B.B. King reflected on his life in guitar many times across the decades. Here, he paints a nuanced, surprisingly humble ...

For country blues guitarist Todd Albright, there was no studio trickery involved on his upcoming album, “Blues for Dexter Linwood.” Albright and first-time producer Charlie Parr aimed to capture the ...

Conventional wisdom dictates that the pointy end of a pick is what you use to pluck the strings. The broader top is where you ...

Three veteran guitarists will bring their combined expertise in American roots music to Ann Arbor's The Ark on May 16.

Why are the blues the lingua franca of guitarists everywhere? Why is the 1959 sunburst Les Paul one of the most coveted axes in the universe? The answer to both questions has a lot to do with ...

Blues rock is often known genre-wide for featuring a killer guitar solo or two, especially when it comes to these three ...

In his 89-and-counting years on this earth, legendary bluesman Buddy Guy has seen some things. Maybe not actual vampires, like the ones his character encounters in Ryan Coogler's Oscar front-runner ...

Buddy Guy, who just turned 88, will be officially retired from the road by early fall. Only, before that happens, before the Chicago legend slows, a few facts demand context. For one, retirement doesn ...

COLUMBIA — Seated in a red wingback chair, wearing a hat that just wouldn’t stop slipping over his eyes, Drink Small mused about time. “If you want my time, you got to give me time to tell you,” the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Buckethead arrived on the scene in the 1990s, he embodied the phrase “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The guitar shredder ushered in a new era of guitar ...