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“The original Jordan Boss Tone was probably used by four out of five garage bands in the late ’60s”: Unpacking the gnarly magic of the Jordan Boss Tone – an actual guitar plug-in that delivers Dan Auerbach-approved fuzz

It looks like an adaptor and it kind of is. But this cult fuzz box was a favorite of Norman Greenbaum and Spirit’s Randy California and was on more garage rock records than we’d care to imagine

Guitar World

"It was pretty shocking to understand what's actually going on": The Black Keys slam "mind-blowing" state of music industry in first interview since tour debacle

The Black Keys have released The Night Before, their first new song since cancelling their 2024 tour and firing their management company

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The Black Keys announce US tour months after scrapping entire North America run

The Black Keys cancelled their North American tour last year.

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“Like Gretsch’s Duo Jet, it was surely spurred by Gibson’s success with the Les Paul”: The mysterious history of the Guild M-75 Aristocrat, the blue-blooded hollowbody played by John Lee Hooker, John Mayer, St. Vincent and Dan Auerbach

This evocative downsized archtop appeared in mid-’50s New York and would go on to delight jazz players and rootsy bluesers alike

Guitar World

Dan Auerbach is one of Ohio’s greatest guitar players, bringing blues roots to the mainstream with a major-league soloing and riffing style

This video lesson unpacks Auerbach’s rhythm and lead approaches – and mastering it could put gold on your ceiling

Guitar World

"If you're a band that ascends quickly into huge shows, you don't have the perspective to be freaked out by it": The Black Keys look back on platinum sales, Grammy awards, burnout and reignition

As pack leaders of the post-millennial alt.blues scene – until fame turned their hair grey – The Black Keys have rediscovered their mojo on twelfth album Ohio Players

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“Some of my first gigs were before I had a driving licence, so I had to walk a mile or two to get to shows”: With the help of Dan Auerbach, Nat Myers is making rootsy blues guitar relevant again – and keeping the one-man ramblin’ band tradition alive

Nat Myers’ debut album, Yellow Peril, was produced by the Black Keys frontman – and it’s a modern-day classic of its genre

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“I played one chord on that guitar and bought it right away”: How Hermanos Gutiérrez leveraged vintage guitar tones and Dan Auerbach's guitar tech to create a cosmic sonic palette on Barrio Hustle

Barrio Hustle is taken from the guitar duo's upcoming album Sonido Cósmico – and premiered exclusively on Guitar World

Guitar World

“If you stand outside of the zeitgeist and try to get people gassed up on the guitar, it doesn’t really work. We should be taking the guitar to the public”: Marcus King on mental health, recovery, and the timeless style of vintage guitars

Mood Swings is the sound of Marcus King rebounding from dark days with a record of hope and truth. Produced by Rick Rubin, it's an early career masterpiece. He tells us all how it came together

Guitar World

The Black Keys live at O2 Academy Brixton review: the rock duo prove they're full of fresh ideas

The Ohio band also surprised the newly-reopened South London venue with a guest appearance from Noel Gallagher

Evening Standard

“You have to have your own sound, do it with authority and let it all hang out… If you do that you communicate with your guitar”: Duane Eddy reflects on his signature sound, hanging with Elvis and the story behind his go-to Gretsch

In this 2018 interview, available online for the first time, Eddy discusses the lessons learned as one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll guitar

Guitar World

Duane Eddy’s twang remains one of rock’n’roll’s greatest sounds

The late guitarist was rightly ubiquitous in the late 1950s thanks to his otherworldly sound, earning admirers from Bruce Springsteen to John Peel

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“It was just playing with Johnny once again, and that’s what it was. That was the energy of the creation”: New Johnny Cash album of unreleased songs has been announced, first single Well Alright streaming now

Songwriter is out 28 June and features songs the Man In Black first tracked in '93, produced and restored by son John Carter Cash and David “Fergie” Ferguson in the company of an all-star band

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“Bob Dylan says he’s one of the greatest writers of all of American written music and I agree. I want to put that in the forefront”: New posthumous Johnny Cash album features Marty Stuart and Dan Auerbach – and puts the spotlight back on the Man in Black

The 11-track collection includes unreleased songs written exclusively by Cash

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Lost Johnny Cash songs from 1993 to be released as a new album

The country star’s son co-produces Songwriter, worked up from demos with a group of former bandmates and guests including Vince Gill and Dan Auerbach backing Cash’s vocals

Guitar World

Black Keys, Black Crowes and the next in line for Mastodon’s mind-expanding metal crown: this week’s essential guitar tracks

The must-hear licks, riffs, solos and six-string moments from BIG|BRAVE, Bring Me The Horizon, Dead Poet Society, Bodega, Slift, Waxahatchee, and more

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Devastating displays of double-neck tapping and Joe Bonamassa’s Christmas single: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks

Catch up with the best guitar tracks from the past 7 days with fresh cuts from Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor, J Mascis, Felix Martin and more

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Hermanos Gutiérrez: "It's not about skills, it's not about technique – it's about the feeling you put into that music"

Interview: the instrumental brothers talk 'horse riding' slap guitar, Dan Auerbach's Gretsch and the inspiration of the desert

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These are the best new rock songs you need to hear right now, featuring Skindred, Chris Stapleton, Royal Blood, In This Moment and more

More proof that rock is more alive than ever - vote for your favourite song!

Guitar World

5-string Strandbergs and 11-minute djent epics: this week's essential guitar tracks

New face-melters from Jacob Collier, Tesseract, Cherry Glazerr, Dan Auerbach, Demi Lovato + Slash, Svalbard and many more

Manchester Evening News

The Black Keys find their rhythm at AO Arena - review and photos

It's ten years since they last played the AO Arena

Guitar World

Glenn Schwartz is one of America's great unsung guitar heroes – as evidenced by this new single with Joe Walsh and Dan Auerbach

Auerbach says there would be no Black Keys without Schwartz, who was the original guitarist in the James Gang, and would go on to be replaced by a then-unknown Walsh

Guitar World

Hermanos Gutiérrez: “It always starts as an individual trip for us. Most of it is non-communicative; it just happens”

The Gutiérrez brothers talk telepathic songwriting, working with Dan Auerbach, and how this whole project came together by accident after reconnecting across continents

Guitar World

Is this the return of Stella? The first US-made Harmony acoustic guitars for 50 years could be on the way...

The brand beloved by Jimmy Page, Dan Auerbach and The Rolling Stones looks set to make a return to its acoustic roots

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The Black Keys refer to Noel Gallagher as "the chord lord", even though the Oasis man has said they're meaningless in his songwriting

The duo collaborated with The Chief on their forthcoming album

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