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EVERY GUITARIST HAS at some point in their development been unsure how to approach improvising. Whether it's a series of chord changes or a certain groove, we just can't seem [...]

WHEN ERIC EARLEY recently unearthed a box of demos he'd made on a four-track cassette recorder in the 1990s, he thought it would be amusing to hear his old songs [...]

'AT 50, EVERYONE has the face he deserves,' George Orwell wrote, observing how, by that milestone, our experiences, choices and character reflect our interior self. Under the circumstances, that vantage [...]

THE ONSTAGE BACKDROP for Al Di Meola's Electric Years Tour is a huge collage of 17 of his most recognizable album covers. Noticeably absent from the bunch is his groundbreaking [...]

IF YOU HAVEN'T figured out by now, this Dirty Knobs thing is no mere dalliance for Mike Campbell. True, he'll always be the lead guitarist from Tom Petty and the [...]

GROWING UP IN New York--specifically in Queen's Kew Gardens--a young Steven Schneider would go to see all-night rock and roll movies at the Eighth Street Playhouse in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. [...]

DECEMBER 12, 1943-APRIL 18, 2024 DICKEY BETTS WAS larger than life in both his personality and musical range. His death at age 80 on April 18 brought the full scope [...]

TO TAKE A flyover of Steve Lukather's long and storied career is to essentially reminisce about the heights of the past 40 years of pop and rock music. He is [...]

THE NEW YEAR is just a few weeks old and John Fogerty is driving with his wife and manager, Julie, along a stretch of California highway. But as the road [...]

HERMANOS GUTIERREZ make music to get lost in. Brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutierrez weave intricate guitar parts to create haunting and beguiling instrumentals that work on a metaphysical level. They're [...]

GUITAR MAY HAVE historically been dominated by male players, but as Sue Foley exemplifies on her fabulous new album, One Guitar Woman (Stony Plain), some super women boldly went where [...]

CROWDED HOUSE'S RETURN five years ago was certainly a welcome one. The Australian-formed group had been dormant since 2016, when it played four shows at the Sydney Opera House and [...]

IN THE 11 YEARS since he left Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora hasn't exactly flooded the market with new music. In 2017 and '18, he teamed with his then girlfriend, Australian [...]

HAVE YOU EVER wondered why so many farmers and ranchers refuse to participate in the farming industry? Often, it's due to city and state laws and regulations. Some wonder how [...]

HEAT STRESS IS A dangerous condition that can occur when horses are overworked in hot weather. Extremely hot, humid weather can pose a risk by itself, but this condition is [...]

IF YOU LIVE IN A RURAL setting in the Midwest, chances are you've witnessed, on windy days in late fall, large, yellow-green fruit dropping from their host trees and hitting [...]

AT 5:30 A.M., AN HOUR before we need to be up, someone starts a campaign of serially pushing the snooze button on an alarm that sounds like an air raid [...]

One of the telltale signs of amateur video is poor lighting. In fact, lighting is often times more important than the camera you're using to shoot. If details aren't properly [...]

WHAT IS INSPIRATION? Inspiration can mean a few different things. One definition tells us it's the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something [...]

A video reference monitor, in some cases, is a really nice thing to add to your production kit. In fact, it might be an absolute essential. Not all video monitors [...]

There are several variables to consider in choosing the best lights to use for your next project. Color temperature, color rating, lighting type and power options are all important regardless [...]

Ever watch a low-budget movie and wonder, 'How did this film make the cut?' The cinematography may have been average, the story derivative but--the sound. The quality of the sound [...]

The digital cinema camera is the modern-day iteration of the traditional film production camera. These cameras aim to reproduce the latitude and tonal qualities of celluloid while eliminating huge portions [...]

MOLLY MILLER IS working overtime this summer. Yes, she's reprising her role in pop star Jason Mraz's Superband, on tour for his latest release, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride, on [...]

THE CREEK THAT wraps around Sam Evian's analog recording studio/abode in New York's Catskills may rise only to his chest, but its influence on the singer/songwriter-guitarist's new power-pop album is [...]

ONE MIGHT NOT think that Dolly Parton, Rob Zombie, k.d. lang and Nikki Sixx would share any kind of common ground, but there is something they all emphatically agree on: [...]

