Guitars
So you’ve finally decided to upgrade and are looking for the best electric guitar under $1500 and $2000. With those budgets, you…
With an idealistic goal of spreading music instruction across the globe, ArtistWorks is different from most, if not, every other guitar lesson…
“That thing will never sell.”, were Fred Gretsch’s first words upon laying eyes on the Fender Telecaster in 1950. Nearly seventy years…
Guitar players looking for the best 12-string guitar need look no further. We’ve picked out the most highly recommended acoustic 12-string models…
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Led Zeppelin’s final US show happened at Oakland’s Day On The Green in 1977 with Judas Priest and Rick Derringer. Here’s why it still matters.
Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie: the hits, the Zappa years, the rights battles, and the hard truths about legacy.
Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss sang “Seven Spanish Angels” in Washington, D.C. with Willie watching. Here’s why his reaction mattered.
Barry Stock mistook a heart attack for heartburn mid-set. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what every gigging musician should learn.
A legendary jam, a classic soul ballad, and a Stephen King movie: how much of the Stand by Me title story is truth, myth, and musical serendipity?
In 1968 Johnny Winter scored a $600,000 Columbia deal and rewrote slide guitar; decades later Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons still raid his bag of tricks.
April 16, 1994. The music world was still reeling. Just eight days earlier, Kurt Cobain—the…
Ronstadt didn’t “dabble” in roots music – she made mariachi mainstream with Canciones de Mi Padre, turning heritage into a chart-smashing statement.
Fish’s 2024 album Paper Doll puts her touring band in the studio and turns industry pressure into songs about identity, vulnerability, and grit.





























