North Bay soul outfit Monophonics teams with R&B veteran Lee Fields at Fillmore
Bay Area soul institution Monophonics kicks off a co-headlining tour with gritty R&B vocalist Lee Fields at the Fillmore in Thursday night.
Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera on how he found his bargain Firebird and why he has no regrets about rendering a ’51 Tele “valueless”
The Roxy Music guitarist invites us into his London studio to take a look at the guitars that he cut five decades of hits with, and tells us how a globe-trotting childhood led him to art-rock Shangri- ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune15h
A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California
Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, ...
Chicago Reader1d
Local trios Black Duck and 60 Strings celebrate the sound of electrified wires
Guitars of one sort or another reign supreme on this double bill of local trios. Under the name 60 Strings, pedal steel guitarists Justin Brown, Jordan Martins, and Sam Wagster use technical purism to ...
Lesprom Network1d
Proposed U.S. tariffs threaten 60% price hike on entry-level musical instruments
Such tariffs would likely leave high-end instruments largely unaffected but could erode accessibility for aspiring musicians.