The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Goldblade & Poly StyreneFor: A Worthwhile CauseIt's rare for a Christmas single to be both poignant and raucous but then City of Christmas Ghosts is not your typical Christmas single. It may not be typical but it's Duane Eddy guitars and str... more info

Popdose — At 72 years of age, there’s not much that Jim Horn hasn’t done. While his name might not be immediately familiar, you’ve definitely heard a lot of his work over the years. The session vet got his start playing sax and flute as a key member of D... more info

Guardian Music — DaddyPig gives us his choices from last week's threadThis week's playlist has been selected by Tim Sanders, who goes by the username DaddyPig.Telephones both connect and frustrate; disembodying us even as we whisper into each others' ears. Earth's or... more info

Guardian Music — Grand Opera House, YorkDuane Eddy is explaining how Richard Hawley revived the career of one of rock'n'roll's founding fathers after years of silence. "We had no songs and no budget. We said 'Let's just do it!'"A year on from Road Trip, the twanging ... more info

Guardian Music — Guitarist in the coterie of session musicians known as the Wrecking CrewThe American guitarist, songwriter and arranger Billy Strange, who has died aged 81, collaborated with many of the major figures in pop music, including Elvis Presley, the Beach ... more info

Guardian Music — Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist with the Buena Vista Social ClubManuel Galbán, who has died aged 80, was one of Cuba's best-loved and most original guitarists, with a distinctive twangy style that made him sound at times like a Latin answer to Duane ... more info

Guardian Music — It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's your pick of songs with superpowers, from the Batman Theme to Spidey's Wild RidePow! A good pop record has impact, and often shock value. And we want to imagine our pop stars as lifted from ordinary life to become ... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, London"The only reason I'm standing here in front of you tonight is because of this man," says Duane Eddy, nodding at the black-suited type to his right. "Otherwise I'd be sitting home in Nashville, bored out of my gourd." It was Sheffield ... more info

Guardian Music — (Mad Monkey/EMI)Arguably the first rock'n'roll guitar hero, Duane Eddy's trademark twang was part of pop's very foundations. With the Guitar Man now 72 and studio silent for 24 years, producer Richard Hawley has done what he did with Tony Christie's ... more info

Guardian Music — As Google celebrates the 96th anniversary of the guitar legend's birth, Michael Hann picks his three favourite electric guitarsAnyone who has seen Google's rather brilliant working guitar doodle will know that Les Paul would have been 96 today. And e... more info