I remember the first time I saw Eddie Van Halen on MTV, the way he played two hands on the fingerboard during his short “Jump” guitar solo. I loved his cool “Frankenstein” guitar, so named because he ...

The minimalist composer and collaborator with Jim Jarmusch is electrifying a 24-string relic — and scandalizing classical ...

There are times when a trend happens so fast that it’s just like being hit in the face with an ice cold towel, and then there are times when it’s so slow moving that you can feel something happening, ...

Will's prompt got me thinking. Glenn Branca renders his music on a huge scale: Many of his signature works are long pieces scored for extremely loud forces of alternately tuned (and often rebuilt) ...

When Fender chose artists to represent its iconic Stratocaster guitar in a new marketing campaign, it didn’t go with the usual Strat-slingers. You won’t see Pete Townshend windmilling or Eric Clapton ...

Betty Fox, a legacy member of the WMNF family, appears this week ahead of the Tropical Heatwave annual show, her second ...

The fingerstyle guitarist and genre-blending singer-songwriter recently released her debut record on the historic Blue Note ...

Electric guitars have been the foundation of many types of our most popular music styles for decades now, and over that time a lot of funky and oddball instruments have been designed. The mid-1970s ...

The electric guitar is one of the world’s most enduring symbols of rock and roll, with classic designs like the fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul remaining musical icons. Many of the musicians ...

On July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival and plugged in his electric guitar for what many consider to be the first time. The folk artist turned in his flannel shirt for ...