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The Ugandan music community is mourning legendary lead guitarist and band leader Tony Williams Ssenkebejje, who died on February 14. Ssenkebejje, aged 80 years, died at Mulago Hospital in Kampala from ...

A look into the way that Josh Homme plays guitar and how it flies in the face of accepted guitar practices yet has still been accepted by the mainstream.

When people think of great guitarists, often names like Jimi Hendrix, Greg Allman or Jimmy Page come to mind. Players who know how to write solos that touch the heavens and make a person's soul ...

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The modelling amp disruptor has brought the Spark concept to wireless headphones – is this its strongest showing yet?