The leaders of two of America’s top musical instrument retailers, Guitar Center and Sweetwater, say they’re trying to engage ...

A signature-shifting collision of bucolic folk and frayed-edge rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is one of the ’70s’ most daring records. Barre takes us on a deep dive back to those fabled sessions, from w ...

Additional musical elements in the song’s recording — including guitar and drum parts ... Not only is it commonplace in many ...

This isn’t always easy on the guitar, but the Em/maj9 (E minor and B major combined) in Example 5 is a great example. The ...

Chris Prescott taught his friend Joe Roland how to play his first chords on the guitar. Roland taught the world how to take ...

Colin Blunstone said the event in St Albans, Hertfordshire, where the band formed in 1961, would be "tinged with sadness" as they perform without Argent. Blunstone is continuing with a solo career ...

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It arrived with no fanfare. Twenty-five minutes on Friday evening in black and white. But watching the very first episode of Countdown on November 8, 1974 — 50 years ago — lit a fuse in me that burned ...

Tsunami created a DIY blueprint for the ’90s indie rock scene. Decades later, a new box from Numero Group celebrates the band ...

I was in the audience when Radiohead’s Thom Yorke called a heckler a coward. This episode got me thinking about freedom and ...

As The Metal Gods gear up to celebrate Painkiller’s 35th anniversary, we revisit and re-order every track on their ...