Altamira Gorizia Guitar Competition 2025What: 22nd Altamira Gorizia Guitar Competition – Enrico Mercatali PrizeWhere: Gorizia, ItalyWhen: May 16–18, 2025 About the ShowThe 22nd Altamira Gorizia Guitar Competition will be held from May 16 to May 18, 2025, in Gorizia,...
Acoustic Guitar Village – 2025What: Acoustic Guitar VillageWhere: Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festival – Cremona Fair, ItalyWhen: September 26–28, 2025Time: –Website: Cremona Musica About the ShowAcoustic Guitar Village is part of the Cremona Musica...
Following the illness and eventual untimely death of Eddie Van Halen in Autumn 2020, the young Van Halen threw himself into a solo album in the truest sense – writing and recording all the instruments on Mammoth WVH self-titled debut. He's since fleshed out the band...
Dewa Budjana is a prominent figure in the Indonesian music industry. His distinctive fusion of jazz, rock, and traditional Indonesian music elements has captivated audiences worldwide. Budjana's intricate guitar work and compositions have earned him accolades both at...
Part of the legendary Motown Records house band, The Funk Brothers, White, and his fellow session players are on more hit records than The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and The Rolling Stones combined. He’s also featured in the most heart-wrenching scene in the documentary...
This guitar hero turned hard rock into high art, thanks to his innovative finger-tapping style and his famous Frankenstrat. Eddie Van Halen completely changed the sound and style of guitar rock in the 80s and gave us some of the most masterful riffs in rock history,...
For his 2021 album, Frampton compiled sumptuous instrumental covers of a diverse array of influences and musical passions, including Radiohead’s Reckoner, Bowie’s Loving The Alien and Bryan Ferry’s Avalon. Despite battling the degenerative disease inclusion body...
Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, on March 30, 1945. His real father was a Canadian pilot but he didn't find that out until he was 53. When he was 2 his mother felt she was unable to look after him, so Eric then went to live with his grandparents. When...
Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised...
Jeff Beck was born in Surrey in 1944. He grew up in a suburban street in Carshalton. When he was about 10, he wanted to play the guitar. His mum, however, wanted him to play the piano because she didn't approve of the guitar. When he was in his late teens, he joined...