RISING GUITARIST BELLA RAYNE: ‘I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT I’D BE DOING ANY OF THIS RIGHT NOW’
Not too long ago, Bella Rayne was telling her Deadhead parents, "I'll never like the Grateful Dead and you can't make me like it." Now the 18-year-old Northern California guitarist can be found perfor...
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ULI JON ROTH ON THREE-HOUR, MULTIMEDIA LIVE SHOW, HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND A GIFT FROM KIRK HAMMETT
Uli Jon Roth, the German-born guitarist noted for inventing his own guitar, an early-career run with the Scorpions and a style that has influenced the likes of Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Yngwie Mal...
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JUDAS PRIEST’S RICHIE FAULKNER RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE PUT ON THE LEATHER AND STUDS
Judas Priest is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking heavy metal, and a key player in that celebration wasn't even born when the band began. British guitarist Richie Faulkner, 42, has been with the ...
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JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...
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ANA POPOVIC: FROM ‘BLUE ROOM’ JAMS TO GUITAR SUPERSTAR
Before power blues guitarist and soulful vocalist Ana Popovic had reached her teens growing up in what is now the Serbian capital of Belgrade, she would stay up late when most of her family had retire...
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