Channeling Bowie and Sly Stone, and recorded entirely on Audacity, All Cylinders is an idiosyncratic masterpiece

Knowing his Mississippi roots, Chess essentially wanted Waters to find for him his own Robert Johnson. Waters had other ideas

More and more accusations are being thrown at players for doctoring their chops to gain clout on social media. So how much of it is true – and where should you draw the line?

Granting a rare interview to promote Talking Heads’ newly reissued debut album, the new wave pioneer holds forth on everything from the thrills of the CBGB scene to the perils of mimicking your heroes

The two musical giants traded licks before Wonder picked up Stevie's guitar

Extracting inimitable, stinging tone from his Tele with just his fingers, Albert Collins carved a hugely influential sonic path for himself, though he's still often left out of discussions of the greatest blues guitarists of all time

The UK-born, Oklahoma-raised songwriter reflects on lusting after a Jimi Hendrix-style whammy bar, pre-amp pedals, and why he loves electric-acoustic guitars (and not acoustic-electrics)

Though the band's set at the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival was ragged, it confirmed in stone a hugely consequential decision Lennon had made just before the festival

This Consequence is the sound of pent-up aggression, a creative release after Killswitch were stopped in their tracks. Dynamic duo Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel talk frontmen, riff tactics, and why nothing was too grimy for this