Julian Piper
Latest articles by Julian Piper
"He showed me some things that Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson had taught him – he knew those people": Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf and their legendary blues legacy
By Julian Piper published
Legendary Howlin' Wolf guitar sideman on his hard blues road
"There were guitar players weeping, they had to mop the floor up. He was piling it on, solo after solo" – how Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forever
By Julian Piper, Jamie Dickson, David Mead published
"When Jimi played with Cream... he walked offstage with this smirk; he knew exactly what he was doing" – we look back at the seismic impact of Clapton and Hendrix on the British guitar scene
Carla Bruni: “I just want to hang out and be a musician”
By Julian Piper published
Carla Bruni tells us why modelling and becoming France’s first lady have always been mere sideshows to her music.
In-demand session guitarist and producer Buddy Miller on his long road to success
By Julian Piper published
From Richard Thompson and Emmylou Harris, to the hit TV show Nashville
In pictures: Rory Gallagher's blues guitars
By Julian Piper published
Although Rory Gallagher amassed a formidable collection of guitars - he is reputed to have owned 121 - as his brother Donal explains, he was the antithesis of a guitar collector…
Steve Earle's 8 tips for guitarists
By Julian Piper last updated
Steve Earle has consistently served up Southern music as real as grits and greasy greens. Now, 15 albums down the line, new LP Terraplane finds him stalking his own dusty blues backroads
Tele Titan Bill Kirchen on guitars, Brits and more
By Julian Piper last updated
Bill Kirchen has rocked with everyone from Link Wray to Danny Gatton, but English musicians still get his vote
Bonnie Raitt's 8 tips for guitarists
By Julian Piper last updated
The queen of slide's words of wisdom
Robert Cray talks heroes, gear and the blues today
By Julian Piper last updated
An expansive interview with the bluesman
Billy Gibbons talks BB King and new album Perfectamundo
By Julian Piper last updated
The Texan six-string slinger on his Cuban adventure
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