Guitars
The best travel acoustic guitar can do wonders for your musical career, especially if you earn a living as a performing musician…
The CD-140SCE dreadnought is part of Fender’s new Classic Design Series of acoustic guitars. It’s an electro-acoustic that’s been fitted with an…
The guitar is one of the easiest and most satisfying instruments to learn. Guitars are also very accessible – there’s a guitar…
One of the most challenging things budget-conscious musicians go through is finding the best electric guitar under $200. It’s easy to doubt…
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.
Inside the barely documented 1970 Syracuse gig where Derek & The Dominos, Duane Allman and a young Elton John turned a half-full war memorial into a once-in-a-lifetime guitar summit.
From church solos to fashion runways to backup vocals, Whitney Houston’s early-80s grind explains how a “natural” became inevitable.
Shakira wasn’t always the world-famous superstar who can bring stadiums to their feet. In fact,…
When companies state that they are ‘disrupting the market of XYZ,’ I always snigger a…
From a tiny church in Maui to sold out tours and grandkids, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo turned a backstage spark into rock’s most enduring romance.





























