Jimi Hendrix struck the UK music scene like a bolt of lightning – illuminating and electrifying everything in his path. “It was a bombshell,” says Eddie Kramer, the man who engineered and became ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. More than half a century since Jimi Hendrix left this world, after ...

CD 1: Ezy Ryder; Valleys Of Neptune; Straight Ahead; Drifter’s Escape; Astro Man; Astro Man; Drifting; Night Bird Flying; Farther Up The Road; The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New ...

Fleetwood Mac fans, get fired up. Iconic drummer Mick Fleetwood has teamed up with distinguished ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro to record a blues album. The “Blues Experience” will drop on Oct. 18 ...

Winter was renowned for his fiery slide-guitar skills, and was respected and admired by blues aficionados and his musical peers, alike, as well as his own heroes. While Winter amassed an impressive ...

ZZ Top have recorded some great blues songs over the years – none of them better than the one on which Billy Gibbons played a Stratocaster gifted to him by the most revered guitarist of them all. It ...

For guitarist Malina Moye, who’s left-handed, upside-down guitar wizardry instantly conjures up images of Jimi Hendrix, it’s always been about the blues. Drawing inspiration from her own personal ...

The history of rock guitar — and rock music in general — can be split into two periods: before Jimi Hendrix's debut album and after. It's difficult to overstate the impact of the Jimi Hendrix ...