Radio-rock fan Leeroy Stagger borrows a boogie vibe from Tom Petty for Everything Is Real

That song just totally got me. There’s something about the swagger to it that reminds me of my childhood and my parents."

That time Coheed and Cambria’s Travis Stever told me about his favourite guitarists and guitar albums

Back in May of 2008 I interviewed Coheed and Cambria guitarist Travis Stever when the prog-rock band was touring behind its fourth album.

Canadian roots-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Emmett Jerome plays the Fox Cabaret on Friday, with guests the Shane Terry Band.

“She's got the flint and she's got the steel," says Gurf Morlix of Romi Mayes, "everything she needs to take her where she wants to go.”

"There is an intensity to it, but it's not metal in the sense that it's all doom and destruction. And I don't sing like the Cookie Monster."

To get a good idea of where Derek Trucks's head is at musically, all you have to do is check out the autographs on his red Gibson SG.

Canadian blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Sue Foley performs at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, July 16.

Last night the Tedeschi Trucks Band delivered a funkified, soul-heavy, blues-based blast for the ages at the sold-out Queen E. Theatre.

Back in July of 2008 I met Odds singer-guitarist Craig Northey at an East Van practice space to talk about his band's new album, Cheerleader.

As far as guitar-based rock music goes, the '90s were definitely better than the '80s, but still not as good as the '70s.

When Richmond's Explorers won the Band Warz competiition in Winnipeg last month, they claimed a prize package worth a whopping 75 grand.

When you're the host of a popular blues radio show and you also happen to blow a mean blues harp, life can be good. Just ask Norm Casler.

High Fade, a funk-infused, technically adept rock trio from Edinburgh, Scotland, plays the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday.