Born to a musical family in which his mom and dad both played guitar, Perkins took up the instrument at age 12. Early six-string inspirations include Chet Atkins, James Burton and ...

In 1970, The Guess Who topped the charts with “American Woman.” The Canadian rockers’ hit song went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 9, 1970, and remained there for three weeks. But the song ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

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 ...

A bizarre theft at a vintage guitar store in the US state of New Jersey has taken an unexpected turn, ending not with an arrest but with remorse and a handwritten apology. Two mandolins stolen earlier ...

TEANECK, N.J. -- Two instruments stolen from a vintage guitar shop last week in New Jersey were returned in an unusual way: with a handwritten apology note. The store's owner said the thief gave back ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars listed Travis Hunter as a starting wide receiver and a second-string cornerback on their Week 1 depth chart against the Panthers, reflecting the general sentiment heard from ...

Once a week, executives of D’Addario & Company, a maker of strings and drumsticks for the world's top musicians, gather at the company’s headquarters about 64 kilometers east of New York to strategize ...

FARMINGDALE, NY (Reuters) -Once a week, executives of D’Addario & Company, a maker of strings and drumsticks for the world's top musicians, gather at the company’s headquarters about 40 miles east of ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - An elegant sound fills the Faith Presbyterian Church, from the violins’ vibrant sounds to the cellos’ deep, velvety tones. It’s a talented group of musicians who make up ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered ...