It’s fair to say that among fusion aficionados, John McLaughlin is the father of jazz-rock guitar. His experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism in conjunction with the rigs ...

March 25, 1969, is a date that John McLaughlin will never forget. It was the day that Mitch Mitchell would introduce him to Buddy Miles, it was the day he met Jimi Hendrix for the first time – and he ...

Ever since he saw the 1953 film as a child about the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, John McLaughlin has been fascinated by magic. "It was spellbinding to me," he says, recalling the ...

Last night, June 2, Eric Clapton rolled into Nice, France’s Palais Nikaïa to deliver the final performance of his spring tour. For the eighth staging in his European series, the guitar giant stayed ...