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“The chord changes in K-pop are a lot more interesting than what's been happening over the last few years”: Nile Rodgers makes surprise appearance at Coachella with K-pop group Le Sserafim

By Janelle Borg published 15 April 24

Nile Rodgers lent his signature playing style to the group’s track Unforgiven

(left to right) Mateus Asato, Nile Rodgers, Ari O'Neal and Rei

“Forever ahead of its time”: Fender kicks off the Strat’s 70th anniversary party with star-studded Voodoo Child (Slight Return) mega-jam – featuring Tom Morello, Nile Rodgers, Mateus Asato, Ari O'Neal and Rei

By Matt Parker published 5 March 24

The fiery, tag-teamed take on the Hendrix classic is designed to showcase the Strat’s enduring legacy – and tonal flexibility

Bassist Bernard Edwards and Guitarist Nile Rodgers, both of the group Chic, in a recording studio, New York, New York, July 29, 1981.

“The last thing Bernard Edwards wanted to be was a bass player who used a pick”: Nile Rodgers on the funk behind Chic’s Le Freak

By Nick Wells published 24 November 23

In 1978 Bernard Edwards helped define one of the most distinctive sounds of disco

Fine-tune your rhythm chops with this lesson on classic disco funk

By Steve Allsworth published 25 April 23

The glitter ball is spinning and it's time to throw some shapes on the guitar in the style of the funk heroes behind Chic, Sister Sledge, Earth, Wind & Fire and more

The Lowlist: Chic's C'est Chic was pure groove genius

By Mike Brooks published 2 April 23

We doff our caps to the uplifting grooves and funkalicious basslines of Chic's second album

Whitney Petty performs with Thunderpussy at The Showbox in Seattle, Washington on April 15, 2022

From cowboy licks to all-star speaker-smashing remixes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Parker published 9 March 23

Treat your ears to some scintillating six-string action courtesy of Robert Smith's take on Noel Gallagher, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Eric Bibb, Svalbard, Thunderpussy, The Lathums, Cafuné, Skating Polly, Rose City Band and more

(from left) Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson perform onstage

Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys

By Sam Roche published 6 February 23

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those who have made “creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording”

St. Vincent and Nile Rodgers are working together in the studio

By Sam Roche published 31 January 23

Calling St. Vincent the “real deal”, the funk guitar legend says he's “trying not to lose his mind” at the thought of working with her

Nancy Wilson of Heart, Nile Rodgers and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

By Matt Parker published 6 January 23

The Recording Academy has announced the list of honorees for this year, and it’s studded with iconic guitar talent

Five guitars signed during the recent Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts

Guitars signed by Dave Grohl, Nile Rodgers, Brian Johnson, John Paul Jones, Krist Novoselic and more to be auctioned in honor of Taylor Hawkins

By Jackson Maxwell published 3 November 22

Proceeds from the sale of the guitars, which were signed at the recent Hawkins tribute concerts, will go to the late drummer's two favorite charities – Music Support and MusiCares

Devin Townsend: “I don’t love playing guitar solos, but I think I’m good at them”

By Gregory Adams published 3 November 22

The Canadian supernova of creativity checks in to discuss the twists and turns in his predictably unpredictable 21st solo album, Lightwork – and a Nile Rodgers collaboration that may yet see the light of day

Nile Rodgers and Slash perform live at the Budokan in 1996

Slash once joined Nile Rodgers and Chic for a marathon Le Freak solo spot – but the show ended in tragedy

By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 27 October 22

Watch the 1996 performance the Guns N’ Roses guitarist called “the biggest privilege of my life” – at the concert that would prove to be bass legend Bernard Edwards’ last

From two-hand-tapped math-pop to arena-primed blues-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown published 20 May 22

On tap this week are exciting and vital new tunes from Standards, Larkin Poe, Thrice, Malevolence, Foals, Horsegirl, Coheed and Cambria, Everything Everything and more

Steve Vai (background, left) and Nile Rodgers recording the theme song for Halo 2

Watch Nile Rodgers shred up a storm on Steve Vai's Ibanez JEM in recently unearthed studio footage from Halo 2 score sessions

By Jackson Maxwell published 20 April 22

Posted online by Halo series composer Martin O'Donnell, the footage shows Rodgers and Vai taking the game's iconic theme in a more guitar-heavy direction

Nile Rodgers plays his new signature Fender Hitmaker Stratocaster

Fender salutes Nile Rodgers with new signature Hitmaker Stratocaster

By Jackson Maxwell published 5 April 22

The new model is based on the white hybrid Strat the funk guitar legend has used on innumerable hit songs through the decades

Peter Frampton, Joan Jett, Slash and Nile Rodgers

Les Paul Foundation recruits Slash, Joan Jett, Peter Frampton and Nile Rodgers to head up new Advisory Council

By Matt Owen published 2 March 22

The 13-strong board will further the mission of the foundation by offering support for music education, engineering and hearing health

Nile Rodgers to sell over 100 guitars and basses in mammoth We Are Family Foundation charity auction

By Matt Owen published 7 December 21

The Chic legend's Hitmaker Fender Prototype Stratocaster headlines the collection, which also boasts a bass used on David Bowie's Let's Dance and a Tokai played on Daft Punk's Get Lucky

Richie Sambora says his role in Bon Jovi was to “shut the f**k up”

By Matt Parker published 17 November 21

The former Bon Jovi guitarist made the revelation in a discussion with Nile Rodgers

[L-R] David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, St. Vincent and Brian May

The greatest delay moments of all time: 25 classic guitar tracks elevated by echo

By Jonathan Horsley published 27 July 21

The exemplars of echo, the doyens of digital and the analog innovators that made delay pedals a pedalboard perennial for guitar players

Nile Rodgers joins forces with Steven Wilson for funk-driven remix of Personal Shopper

By Sam Roche published 1 April 21

The Chic legend reimagines Wilson's The Future Bites single with his trademark six-string grooves