“I can’t walk away, so I’ve come back to do the thing I know how to do best, which is play”: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup
Now in its seventh edition, the festival is set to take place in Austin, Texas – and features Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, and John Mayer, while Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel, Julian Lage and Pete Townshend are all making their Crossroads debut
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“Ozzy’s like, ‘I really f**king need to cut back on the calories’”: Zakk Wylde on the time an air stewardess mistook Ozzy Osbourne for Meat Loaf
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“She’s giving him drinks, getting him food, and he’s going, ‘Maybe things aren’t so bad…’”
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“His legacy will live on through the instruments he created”: Doug Irwin, legendary maker of Jerry Garcia’s record-shattering Tiger and Wolf guitars, dies aged 76
Irwin made five guitars for Garcia, two of which became some of the most expensive guitars of all time when they sold at auction
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“One of the most unique guitars I’ve ever played”: This multi-scale 7-string S-type is a prog-ready monstrosity
“The mix of vintage and modern has always been something that I really connect with and look for,” says guitarist Joshua De La Victoria.
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“I believe with all my heart that it will translate to something good”: Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album
The two publicly fell out in 2018 and Buckingham subsequently left Fleetwood Mac
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“I often feel powerless but in response to this tragedy I decided to use my craft to take action”: How a luthier built an acoustic guitar that celebrates Palestinian heritage – raising money for medical aid along the way
Gary Leddington utilized his craft, and his surrounding community, to build a one-of-a-kind acoustic that features Palestinian motifs
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Courtney Barnett on Kurt Cobain Jaguars, writing for the song, and why she’s learned to push down the feeling she’s “wasting everyone’s time” to nail her guitar solos
The Aussie indie-rock icon looks back on a decade of making unique and interesting music, her evolving relationship with guitar, and how leaving things to the last minute can have its benefits…
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“Purple Haze felt impossible at first, but it was such an accomplishment once I got it”: Courtney Barnett on leftie legends, and embracing the Olympic White Stratocaster
The Aussie songwriter discusses how her pedalboard changes off stage, asking Waxahatchee to guest, and being inspired by Cobain, Hendrix, and McCartney
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“After mine was stolen, I didn’t have time to go to the factory, so they just handed me this 10-string”: The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith
Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme
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“Supremely stupid idea – we’re going to be so emotional”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee look on to the opening show of Rush’s reunion tour
The tour opens at LA’s Kia Forum – the same venue where Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee played their final show with Neil Peart in 2015.
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“We can’t let anything happen to it”: Ziggy Marley on the whereabouts of Bob Marley’s iconic Les Paul Special – and why he prefers a Strat now
Marley Senior’s legendary Les Paul was his prime stage and studio guitar
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Hole bassist on the “public witch trial” that followed her leaving the band – and why she was “pissed” at Courtney Love “turning away”
“I’ve long said that Hole was my Bachelors in humanity,” says Melissa Auf der Maur.
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“He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one)
The Opeth mastermind on being robbed as they made Blackwater Park, what he hated about Kurt Cobain’s ’53 Martin D-18 and loved about Hank Williams’ ’40s D-18, the ’90s band he still adores and the ’70s guitarist he still worships
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“Metallica were the best of all of us but not anymore”: Gary Holt says Exodus now “crushes” their thrash rivals
“That’s my own humble opinion.”
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The world’s first generative AI guitar creates playable parts from user prompts – and teaches you how to play them
It’s designed to help beginners master the basics via a rhythm game-like learning experience