Guitars
If Taylor’s smallest guitars were real human babies, the Big Baby Taylor would be the one that probably got the most milk…
It can be tough to find the best electric guitar under $300, but no matter how difficult it is to get a…
I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs,…
If you are looking for the best acoustic guitar under $1000, you’re in the right place. We’ve rounded up the top models…
From Tin Pan Alley grind to “Sweet Caroline”: the gamble, the myth, the stadium chant, and what Diamond’s story teaches musicians.
How Conor Clapton’s death shaped “Tears in Heaven,” why it hits so hard musically, and why Clapton eventually stopped living inside the song.
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.
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.
How a punk-loving art student who ‘didn’t know what an Aerosmith was’ became Joe Perry’s anchor, muse, and unlikely secret weapon behind Aerosmith’s rebirth.
From a Mexico elopement to Army life in Hawaii and unimaginable loss, the Straits built country music’s most private power marriage.
Tracy Chapman has written many powerful songs, but none as enduring as “Fast Car,” a…
From $10 tickets and quad PAs to drugs, danger and pure musical magic, here is what going to concerts in the 1970s actually felt like.





























