Irish guitar great Joe Hodgson was obsessed with Led Zeppelin, inspired by Rory Gallagher, and gobsmacked by Gary Moore

Five years ago a guitar player from Ireland who I'd never heard of sent me his new instrumental CD, Apparitions, thinking I might like it.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, July 28 to August 1

Screening at the Polygon Gallery of Léon: The Professional director Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi action-adventure flick, The Fifth Element.

I received an email today from American musician Penny Little about an interview I did in 1989 with Blue Murder guitarist John Sykes.

The music world is still coming to grips with the death of Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on Tuesday (July 22) at the age of 76.

I don't normally remember buying albums 50 years ago, but my purchase of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here is another story.

Vancouver's Babe Corner performs at the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday as one of the opening acts for indie-pop singer-songwriter Young Friend.

A Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert isn't the first place you'd normally go to in hopes of hearing long, drawn-out guitar solos.

Just heard the sad news, that less than three weeks after his big farewell concert with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne has passed away.

Pink Floyd tribute band Brit Floyd plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday as part of its Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour.

The transcendent sight of the Fab Four invading America wasn't what got David Murray to devote himself to a life in the earbusting arts.

It totally sucks when you're late for a concert and you miss the song you really, really wanted to hear more than anything else.

Canadian blues artist Sue Foley is among the performers taking part in the 48th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach Park.

Ever since his death was announced last January, a lot has been said about former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes.