Arteconciencias: Watch Joe Bonamassa bring out his legendary Bolin ‘Burst to tear through Deep Purple classics with Glenn Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith

“At the heart of every significant musical movement for 150 years”: Epiphone is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a new exhibit, featuring Noel Gallagher’s Oasis guitars | “To embody Jimmy Page, I need the tone, the guitar performance, and the emotions to come together”: Akio Sakurai, aka Mr. Jimmy, has spent 30 years honing the perfect Led Zeppelin guitar sound. As he explains, “tone is the most important thing” | “I still remember writing the intro to Sweet Jane sitting on a couch in my living room”: How a session guitar legend resurrected Lou Reed’s career with hard-rock lead heroics – and help from Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Steve Katz

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September 11, 2023

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Watch Joe Bonamassa bring out his legendary Bolin ‘Burst to tear through Deep Purple classics with Glenn Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith

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Fan-shot footage captures Bonamassa joining the Voice of Rock for an epic jam on Mistreated, with Smith’s rhythm powering them all through Burn and Highway Star

"At the heart of every significant musical movement for 150 years": Epiphone is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a new exhibit, featuring Noel Gallagher's Oasis guitars

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The display will be unveiled at the British Music Experience museum in Liverpool, UK later this month

"To embody Jimmy Page, I need the tone, the guitar performance, and the emotions to come together": Akio Sakurai, aka Mr. Jimmy, has spent 30 years honing the perfect Led Zeppelin guitar sound. As he explains, "tone is the most important thing"

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In this exclusive clip from the new documentary, Mr. Jimmy, Sakurai’s lifelong dedication to mastering Jimmy Page’s tone, playing style, and look is laid bare

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"I still remember writing the intro to Sweet Jane sitting on a couch in my living room": How a session guitar legend resurrected Lou Reed's career with hard-rock lead heroics – and help from Blood, Sweat & Tears' Steve Katz

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He was the ghost player on Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin’, and defined many a classic Alice Cooper album with his stinging, melodic leads, but Lou Reed's ferocious Rock ’n’ Roll Animal live album may just be Steve Hunter’s finest hour – and contains one of the most underrated twin-guitar solos of the ’70s

"You could be one spin away from something cool. I like that chase": Strat-toting blues-rocker Jax Hollow sees songwriting as a throw of the dice – and she lives for the thrill

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The Nashville-via-Massachusetts axe-slinger is having a blast on her stellar debut LP, Only the Wild Ones, gambling on new songs with a Stratocaster in her hand

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"He was not only a great rock and roll player, but in the classics, and in every other field, he was phenomenal": Ozzy Osbourne shares his fond memories of Randy Rhoads in this classic GP interview

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The Prince of Darkness discusses what he learned about music from Rhoads, and how the pioneering hard-rock guitarist would find a new guitar teacher in every town he played in, while Osbourne and the rest of his bandmates were "hunkered in the bar"

Watch the official trailer for the new SRV doc, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

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Featuring previously unseen family photos and insightful interviews with the Vaughan brothers – plus Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, and more – this fascinating documentary is available to watch now on streaming services and DVD