Music News Watch the only footage in existence of Jimi Hendrix jamming on an acoustic guitar by Happy Hendrix sat down for a single-take, five-minute performance on an open-tuned 12-string, and it’s as hypnotising as you’d expect. One of the musicians often cited as the greatest guitarist to…
News Watch a restored 1969 live recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience by Louise Osborne In 1969 the Jimi Hendrix Experience performed an exclusive one hour set of ‘eclectic church music’. The footage was thought to be lost forever until it was found deep in…
News Photography High tea with a Fender Strat: check out the last known photos of Jimi Hendrix by Freya McGahey The very last photos of Jimi Hendrix were taken by his girlfriend Monika Dannemann during their stay at the Samarkand Hotel. Widely regarded as the best guitarist of all time,…
Arts News Stare in awe at Moebius’ gritty, psychedelic illustrations of Jimi Hendrix by Happy French artist Moebius aka Jean Giraud’s 1990s illustrations of Jimi Hendrix capture the musician’s gritty psychedelic flavour like nobody else could. French artist Jean Giraud’s contribution to comic books, sci-fi,…
News Pro Audio Gibson launches the Jimi Hendrix ’67 SG Custom and ’69 Flying V by Nick Mielczarek Gibson has announced the release of two limited-edition Jimi Hendrix models: the Jimi Hendrix ’67 SG Custom, and ’69 Flying V. Although Jimi Hendrix is best known for using Fender…
News Pro Audio Jimi Hendrix’s rare Japanese guitar fetches a mighty price at auction by Jeremy Span Following the mammoth $6M sale of Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ guitar, another iconic lefty’s axe has sold at auction for more than four times its asking price, going for $216,000 USD….
Features A guide to the best Jimi Hendrix live albums by Luke Saunders For all his eternally revered talent as a live performer, Jimi Hendrix never liked touring. Despite being immensely enigmatic and utterly otherwordly on stage Hendrix, for the most part, hated…
News Vinyl Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Band of Gypsys’ celebrates 50 years with a vinyl reissue by Claire Adema Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys is being reissued on vinyl this March – an anticipated release that has only just been announced. The vinyl is a celebration of 50 years since…
Features ‘Little Wing’: From Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan by Luke Saunders When Jimi Hendrix left this world he left a smoking crater in his wake that has yet to be filled. The rock world has reeled from the blow ever since…
Features Pro Audio David Gilmour reveals that he mixed Jimi Hendrix’s sound in 1970 by Luka Osborne Sound engineers are a very important component of live shows, however, they are easily overlooked or taken for granted. But maybe not in this instance. In a recent interview with…
News Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary will be hosted in the same venue Jimi Hendrix played in 1969 by Joanna Panagopoulos If you wanted to summon the spirit of a long-gone hippie movement which augmented the trajectory of our culture, you’d go to the exact same place Woodstock originally went down…
News The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland gets huge new 50th anniversary box-set by Happy Yes, that’s right. This October marks the 50th anniversary of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland… and to celebrate, Legacy Records will be reissuing the iconic album as a huge…
News Holy moly, there’s a brand new Jimi Hendrix album coming out early 2018 by Happy A collection of unreleased songs recorded by Jimi Hendrix between 1968 and 1970, the final two years of his lifetime, are set to be released next year. The 13-track Both Sides…
