Say what you will about Eric Johnson, but the bottom line s that he’s on every legitimate list of great modern guitar players. And well he should be. The Austin-born guitar wiz made himself known as an accomplished studio session player before landing his own major-label record deal in the… Read More →
Roberto Parente — Listening Room columnist This month will mark 40 years of the passing of free jazz artist, Albert Ayler. In November 1970, Ayler was found drowned in New York’s East River. He was a giant and also at the same time one of the most controversial figures of… Read More →
A BBC poll earlier this year determined that Graham Coxon was the 15th greatest guitarist of the past 30 years — a list topped by John Frusciante and Slash. Fair enough, but Coxon fans would not-so-politely suggest that the former Blur lead guitarist belongs higher on any ranking of modern-era… Read More →
It’s not that we don’t know Robby Krieger. It’s just that some of us kind of forgot just how good he is. The legendary guitarist for The Doors falls in the category of musicians who get lost in time — until one of the band’s songs come on the radio… Read More →