Wage War announce Landfall for October 9 and release the title track
The Florida band’s new album arrives digitally via Fearless Records, with a heavy, guitar-forward title song out now.
Sep 7, 2026
Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams dies aged 48
The guitarist and professional wrestler died after collapsing following a match in Pennsylvania on September 5.
Sep 7, 2026
Strat Andriotis releases progressive-jazz guitar album The Wolf Sleeps Alone
The Canadian guitarist’s new trio record features nine original compositions with bass and drums and moves between progressive modern jazz and more traditional language.
Sep 7, 2026
Mike Dawes and Charles Berthoud release Belle Insomnie for acoustic guitar and fretless bass
The new recording pairs Dawes’ acoustic guitar with Berthoud’s fretless bass on a five-minute instrumental collaboration.
Sep 7, 2026
Mathias Lattin joins Kingfish’s Red Zero Records and releases Cadillac Assembly Line
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has signed the 24-year-old Houston guitarist, whose first Red Zero track blends blues guitar with R&B production.
Sep 7, 2026
Tommy Thayer confirms KISS have recorded a new Paul Stanley-written song
The KISS guitarist says the band has completed new material, although its title, format and release timing remain undisclosed.
Sep 7, 2026
BluGuitar sets the AMPX for its long-awaited Guitar Summit launch
After years of development, the hybrid analog/digital floorboard amp is moving from prototype status toward a limited first production batch.
Sep 7, 2026
Solar Guitars turns its CHUG circuit into a pocket headphone amp
The new CHUG PLUG puts Solar's high-gain circuit into a rechargeable plug-in practice amp with cab emulation and an aux input.
Sep 6, 2026
Tárrega's 1888 Antonio de Torres guitar returns to the stage in Málaga
Jacob Kellerman performed on the historic Torres instrument once owned by Francisco Tárrega during Málaga's international guitar festival.
Sep 6, 2026
Molly Tuttle releases an acoustic companion EP built around voice and flat-picked guitar
So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) strips five songs back to Tuttle’s acoustic guitar, voice and a compact touring-band lineup.
Sep 5, 2026
Igor Klokov and Hao Yang receive the 2026–27 GSI Foundation classical-guitar scholarships
The two classical guitarists have been named the newest scholarship recipients at USC Thornton, extending a program focused specifically on advanced classical-guitar study.
Sep 5, 2026
Francisco Tárrega competition names four finalists for its 2026 Benicàssim final
Filip Mišković, Sohta Nakabayashi, Luka Lovreković and Francisco Luís reached the final of one of Spain's longest-running international classical-guitar competitions.
Sep 5, 2026
Accept release 50th-anniversary album with 50 guest musicians
Teutonic Titans 1976–2026 re-records 19 Accept songs with guests including Kirk Hammett, Rob Halford, Paul Gilbert, Billy Corgan and Matthias Jabs.
Sep 5, 2026
Polaris return with 'Without You', their first new music in three years
The Sydney metalcore band channels the loss of guitarist Ryan Siew into a new single built around heavy riffs, a prominent guitar solo and a stark performance video.
Sep 5, 2026
IK Multimedia launches TONEX Board with four simultaneous Tone Models and a 5-inch touchscreen
The new $999.99 flagship expands TONEX into a full pedalboard rig with dual signal paths, 76 effects, flexible routing and more than 1,400 preset slots.
Sep 3, 2026
Nick Johnston breaks down five lead-guitar approaches in a new Mastodon-era masterclass
The newly published lesson moves from hybrid picking and legato to sweep picking, tapping and chromatic blues phrasing, with Johnston demonstrating how he connects the techniques musically.
Sep 3, 2026
Gibson Custom builds 30 forensic replicas of Billy Gibbons' “Pearly Gates” Les Paul, sold only through a private Nashville event
A 3D-scanned, Murphy Lab-aged recreation of the ZZ Top frontman's 1959 Les Paul Standard, priced at $39,999 and hand-signed by Gibbons.
Sep 3, 2026
TONE3000 releases a free, open-source plugin with access to more than 700,000 NAM captures
The largest Neural Amp Modeler library is now a plugin and standalone app that pulls community captures and IRs directly, with no downloading or file management.
Sep 3, 2026
Keeley's Tube Drive Twin Triode runs a real 12AX7 next to a Super Phat Mod circuit
A dual-overdrive pedal that pairs a genuine high-voltage tube stage with one of Keeley's best-known drive voices, built in Oklahoma.
Sep 2, 2026
Blackstar's Beam amps get free Moises stem separation for practice and jamming
A no-cost app update lets Beam Solo and Beam Mini players mute or isolate guitar, drums or vocals in any song in real time.
Sep 2, 2026
Satriani and Vai finally make a studio album together: The Sea of Emotion lands November 6
The pair's SatchVai project turns from a touring band into a record, previewed by the single Mayhem.
Sep 2, 2026
The Beatles release a 'Day Tripper' work tape from before the riff existed
A newly issued home recording of Lennon and McCartney writing the song, tied to October's Rubber Soul reissue, has the melody and structure but not yet its famous 11-note guitar figure.
Aug 31, 2026
Billy Strings turns grief into flatpicking on 'So Much For Goodbyes'
The bluegrass guitarist's fifth studio album, produced with T Bone Burnett and released August 28, was written after his mother's death and carries her artwork on the cover.
Aug 31, 2026
Mastodon release 'Marrow Deep', their first album with guitarist Nick Johnston
The August 28 record is Mastodon's ninth, their first as a five-piece, and their first since founding guitarist Brent Hinds left the band and later died.
Aug 31, 2026