The South African musician spent a decade translating the centuries-old repertoire of the West African kora. He emerged with his a unique sound that isn’t restricted to the grid of the staff or the ...

Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke demonstrates how slide playing in standard and drop D tuning can be the best of both worlds ...

Guitar culture loves a big purchase. New pickups, vintage amps, pedals that promise magic in a metal box. Those things can be ...

Keith Richards has put a name to those differences, highlighting the simple but effective guitar trick at the heart of The Rolling Stones.

The convention couldn’t sound less rock-and-roll — the National Association of Music Merchants Show. But when the doors open at the Anaheim Convention Center, people stream in to scour rows of Fenders ...

Billy Strings kicked off his sold-out 2026 run of shows in Asheville, NC, taking over the town for four shows across five nights.

There aren’t enough guitar solos anymore. I mean, there are guitar solos still happening—in the metalspheres of the world, ...

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota will present three diverse concerts in March, including ArcoStrum, committed to redefining ...

LiteJam smart guitar uses RGB LEDs to light up chord positions and scales, making visual learning faster than traditional ...

Name Tom Lea, violist from Vitamin String QuartetBest known for Being a lovable classically trained viola player who loves ...

The London-based artist maps the human-machine interface on his latest EP, wrapping a fuzzed-out wall of guitars in uncanny ...

Vernon native Nick Piccininni, mandolinist for CO-based bluegrass group, Yonder Mountain String Band, plays Stanley Theatre ...