Guitars
Looking for a great beginner instrument that lets you get started playing bass on a small budget? The Yamaha TRBX174 is the…
Can you have a Fender even if you’re just a beginner guitar player? The answer is a resounding YES. Many people think…
It’s easy to get young people started with playing the guitar by finding the best acoustic guitar for kids. To help you…
Moving up from a starter guitar means aiming for the best electric guitar under $1000. We know how important it is for…
Revisiting the doomed New Year’s run of 1952-53: the driver, the hotel stop, the rumored last words, and what’s fact vs legend.
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.
Norah Jones names Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Bobbie Nelson and Bill Evans as her core piano influences. Here’s how to hear (and learn) it.
Queens of the Stone Age’s 2002 breakthrough is a fake-radio fever dream: Grohl’s drums, Lanegan’s grit, Homme’s hooks.
How Gregg and Duane Allman turned a simple rule – if it’s a hit in your heart, it’s a hit – into a blueprint for honest Southern rock.
Behind the swagger was a son who put his father on the payroll. How poverty, prison, grief and money twisted Elvis and Vernon’s bond.
Joan Baez’s new documentary rips away the halo to reveal trauma, activism, aging and art – and why the Queen of Folk still refuses to go quietly.





























