Even if John McLaughlin had never released a single solo album or formed his pioneering fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, he would still be regarded as a visionary who changed the game for guitarists ...

When John McLaughlin looked through his archives in preparation for an upcoming tour celebrating his pioneering Seventies jazz-rock outfit the Mahavishnu Orchestra, he was shocked by how out-there his ...

Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard ...

This is a review of the similarities of The Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire, both performed by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, led by John McLaughlin, the guitarist and composer. The Inner Mounting ...

It’s very difficult to explain now just how jaw‑dropping and head-spinning Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame sounded when it landed in 1971, seemingly from a galaxy far, far away. At ...

Have you ever gone to a concert that was so overwhelmingly stimulating, so crammed with virtuosic musicianship, so spiritually uplifting, that you cried tears of gratitude at the end of it and forgot ...

“Although I’ve ended up ploughing this jazz-funk thing, my first fave band was Cream, then Hendrix. Then I discovered John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra when I was 14, in about 1972. My ...

As you might imagine, quite a lot of thought goes into planning your final tour ever. "It's not a light decision to not tour again, but that really is the situation," said John McLaughlin, the ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This past Wednesday night, a diverse group of Ann Arbor residents gathered at the Michigan Theater ...

The concert video triggered for me a number of memories about McLaughlin. I first heard him with Miles Davis in 1969 on the album In a Silent Way and as a member of The Tony Williams Lifetime group ...

If you really want to see John McLaughlin playing the music he made famous with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Friday night’s show at the Florida Theatre might be your last chance. The British guitarist and ...