Latest articles by Jim Campilongo
Here’s Why Buffalo Springfield’s ‘Again’ Remains an Essential Listen
Jim Campilongo takes a trip down memory lane with this 1967 classic.
Featuring John McLaughlin on Guitar Miles Davis Broke Every Jazz Police Law with ‘On the Corner’
This street-savvy album was a precursor of post-punk, electronica and hip-hop.
Vinyl Treasures: Mary Osborne – A Girl & Her Guitar
This is an essential work from an essential jazz swing guitarist whose bad-ass Charlie Christian-esque style is ripe for rediscovery.
Here’s Why the Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East’ Still Holds Up 50 Years Later
The classic album that gave southern rock a home.
Watch Jeff Beck’s Breathtaking "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" Performance with Eric Clapton
Video Here’s why ‘Blow by Blow’ remains one of the greatest guitar-instrumental records of all time.
Vinyl Treasures: Phil Baugh’s ‘Country Guitar’
A player who blazed a trail for the today's country shredder, Baugh is an under-celebrated virtuoso who is ripe for rediscovery.
Here’s Why Blind Lemon Jefferson Was a Guitar Genius
The Father of Texas Blues helped shape the future of rock 'n' roll.
Here’s Why 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols' Remains a Vital Record
The punk masterpiece continues to hit all the right spots.
Vinyl Treasures: Trio Matamoros
The music of Trio Matamoros is alive with Cuba’s bolero-son traditions.
Here’s Why Jimi Hendrix’s 'Electric Ladyland' Cannot Be Overlooked
Video This groundbreaking album was a tour de force for electric guitar in the 20th century.
Vinyl Treasures: How Ray Charles Disguised Gospel as Soul and Brought it to the Masses on 'Do the Twist!'
Gospel, blues, soul? Ray Charles embraced it all, with a sound that was all his own.
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Vinyl Treasures: How Tom Scholz’s Taste for the Extreme Made Boston’s Debut a Stunner
An enduring classic, Boston's self-titled debut is much more than "More Than a Feeling."
Vinyl Treasures: Billie Holiday’s ‘Last Recording‘
Though her troubles were catching up with her, Holiday’s final album brought an honest and instructive close to her career.
Vinyl Treasures: Johnny Smith’s ‘Moonlight in Vermont’
Undeservedly obscure today, Smith is an icon of 20th-century guitar, and this was his finest moment.
Vinyl Treasures: Deep Purple's 'Machine Head'
Ritchie Blackmore brings the fire on Deep Purple’s 1972 hard-rock masterpiece.
Vinyl Treasures: Kenny Burrell’s 'Midnight Blue'
Burrell and his band work the power of nuance on his 1963 jazz guitar tour de force.
Vinyl Treasures: The Yardbirds' 'Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds'
Two sides of the Yardbirds’ unique personality come to the fore with a Clapton and Beck guitar tag team.
Vinyl Treasures: Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins — Neck and Neck
When the Country Gentleman and the Dire Straits legend hit the studio, guitar magic started happening.
Hollywood Fats and the Fine Art of Playing Blues at 90 MPH
Hollywood Fats took the genre at his own speed and left everyone eating dust.
