For contractual reasons, he could not be identified for the rhythm guitar he played on “Badge ... “We’d usually put the drums and bass on the right side of the room and the guitars ...

A DIY guide for building a bass guitar with provided templates and instructions, featuring the New Perspectives Music style.

Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of ...

You could be forgiven for thinking that a repository of sheet music doesn’t sound like the liveliest place on the block, but ...

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

A brilliant, inimitable guitarist, the late Joe Louis Walker merged Delta, Chicago, and West Coast blues styles with soul, ...

About three dozen bass violins, including a $250,000 Panormo bass violin, in the storeroom of Kolstein’s Music in Baldwin were loaded onto a truck last week by owner Manny Alvarez, according to ...

From references to the Chicago mob and the Pullman Company to a scene-stealing cameo by blues legend Buddy Guy, Ryan ...

On Thursday, May 22, blues impresario and harpist extraordinaire Tom Townsley will present the fourth in a series of themed blues shows at The Other Side in Utica, performed by ...

One of the most revered guitarists in the hard rock genre is Slash, of Guns N' Roses fame. Slash's hard hitting, powerful ...

We will never know who wrote the first blues song – even using the term is a misnomer. The blues developed through the complex oral tradition of African-based music, changing rapidly during the ...

Why do I feel the sudden, unshakable urge to be a part of Alan Jackson’s “Summertime Blues” music video? Is it nostalgia? Is it a yearning for simpler times? Maybe it’s the fact that seeing a youthful ...