“When the Ozzy thing came around I was so excited, but also doubting myself. Duff McKagan and Chad Smith were like, ‘You can do it. It’s everything you love’”: From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he owes it to Ozzy
in Artists, Gigs & Festivals, Singers & Songwriters “Thank you, Scousers”: McCartney joins Springsteen to play Can’t Buy Me Love at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium
in Guitarists “When the song ended, the rain stopped. It was like a religious experience, and it changed me.” Mike McCready on Stevie Ray Vaughan, acid and the night that made him fall in love with guitar again
in Artists, Guitarists “I love my Strat; I’m a Strat guy through and through, but I just needed a guitar with humbuckers”: Cory Wong on the making of his signature StingRay and how Vulfpeck just, y’know, made an album during a show
in Artists, Guitarists “The only gear I brought was a red Hamer prototype. That guitar is magical. I used it on Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love, David Lee Roth’s California Girls and with Mick Jagger”: Eddie Martinez explains how he helped Run-D.M.C. bring rock to hip hop
in Artists “So as I record this video, just know it’s not for a transaction, it’s not for an Apple card, it’s not for a favor… It’s for you”: Joe Bonamassa just posted a creepy deepfaked love letter and is understandably freaked out by it
in Albums, Music, Singles & New Releases The earliest live Sly and the Family Stone recordings are among the treasures from San Francisco’s Summer of Love era rediscovered and released by High Moon Records