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Robben Ford and Bill Evans announce new album, Common Ground, share soulful title track
By Matt Owen published
The pair's second collaborative effort follows 2019's The Sun Room and will arrive September 30

Robben Ford: “Tone has always been number one to me. It needs to sound good first – otherwise, who cares what the notes are?”
By Grant Moon published
A revered guitarist who has played for legends such as Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, and created a series of brilliant solo albums, Robben Ford sits down to share his wisdom...

Solo in the style of Robben Ford and Josh Smith with this primer on Dorian blues-rock leads
By Andy G Jones published
Ford is a master of modal expression and this in-depth lesson takes us through his style, as well as Josh Smith's, and the ways in which the Dorian mode informs our blues-rock vocabulary

Robben Ford on why making an instrumental record was a good excuse to play a lot more music
By Richard Bienstock published
The blues-rock-jazz ace’s latest album, Pure, is a tour de force of compositional imagination, and reminds us he should leave the guitar dojo more often

Robben Ford discusses the tones behind the tracks on his first instrumental album in over 20 years
By David Mead published
On Pure, Ford took the opportunity to take a completely different approach to recording

Robben Ford shares atmospheric new single, A Dragon's Tail
By Matt Owen published
The track is set to appear on Pure, Ford's first instrumental album in almost three decades

Hear Robben Ford's eclectic, electrifying new single, Balafon
By Jackson Maxwell published
The latest single from Ford's upcoming instrumental album, Pure, can be streamed now

Robben Ford teases potential PRS signature electric guitar
By Matt Owen published
Our first glimpse at the blues guru's new model reveals an unconventionally oversized PRS headstock, SE Wraparound bridge and chrome pickup covers emblazoned with Ford's personal seal
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