steve vai Archive
19 Aug 2025
Five Early Spotlight Tracks featuring Steve Vai
Guitar virtuoso and three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Vai released his major-label debut, the critically acclaimed and Gold record awarded Passion and Warfare in 1990. One of music’s most highly […]
10 Jan 2025
BEAT: 21st Century Crimson Men (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Speaking of surprises, what, if anything, has surprised or impressed you the most about putting this project together? There was one thing that really surprised me. […]
09 Jan 2025
BEAT: 21st Century Crimson Men (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… The ‘80s lineup of King Crimson was radically different from what had come before; it had its own distinct sound and sensibility. How closely will BEAT […]
08 Jan 2025
BEAT: 21st Century Crimson Men (Part 1 of 3)
Formed in 1969 in London, King Crimson was at the vanguard of progressive rock. Led by innovative guitarist Robert Fripp, the band made some of the most boundary-pushing, uncompromising music […]
07 Jan 2025
BEATing on King Crimson
New supergroup tour celebrates ‘80s era of groundbreaking progressive rock giants Though they had been one of the most boundary-pushing and critically successful bands to come out of the British […]
25 Dec 2024
Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: Concerts
Before the pandemic, I attended something on the order of three or four concerts a month. During the lockdown, obviously, I went to – let me count – zero. And […]
07 Mar 2024
There’s a Fire in the House: A Conversation with Steve Vai (Part 4 of 4)
Continued from Part Three… What led to the release of your latest album Vai/Gash some 30 years after you made the record? It was 1990, and I was really into […]
06 Mar 2024
There’s a Fire in the House: A Conversation with Steve Vai (Part 3 of 4)
Continued from Part Two… Beyond artists who are associated with the guitar, what musician has inspired you the most? My favorite artist – maybe of all time – is Tom […]
05 Mar 2024
There’s a Fire in the House: A Conversation with Steve Vai (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from Part One… How important is it to you that the listener understand the thoughts and feelings that you put into a song? It’s not that it’s important or […]
04 Mar 2024
There’s a Fire in the House: A Conversation with Steve Vai (Part 1 of 4)
Playing melodically and “shredding” are each in their own way highly valued qualities in music, especially in the genre of hard rock. But those two qualities – crafting an accessible, […]