 Dan Auerbach, the Black Keys guitaristwho also produced Nikki Lane's 2014 album,All or Nothin', has premiered a new music video.
Dan Auerbach Is Having Fun Building His Own Personal Empire in Nashville By Richard Bienstock published 30 June 17 “The reason I first wanted to play guitar is because my family played bluegrass,” Dan Auerbach says.
Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach Talks New Solo Album, ‘Waiting On a Song’ By James Wood published 1 June 17 “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done, but it still makes sense.”