GROWINGUPONa midwestern lake, under the wings of a loving family that would watch episodes of Hee Haw, a young John Lowery found the guitar at a tender age. With equal [...]

AT AGE 25, Quinn Sullivan is already a music veteran. That's what happens when you begin your career before you're out of first grade. The singer/songwriter and guitarist has cemented [...]

PUTTING MULTIPLE PERCUSSIVE fingerstylists in the same trio could be a three-ring disaster, but not when the ringmaster is the modern master and the others are accomplished disciples eager to [...]

For individuals with disabilities and their families, the World can Feel isolating. But as I've seen throughout my journey with my sons, finding a supportive community can be transformativli Camps [...]

Traveling with your service dog will provide you with the continued help and comfort you have at home. They love to assist you and want to be with you, to [...]

Blue Wave Smoothie Bowl ACTIVE 5 MIN. * TOTAL 5 MIN. * MAKES 1 For smoothie bowl 1/2 cup coconut water 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks 1/2 medium banana, broken [...]

Several years age I was legit appointed Chief Spirit Officer of my town. The whole thing started when I convinced my friend Vern Yip, the interior designer, to fly in [...]

Jocelyn Delk Adams doesn't need an excuse to throw a party. The cookbook author, founder of the blog Grandbaby Cakes, and mom of one considers a free weekend enough of [...]

JUNE IS CUCUMBER MONTH, so it's the perfect time to load up on this versatile in-season fruit (yep, you read that right!). Add slices to sandwiches and salads for some [...]

Open-Faced Steak and Arugula Sandwiches ACTIVE 25 MIN. TOTAL 25 MIN. * SERVES 4 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, divided Kosher salt and pepper [...]

by Samantha MacAvoy HOT TIP While meals can cook in minutes over an open flame, the blaze needs up to an hour to heat up fully. To time serving perfectly, [...]

BE A KID AGAIN Ride the rides, eat the treats, and play all the games, because there are perks to reliving your best childhood memories. Nostalgia can make people feel [...]

GROWING UPAS a die-hard blues-rocker in 1970s South Florida, Scott Henderson fell in love with the sounds of that era's big-name rock guitarists. 'Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck... I [...]

PRINCE SLYLY TOLD her she was 'too funky.' Bruno Mars sent her one of his signature Fender Strats, and Bootsy Collins and Ray Parker Jr. left glowing comments on her [...]

'IT'S A ROUGH TIME,' veteran blues guitarist Walter Trout attests. 'The whole world feels like it's in a dark place, with the wars going on. In this country, the political [...]

THE CARBON-FIBER REVOLUTION may not be televised, but it's all over the internet and here in the pages of GP. The young Klosowiak brothers bring a unique perspective, focused on [...]

'AT FIRST, I thought every kid had a music store in their family,' Ben Harper recalls. 'But I realized when I was young that this place was called the Folk [...]

THE LATE LOU Reed took his walk on the wild side in 1972. But he didn't become an animal--a rock 'n' roll animal, to be specific--until the following year. Recorded [...]

Talking with Mark Knopfler about guitars--what else?--is a bit like speaking with an unrepentant kid and a hardened member of GAA: Guitar Aficionados Anonymous. 'I STILL STOP AND LOOK in [...]

When Sleater-Kinney emerged amid the '90s riot-grrrl movement, they stood out as a group of three young women making explosive records fueled by rage. The trio's new effort, Little Rope [...]

IF YOU'VE GARDENED VERY long, chances are you've lost at least a plant or two to pests such as the tomato hornworm, aphids, flea beetles, blister beetles, and more. Some [...]

IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS, you'll see bad things happening around us. A massive heat wave in Texas, the drought in California followed by record snows, severe tornados in the [...]

WAKATOMIKA HOMESTEAD IS NESTLED in the rolling Appalachian foothills of east-central Ohio. We're working on becoming a diversified homestead, and we currently have a breeding sounder of registered KuneKune pigs [...]

ACOUSTIC GUITARS BREEDLOVE TB VINTAGE EDITION BLUES ORANGE CONCERTINA BREEDLOVE AND BEDELL guitars both fly under the banner of Two Old Hippies. As owner Tom Bedell explains, 'The Breedloves have [...]