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Freddie Roulette, a musician who helped bring the lap steel guitar — an instrument long associated with Hawaiian music — into blues, rock and funk to dazzling effect, died Dec. 24 at his home in ...

Though he’d typically flip to the neck/middle position pickup for glassy cleans, the quintessential SRV tone can be heard on Pride And Joy – a medium gain tone delivered in his Strat's neck position ...

All of these chords have a ‘dominant’ sound, which means they are somewhere in-between the ‘happy’ major tonality and the darker ‘minor’ mood. The two different A7 and the A9 chords are chords for ...

Attending a concert in Arlington, Virginia, was the push Gary Brown needed to start his own band. Brown, who had played guitar since he was 11, saw Charlie Pastorfield and the Believers with his ...

At age 18, Grace Bowers is often called a guitar prodigy. She played on stage with Nashville greats like Dolly Parton and Lainey Wilson, and she debuted at the Grand Ole Opry earlier this year. But ...

It may have been the part of his childhood he spent in Ames, Iowa, that turned Israeli guitarist Uzi “Ramirez” Feinerman on to Americana music. These days, Feinerman — or Ramirez, as he prefers to be ...

Guitar gods of North Africa bring their hypnotic trance to these shores in summer Tinariwen Tinariwen. Photo: Eric Chute Tinariwen in the USA Tinariwen at Electric Picnic in 2008. Photo: PA Tinariwen ...

Free jazz has not produced many notable guitarists. Experimental musicians drawn to the guitar have had few jazz role models; consequently, they've typically looked to rock-based players for ...