The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment and is now in the RISD Archives.

Veteran bandleader and keyboard/trumpet player Marc Capelle brings his Red Room Orchestra to the Great American Music Hall ...

John Dwyer is an underground rock lifer. He’s best-known for leading California psych-rock institution OSEES and their various offshoots, but he’s been in the game since his time in early-’00s ...

The guitar solos Warren Haynes plays do more than dazzle and burn. They sing. A big reason is Haynes, a legend for his playing with the Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule, was into singing before ...

On his Instagram page, Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale wrote ... After two years of albums and tours, Sykes left to become lead guitarist with Irish rock band Thin Lizzy.

John Sykes, a hard-rock guitarist and singer who played with Thin ... The following year, Sykes was approached to join former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale’s band Whitesnake.

We lived close to each other when we were in Blue Murder we hung out everyday. He was an amazing guitarist and together with Tony Franklin on bass we had a great rock trio.” ...

Sykes eventually became the group’s lead guitar player. A few years later, Sykes was invited to join the band Whitesnake by lead singer David Coverdale. In a post to X Monday, Coverdale shared ...

Sykes joined Whitesnake in 1984 when the band’s frontman, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale, asked him to replace founding guitarist Micky Moody while the British band was on tour ...

British guitarist John Sykes, known for his roles in rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65 after a “hard fought battle with cancer.” His death was announced in a statement on ...

John Sykes, the electrifying guitarist who rocked the world in legendary ... He joined @whitesnake after, a perfect foil for David Coverdale,” it read. “Our respect and thoughts to his ...

The guitarist then joined Whitesnake, founded by David Coverdale. Sykes played for the group's album "Slide It In" before co-writing some of the band's greatest hits including, "Still of the Night ...