Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said.

All of this means there’s plenty of material for us guitarists to learn from - and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson.

Gems that didn't make Rolling Stone's recent Lil Wayne cover story — including where the rapper loves to record, how he learned guitar, and more.

Out came a wordless vocal performance that married wailing, histrionic emotion with what sounded like an assertive counter to ...