The best guitar songs of 2024 – as chosen by Guitar World editors and pro players
With the help of pals including Eric Gales and Vernon Reid, we run down the songs that lit up the guitar-o-sphere this year, ...
Sabrina Carpenter’s songwriter Amy Allen writes the pop music stuck in your head
Amy Allen might not yet be a household name, but her work lives in your brain rent-free. And it’s grabbed the attention of ...
‘The Einstein of Rhythm:’ Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart Remembers Zakir Hussain
Hart tells Billboard that "the shock is still with us" from Hussain's passing, but he was happy to share the great memories ...
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"Superstar" by the Carpenters and Luther Vandross
Almost everyone can relate with being a super fan of an artist – whether that means crafting playlists dedicated only to ...
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3 Moody Alternative Rock Classics From 1984
Below are three very different approaches to crafting moody classics. First, Echo & the Bunnymen use hazy language and psychedelia to examine the tortured soul. Next, The Smiths turn Morrissey’s ...
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How a Bus Trip to Graceland Inspired This Sultry One-Hit Wonder
The story behind how a bus trip to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, inspired this sultry one-hit wonder from 1989.