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If Sonny Landreth wasn’t so humble, you’d say this live album was an act of pure showboatery, the slide wizard splitting the set into halves (acoustic/electric) and knocking each out of the park. The chops we know about, but the career-spanning material reminds you of Landreth’s craft – try Hell At Home and the haunted True Blue.

Henry Yates has been a freelance journalist since 2002 and written about music for titles including The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Classic Rock, Guitarist, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer. He is the author of Walter Trout's official biography, Rescued From Reality, a music pundit on Times Radio and BBC TV, and an interviewer who has spoken to Brian May, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood, Dave Grohl, Marilyn Manson, Kiefer Sutherland and many more.

Tobias Forge in 2024 and Ghost frontman Papa V Perpetua in 2025

“It made people feel uncomfortable. It made for a lot of misunderstandings and just made life hard”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains the struggles of being a masked, anonymous metal musician

Ronnie Romero and his band posing for a photograph

“People think of Ritchie as an angry, unfriendly guy, and that’s not him. I knew him when he was in a very good place”: Ronnie Romero has sung for Ritchie Blackmore and Michael Schenker and lived to tell the tale