Iconic Dutch guitar maestro Jan Akkerman releases his new live album, My Focus - Live Under The Rainbow, via Artone/Music ...

Is there a more exciting electric guitarist on the planet than Jan Akkerman? For most of those packing out Café de Noot the answer is no. When Akkerman is on form there are few electric six-stringers ...

CD1 (Talent for Sale, 1968): Bags Groove; Revival of the Cat; Moonbeam; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; On the Green Light; What'd I Say; Slim Jenkin's Place; Hineimatov; Green Onions; Ode to Billy Joe; Comin' ...

Ground-breaking TV music program The Old Grey Whistle Test had been on air for only a year when Focus arrived at the BBC TV studios in mid-December 1972. That week’s edition was already pretty solid – ...

THERE can't be many guitarists who can play for Ice-T one minute, then BB King the next but Jan Akkerman is a musician of rarefied talent. The legendary Dutch guitarist is often regarded as a cult ...

He also has another influence to thank. He played the song's infectious angular guitar riff on a late '60s Black Beauty Gibson Les Paul Custom. Akkerman says he chose the model after seeing the ...