by Adam St. James
Disturbed has had a pretty fine ride for the past year-and-a-half. They released their debut album, The Sickness, in March of 2000, landed a spot on the second stage of Ozzfest shortly thereafter, then scored a hit in the song “Stupify.” They’ve seen their career blossom from there, highlighted by a series [...]

By Adam St. James
Most musicians would agree: Early musical influences can be, well, very influential. But when your father is a blues legend, you know something good is going to rub off. And no disappointments here: Bernard Allison does his late papa, Luther Allison, proud on his latest release, Across the Water. Bernard sat down [...]

by Adam St. James
Pete Anderson has played lead and rhythm guitar on and produced almost every record by multi-platinum, Grammy-winning country superstar Dwight Yoakam since the days when Dwight was sleeping on the floor in Pete’s back room. Together since the mid-’80s, the two have managed to reap the rewards of both critical acclaim and [...]

By Adam St. James
Jazz guitar history is largely dominated by a handful of players. Among those still recording, touring – and teaching – none are as revered as Kenny Burrell. Burrell has barely slowed his steady output since his first recordings, as a sideman to Dizzy Gillespie in 1951, and as a leader with the [...]