My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Excess, Ego and the Sound of Implosion

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Daft Punk — How Random Access Memories Engineered the Future of Analog–Digital Sound

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From Jazz to Rock: How Harmony Became Emotion

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Women of the Guitar: Touch, Tone and Truth

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Mark Knopfler and the Art of Restraint: Silence Between the Notes | SlaveToMusic

When technique disappears, expression begins. There are guitarists who impress — and then there are those…

From David Gilmour to John Frusciante: The Melodic Soul of Rock Guitar

Beyond technique, beyond genre — melody as identity. In rock history, the guitar has often been…