“When I joined Pink Floyd I was trying to play some of Syd Barrett's parts, yet adapt them to my own style and taste,” David Gilmour told Guitar Player in 2003. “The framework I was working in was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns Few players have taken the blues vocabulary and incorporated it into progressive and ...

Plenty of things make Pink Floyd a unique band. But across psychedelia, piercing social commentary, or rockstar tragedy, one element always stands out (at least since A Saurceful of Secrets): the ...

If you had to guess what David Gilmour’s favorite Pink Floyd solo would be, we wouldn’t fault you for suggesting titles like “Comfortably Numb,” “Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2,” or “Money.” These ...

As David Gilmour talked about his new solo album “Luck and Strange” recently, the Pink Floyd singer-guitarist described the work as his best since he and his Pink Floyd bandmates recorded “Dark Side ...

Musical inspiration and success can take unexpected forms, like when David Gilmour scored his second solo No. 1 album with the help of a decades-old piece of piano music and a public transit jingle.

With only a few proper solo albums over the decades, Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour's inconsistency can make it hard to keep up: There was once an amazing stretch of 22 years between official ...

ROME, ITALY - JULY 01: Musician David Gilmour attends the 'The Kindness' Book Presentation of his wife Polly Samsonon July 1, 2016 in Rome, Italy. David Gilmour's new solo project Luck and Strange ...

David Gilmour and Roger Waters both laid claim to the legacy of Pink Floyd, rarely making solo statements. The difference was that Gilmour remained at the helm, leading Pink Floyd to three more studio ...