While performing a scene in “Bagets The Musical,” KD Estrada’s guitar string prop suddenly broke. This is one of the moments that shows the difference between performing live in a stage play and ...

Interview. Rob Mills on Diamond Head, Wacken, guitar mastery, Troy Stetina Speed Mechanics methods and teaching the next generation of rock guitarists.

Eighty-eight years ago today, one of the most influential multi-instrumentalists in American roots music was born.

Melbourne, Australia’s Steph Strings has been making a name for herself as an impressive acoustic guitarist at home and ...

Teachers told her to play the masters instead of writing songs, but she was determined to create the sounds she heard in her head ...

Deep-dive your technique for powerful intervals with six string-jumping, fretboard-stretching examples from one of the world's most influential super-pickers ...

Through the top window, illuminated by the glow of lights strung between the battens, the outline of a crowd was visible: Friends, family and townspeople gathering to enjoy an evening of Americana ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...

Guitar building is often considered the pinnacle of woodworking — it’s an impressive feat. But the lessons these high school students learn in this unique class reach far beyond the woodshop. Tucked ...

The 33-year-old blues musician first came to the city as a fan attending the Chicago Blues Festival. He’s now a staple of the local blues scene.

To be fully transparent, this was initially going to be a very different essay. I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of ...

What if the strings of a guitar could float, untethered, held in place by nothing but invisible magnetic forces? It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but Mattias Krantz outlines how he turned ...