They’ve forged a close friendship over the years, but getting Slowhand to play an “insane” solo on his record wasn’t easy ...

The vinyl resurgence has turned jazz and blues reissues into a serious thrill for collectors, and Craft Recordings, Bluesville, and our friend Chad at Acoustic Sounds have been steering the ship. They ...

The rock music world is in mourning following the passing of Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and co-founder of the ...

UCR spoke to Ace Frehley numerous times over the years. Here are some of our favorite Spaceman moments from those ...

The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove." ...

There’s no “Rosetta Stone of the blues” – but he says doing this will transform the fundamentals of your playing ...

He wrote some of the band’s signature songs, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band).” ...

It happened at age 15 when he was given an acoustic guitar for Christmas. Fredrick James Mullis Jr. learned his first guitar trick from a one-armed man. Around 15 years later, and now known as Early ...

No one will need to take out a loan to attend the first 7 17 Credit Union Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival at the Warren Community Amphitheatre. The day-long event features a lineup ranging from local ...

More often than not, a sick guitar solo makes a classic rock song even better. But on rarer occasions, guitar solos don’t really add anything to already good classic rock songs. Sometimes, those showy ...

The well-decorated Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, with only three albums to his name, makes a bold move to control his artistic direction while providing a home for the next generation of artists on his ...

Clapton may have turned 80 in March, but his age didn’t show as he ripped off one blazing guitar solo after another throughout the evening. His voice also sounded strong, although most of the songs’ ...