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Carlos Santana, John Scofield and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello are just some of the top guitarists who have sung the praises of British-born six-string innovator Allan Holdsworth. The late ...

As the son of one of the world’s most influential rock guitar players, it’s understandably taken Wolfgang Van Halen some time ...

Holdsworth, who performed with Soft Machine in addition to recording several solo albums, died unexpectedly on April 16. Allan Holdsworth, a spellbinding guitarist who influenced generations of jazz ...

The rock world has lost yet another legendary guitarist as Allan Holdsworth passed away April 15 at the age of 70. The prog rock / jazz fusion guitarist died unexpectedly of unknown causes and several ...

If the song title “Proto-Cosmos" brings Tony Williams to mind then step to the front of the class. Alan Pasqua's tune is featured on the drummer's 1975 album, Believe It (Columbia). The record is ...

2007 is the year that guitarist Allan Holdsworth makes a return to the public eye. With planned reissues of his long out-of-print discography and more extensive touring than he's done in years, this ...

Guitar innovator Allan Holdsworth has died at age 70. “It is with heavy hearts that we notify everyone of the passing of our beloved father,” his daughter Louise shared on Facebook. “We would ...

Allan Holdsworth, known as a guitarist’s guitarist for his progressive rock and jazz fusion work with bands including Soft Machine, Gong, and U.K., died on Sunday, according to a Facebook post from ...

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Instrumental virtuosity is like any kind of power on earth, corruptive and constructive in equal measure. It’s a handicap, in a strange way: the musician must acquire one more level of refinement to ...