Known for his work with Was Not Was, Bonnie Raitt, Ringo Starr and others, Jacobs delivers a funk masterclass that gives you ...

The neck makes the body and the headstock, which make you feel the guitar in your hand. Fingerboards of maple, rosewood, or ebony vary the tone and feel as well. The note accuracy is defined by the ...

Johnny Cash’s classics-packed 1957 debut album, ‘Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar,’ is getting reissued on high-quality vinyl in 2026.

From piano to guitar, these 17 singers know how to play instruments too. Explore how artists like H.E.R. and Beyoncé shaped ...

Loog Guitars and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation have unveiled the latest expansion of their Fender × Loog collaboration: a new Sonic Blue finish for the kid-sized Stratocaster® and Telecaster® ...

A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers, traces the Roots drummer’s journey from Philly prodigy to genre-shaping ...

The genre is most closely associated with Louisiana, but one musicologist points out its entire "corridor" runs from the Bayou City up to Lafayette.

Veteran blues musician Tinsley Ellis takes on new territory and strips down, delving into the acoustic blues traditions of ...

When Lily Vakili rolls into Jammin Java on Nov. 18, she’ll be carrying an entire ocean with her—one built from memory, ...

Live albums have all the atmosphere of a concert performance, usually complete with crowd noise and ad libs, but with the ...

The SLO Blues Society presents Debbie Davies in the SLO Vets Hall on Saturday, Nov. 15 (doors at 6:30, show at 7 p.m.; 21-and-older; $37.50 in advance at sloblues.org/buy-ticket or $45 at the door).

In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician Jack White appears surrounded by scrap wood and garbage. He hammers nails ...