In the 6th grade, PS122 gave all students a music test to see if anyone had an aptitude for it. The next year, when I went to junior high school, I was placed in the junior band. I wanted the trumpet, ...

The song opens with a rapid drum fill, leading into a frenetic bass line and gorgeous, soaring melodies married with crystalline keyboard work. "Never Forever" is unbelievably airy, evoking images of ...

Vai keeps a massive archive of song notes and taped snippets, meaning that some of his classic songs existed in the ether for ages before he finished them.

With guitar great Steve Vai recently announcing a 54-date 2022 tour, you had to figure new music was coming. And now we've got it in the form of a fusion-funk track called "Little Pretty" that lets ...

Revered guitarist Steve Vai has released a new song, “Candle Power.” As you might guess, he is also selling candles to go along with the song. “Hey Folks, Vai here. I wanted to challenge myself for my ...

Steve Vai has released a shredding new track called “Busted,” taken from his upcoming album featuring late singer Johnny “Gash” Sombrotto. Vai/Gash was recorded in 1991 when the pair decided to ...

Steven Siro Vai (born 6th June, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer and record producer. When growing up, the young Vai became interested in rock giants such ...

From June 23-27, Steve Vai and several of his friends will hold the inaugural Vai Academy Song Evolution Camp at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Vai talks about the camp in the ...

Steve Vai says he learned something very important from his years of playing guitar in Frank Zappa's band. “Frank did whatever he wanted," says Vai in a call from a soundcheck in Ontario, Canada.

Veteran guitar virtuoso Steve Vai will release his 16th solo album, The Story of Light, on August 14th. The album will be Vai’s first since 2005’s Real Illusions: Reflection, and it will reportedly ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s collaboration on the Satch/Vai ...

A new Mike Keneally album is always a thing of humming excitement and intrigue. And pending contradictions eloquently resolved. Forever searching along and within nooks and crannies of the soniverse ...