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Derek Trucks Returns!
How to Read the Room and Serve the Song with Dann Huff
Nate Smith: "Jazz is the Biggest Four-Letter Word in the English Language"
Oteil Burbridge: Intention First. Instrument Last
Wong Notes Live! with Matteo Mancuso
The Trey Anastasio Takeover Continues!
Trey Anastasio on Dumbles, Broadway, and 40-Plus Years of Phish
Blake Mills and Pino Palladino
The Fearless Flyers: Flight School is in Session!
James Bay on Failed Solos, Onstage Adrenaline, and How to Hire a Band
Goose's Rick Mitarotonda: Can Jambands Write Great Songs? Yes!
Brad Paisley on Fish, Phish, and the Origins of the "Lost" Paisley Guitar
Joe Satriani is Back!
Don’t Call Grace Bowers a Blues-Rock Guitarist
“Crank That Sh*t Up!” Greg Koch on Teaching, Mistakes, Modeling, and Modern Blues
The Journey of Jazz Guitarist Mike Stern
“Get It Right, Get It Fast”: Jerry Douglas on Bluegrass History, Technicality, and Session Secrets
Superstar Bassist Blu DeTiger: “Wanna Get Gigs? Be a Good Hang”
Mark Tremonti: “Play Like Grandma’s in the Room”
Skunk Baxter: Hostage Negotiations in the Studio
Jason Newsted Wants You to Put Your Damn Phone Away
Dave Navarro on Trainwrecks, Rabbit Holes, and the “Navarro Smear”
Keith Urban: “I’m Not Chasing Tone, I’m Pursuing Inspiration”
Kurt Rosenwinkel Weighs In
Al Di Meola: Friday Night at Olive Garden
Marcus King and the Medicine of Music
Respect, Psychedelics, and the Future of Bluegrass With Billy Strings
Joe Dart Talks Bass Philosophy and the Benefits of High Action
The Rich Musical World of Louis Cato
Aaron Sterling’s Pedalboard Approach to the Drums
How Bruce Lee Inspired Margaret Glaspy’s New Record
Charlie Hunter: Graduating Busking Boot Camp
Bruno Major’s Relatively Lo-Fi Soul
Daniel Donato Gets Cosmic
Wolfgang Van Halen: Sing the Solo
Eric Krasno: Funk Chameleon
Jason Isbell's Desert Island Gear
Nuno Bettencourt is Out for Blood
EMike Gordon on the Magic of the Jam
Theo Katzman: The Songwriter Behind the Guitarist
Mateus Asato on Thinking Beyond the Guitar
Paul Gilbert’s Shred School Is in Session
How Does Nir Felder Get His Tone?
KT Tunstall and the Mystery of Songwriting
"Captain" Kirk Douglas: From "Wheels on the Bus" to the Tonight Show
Chris Thile’s Exercise in Joy
Chris Shiflett is Over the “Shame of the ’80s”
What Scares Julian Lage?
Derek Trucks: “There’s a Lot of Music Out There”
Cory Wong On How To Get Your Groove On
Bruce Hornsby: “Trying to Keep the Self-Loathing at Bay”
Yngwie J. Malmsteen: “I Never Felt That Art Is a Sport”
Eric Gales: “It’s My Walk”
Victor Wooten: "Music Needs Us."
Ariel Posen: “Dynamics are the most important thing.”
Mike Campbell Likes the “Real Stuff”
Vai on Vai: “That’s Me—Obtuse and Quirky.”
John Mayer Pt. 2—A Song Too Perfect To Record?
Mayer Is King
Nile Rodgers: The Ambassador of Rhythm Guitar
Carlos Santana: Don’t Play Music, Play Life!
John McLaughlin Is Full of Wonder
Tora Dahle Aagård's Weaponized Guitar
Linda Perry Stays True to What She Knows
Ed Robertson Is a Pinball Wizard
Robben Ford: “The Guitar Is a Rhythm Instrument”
Michael League: The Walter White of Jazz-Funk
Sierra Hull Decodes the Business and “the Chop”
Jimmie Vaughan
Henrik Linder (Dirty Loops) On The Power of Stupid Luck
The Tao of Pat Metheny
Joe Walsh Can Tell You What Not to Do
Nathan East on Filling Every Note with Love
Mark Lettieri Likes Solos You Can Dance To
Larry Carlton’s Favorite Guitar Solos From Bebop to “Sleepwalk”
Why You Should Prep (& Maintain) Like an Athlete
Lindsay Ell: “A Guitar Solo Should be the Extra Lyrics of a Song.”
Christian McBride: Legends, Labels, and the Guts of Genius
Heart’s Nancy Wilson: “I Think Artistic Integrity Is Fleeting at Best.”
Danny Elfman Goes Psycho!
Peter Frampton: "Management's Greed Was My Downfall"
Ani Di Franco on the “Larger Purpose of Artistry”
Joe Bonamassa: “People Don’t Think I’m Self-Aware”
Steve Lukather's Studio Stories
Tosin Abasi Has Yngwie Amp Envy
Jacob Collier: "I’ve Got Too Much Creative Potential to be Reasonable.”
Gavin Rossdale Nearly Died on MTV
Vince Gill: “Authenticity Is Really Important to Me”
Steve Jordan’s Ground Rules for Greatness
Ron Carter Needs You to Focus
Madison Cunningham: “Incredible Playing Does Not Compensate For Bad Tone.”
Meet Tom Misch, the Acid-Jazz Virtuoso Hailed by Clapton & Mayer
Susan Tedeschi on Why Last-Minute Jams Are the Best
How (& Why) Jake Shimabukuro Considers Us All Part of His “Band”
John Petrucci On Fighting Ego & Reuniting with Mike Portnoy
Ask Cory!
James Valentine
George Benson
Béla Fleck
The Bacon Brothers