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Kaki King Announces 'Live at Berklee' Album

Kaki King Announces 'Live at Berklee' Album Acoustic virtuoso Kaki King has announced Live at Berklee, her first new release in over two years.  The album, recorded...

The Eagles—with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey—Announce Fall Shows

The Eagles—with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey—Announce Fall Shows An interesting 2017 version of the Eagles has announced a set of “An Evening with the Eagles”...

The Texas Gentlemen Premiere "Pain" Music Video

The Texas Gentlemen Premiere "Pain" Music Video The Texas Gentlemen—not to be confused with the Tennessee Dirtbags—have premiered the music video for "Pain," a track...

Roots Rock Revival Music Camp Is Ready to Kick Out the Jams Near Woodstock

Roots Rock Revival Music Camp Is Ready to Kick Out the Jams Near Woodstock On August 14, some 100 music lovers and jam fiends from...

Framus Guitars Announces GuitCon 2017

Framus Guitars Announces GuitCon 2017 Framus Guitars, Warwick Basses and RockGear are launching a unique event at the German manufacturer's home base and factory in...

Graph Tech and Yamaha Collaborate on New Billy Corgan Signature Guitar

Graph Tech and Yamaha Collaborate on New Billy Corgan Signature Guitar Yamaha’s Limited Release Billy Corgan Signature Acoustic Guitar will feature Graph Tech’s man-made ivory...

Sons of Apollo Premiere First Single, "Signs of the Time"

Sons of Apollo Premiere First Single, "Signs of the Time" Last week, we told you about Sons of Apollo, a new supergroup featuring former Dream...

The Darkness Debut "All the Pretty Girls" Music Video

The Darkness Debut "All the Pretty Girls" Music Video The Darkness have released the music video for "All the Pretty Girls," the new single from...

Faith expands Blood Moon series

Faith expands Blood Moon series Faith Guitars has added two new instruments to sit alongside its award-winning Venus Blood Moon acoustic model – a baby-jumbo...

Queens of the Stone Age Premiere New Song, "The Evil Has Landed"

Queens of the Stone Age Premiere New Song, "The Evil Has Landed" Queens of the Stone Age, who have a new album—Villains—coming out in a...

Electro-Harmonix Introduces Cock Flight Plus Talking Wah and Fuzz

Electro-Harmonix Introduces Cock Flight Plus Talking Wah and Fuzz Electro-Harmonix has unveiled its the new Cock Fight Plus. The pedal, which offers the tone of the...

Epic Guitar: The "Dotted 8th" Echo Technique

Epic Guitar: The "Dotted 8th" Echo Technique Back in the day when us budding guitarists were trying to learn tunes and licks from recordings, there...

Steve Vai on His Favorite Guitarist: "It's Hard to Realize How Great He Is—Not...

Steve Vai on His Favorite Guitarist: "It's Hard to Realize How Great He Is—Not Many People Understand" The gang over at Music Radar recently sat...

Remember When Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Was in Jethro Tull?

Remember When Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Was in Jethro Tull? It’s always fun to wonder about “what could have been.” What if Jeff Beck had joined...

Korg’s to stage world exclusive dealer event this month

Korg’s to stage world exclusive dealer event this month Korg UK is to hold its first ever ‘Real Dealer’ event at the end of August,...

JD McPherson Premieres "Lucky Penny" Music Video

JD McPherson Premieres "Lucky Penny" Music Video JD McPherson has unveiled the music video for "Lucky Penny," the very first taste of his upcoming album, Undivided...

Guitar Documentary ’Blood, Frets and Tears’ to Debut this Fall

Guitar Documentary ’Blood, Frets and Tears’ to Debut this Fall Blood, Frets and Tears is the revealing and insightful exploration of history’s great and gifted...

Stream Monday’s Interview with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Right Here

Stream Monday’s Interview with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Right Here BackStory Events and Guitar World invite you to join us for the live stream...

Watch Mike Dawes' Incredible Acoustic Cover of Metallica's "One"

Watch Mike Dawes' Incredible Acoustic Cover of Metallica's "One" To celebrate the upcoming September 15 release of his latest album ERA, guitarist (and frequent Guitar...

Gibson accuses Jam of infringing three guitar trademarks

Gibson accuses Jam of infringing three guitar trademarks According to Gibson, the trademark’s use breaches licences signed...

Jeff “Mantas” Dunn on the Very Best of Venom

Jeff “Mantas” Dunn on the Very Best of Venom Below, Venom Inc. guitarist Jeff “Mantas” Dunn shares his thoughts on the very best of Venom....

Eerie Arpeggios, Part 3: Describing the Haunting 7#9 Sound Melodically

Eerie Arpeggios, Part 3: Describing the Haunting 7#9 Sound Melodically In our previous two lessons (August and September 2017 issues), I demonstrated ways to melodically...

Daisy Rock rebuts claims St Vincent's Ernie Ball is the first female signature guitar...

Daisy Rock rebuts claims St Vincent's Ernie Ball is the first female signature guitar made for the mass market ...

Daisy Rock rebuts claims St Vincent's Ernie Ball is the first female signature guitar...

Daisy Rock rebuts claims St Vincent's Ernie Ball is the first female signature guitar made for the mass market ...

Now Gibson sues Hamer for $1 million + in renewed trademark wars

Now Gibson sues Hamer for $1 million + in renewed trademark wars Gibson has taken to the warpath yet again, this time taking on the...