Guitars
Guitar amps are the foundation of any player’s tone — and with the new digital and modelling options on the market, they…
I’ve travelled a lot this year. More than I have before, at least, and I’ve travelled with my guitar and no idea…
Cash-strapped beginners can get started playing guitar with the best cheap acoustic guitar under $100. Make no mistake, being on the lowest…
When you first see the Hummingbird acoustic guitar, you get the feeling that you’ve seen it somewhere before. And you probably had,…
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.
From “I Had Some Help” to a bigger genre shift, here’s how Post Malone and Morgan Wallen built a crossover that actually works.
What Zappa’s producer/label power did (and didn’t) change on Trout Mask Replica, and why the uneven leverage became part of the legend.
Band merchandise has come a long way from simple tour T-shirts and bootleg posters. What…
Jim Steinman’s teen-in-a-car epic sounded absurd on paper. Meat Loaf, Ellen Foley, and Todd Rundgren made it immortal.
Before Grammys and Paris halls, Diana Krall paid her own way for 20 years at pianos in North American and European bars.





























