Keith Richards has put a name to those differences, highlighting the simple but effective guitar trick at the heart of The Rolling Stones.

In kindergarten, Michael Nunez learned how to play the accordion. It was a popular instrument at the time, so his parents started him in group lessons. By the time he was in junior high, Michael was ...

Music has long been a cornerstone of Winfield, home to the Walnut Valley Festival, which has brought folk, bluegrass, and ...

Feb. 9, 1964 — an evening burned into the fabric of nearly every American youngster my age — The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Actually, the Fab Four appeared on television three consecutive Sunday ...

A new program is offering traditional Portuguese fado guitar lessons with world-famous performer Ricardo Parreira. Here's how to sign up.

The magic of 12-string guitars in corrido music lies in their string arrangement. With pairs of strings tuned in octaves (except for the two highest pairs, which are tuned in unison), these ...

Roger McGuinn has a long legacy to look back upon, even if he doesn't parse the details the way some fans and critics do.

The challenge of how to play the song live forced the guitarist to new extremes of modification ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...

My first guitar lesson ended in discomfort, confusion and despair. But I was hooked. I was 10 but still sensed an intense connection to this beautiful and mysterious instrument. Since then, guitars ...

Although an astrophysicist, Brian May will always be remembered for his time with the hit band Queen. Helping form the band alongside Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury, the band gained icon status when ...