The Latest Breaking News from Hank Marvin

If you have even the most passing familiarity with Pink Floyd, you've heard an ethereal soundscape generated by the Binson Echorec. This is what it is, the unit's fascinating inner workings, and why it still matters

Veteran admits he sailed close to the wind as he taught prog giants to drink – but he learned how much it means to play live with a band

Hank Marvin and Queen's Roger Taylor have a new charity cover out.

Sir Tom Jones, 10cc and Gary Barlow join previously confirmed headliners Chaka Khan, James, Rag‘n’Bone Man, Bananarama and Elbow.

New charity album ‘Think Loud 4 Parkinson’s’ contains a unique version of Procol Harum’s 1967 number one ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ along with Leo Sayer’s cover of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ set to the music of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’.

On his own after a number of short-lived bands and the death of his friend, Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott, the late guitar hero ditched the ‘hard rock’ sound he'd grown tired of for something with more modern ingredients

Physics does not adequately explain reflected sound and echo effects. Take as example the echo-producing Echoplex, a magnetic tape device that influenced the soundtrack of a generation. Think of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love (1969) and the echo on its violin sections. The echo coming from Hank Marvin’s guitar shaped…

We pay tribute to the kings of twang with this electric masterclass in early rock ’n’ roll instrumental guitar

The good-humoured architect of twang died on 30 April, but his legacy is a guitar tone for the ages, forever evoking greasers, flick knives and hot-rods