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Texas guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with contemporary soul and hip-hop, and when he’s rolling at his best, he sounds like nothing so much as a natural hybrid of both the […]

As the leader of Genesis in the early ’70s, Peter Gabriel helped move progressive rock to new levels of theatricality. He was no less ambitious as a solo artist, but he was more subtle in his methods. With his first eponymous solo album in 1977, he began exploring darker, more cerebral territory, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, […]

Out of all the post-Nirvana alternative bands to break into the pop mainstream, Green Day were second only to Pearl Jam in terms of influence. At their core, Green Day were simply punk revivalists who recharged the energy of speedy, catchy three-chord punk-pop songs. Though their music wasn’t particularly innovative, they brought the sound of […]

Few people are as multi-talented as Rhiannon Giddens, a biracial musician classically trained in opera at Oberlin University and well-known as the founding member and front woman of the Grammy winning country, blues and old-time African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The CCD members all happen to be African-American. Somehow she finds enough time […]

In the beginning,  Ron Gallo taught himself to play guitar and with his teenage buddies played gigs described as “VFW halls in South Jersey.” It taught him the nuts and bolts of playing in a band and after working with another high school act he got more ambitious with his next project. In 2007 her […]

What do you do if you’ve played guitar for the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) and have friends hankering to step out on stage for more rock n roll under their own control? If you’re Warren Haynes, you start a whole other band in between ABB dates and carry on! That’s how Gov’t Mule was started […]

Not ones to use the term “supergroup” loosely, we mean it when referring to Gizmodrome. This four-man quartet follows the beat provided by ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, Level 42 bassist Mark King, Italian keyboardist Vittorio Cosma, and guitarist Adrian Belew who played for King Crimson, the Talking Heads and many others. The group’s self-titled debut […]

His erratic behavior, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have made Liam Gallagher the subject of commentary in the press and he remains one of the most recognizable figures in modern British music. As the lead singer of Oasis, he achieved both fame and notoriety as the band hit their commercial peak in the ’90s […]

George “Buddy” Guy is one of the titans of the blues, straddling traditional and modern forms, as well as musical generations.  As an exponent of Chicago blues Buddy Guy has influenced such eminent guitarists as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Beck, and John Mayer among many others.  Guy […]

Billy Gibbons is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor best known as the guitarist and lead singer for the American rock band ZZ Top.  Gibbons formed ZZ Top in 1969 and they released their first album in 1971.  Gibbons ranked 32nd on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.  […]