Joe Satriani is at his home in San Francisco, enjoying “a sunny day, which is unusual in late July,” the guitar great explains when he calls in for our interview.
There was a time in 1981 when you couldn’t turn on a radio or walk into a record store and NOT hear a track from REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity. If
Oh to be young and talented. The past few years have seen a bumper crop of youthful up and coming musicians hitting the circuit and being recognized for their fresh
“I’m not that interesting anymore cause you know me,” Todd Kerns says before breaking into a big laugh. Granted, I’ve talked with Slash’s bass player more than once but the
Rudy Sarzo and his brother Robert are leaned over talking to a young man in a wheelchair named Clarke. It is a very exciting moment for the young fan, whose
Earlier this year, photographer Ash Newell posted a link to one of Richie Kotzen’s videos on his Facebook. I don’t remember why, maybe it was for his birthday or maybe
When your first album comes out of the barrel and receives very good reviews, it can be very exciting … and then quite stressful when you start thinking about making
There are very few singers who could simply be called “The Voice,” and Paul Rodgers is certainly one of them. His raspy, rascally blues-soaked emotations about love and lust and
You want to impress somebody? Tell them that you played guitar on Alice Cooper’s Welcome To My Nightmare; or that it was you playing that solo on Aerosmith’s cover of
Carmine Appice is a giant behind his drum kit. His pioneering thunderous approach to the rock beat has influenced many drummers, including Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham, and his tree trunk
