You leave an August Wilson play feeling more alive, more human. The Ensemble Theatre's vibrant and accomplished production of Seven Guitars typifies the experience, continuing the company's invaluable ...

There’s something about a slow sip of good Kentucky bourbon that feels a lot like the low hum of a John Lee Hooker riff – ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gibson guitars have been such a fixture in music history that Chuck Berry was laid to rest with his, B.B. King affectionately named his “Lucille,” and Eric Clapton borrowed one from ...

Maybe it’s all the bending and vibrato, and the associated pain that comes with steel-string manipulation, but there is something deeper about the connection between the blues player and their guitar.

A veteran guitar player who has backed rock and blues royalty for more than 40 years will return to his native New Jersey in August to headline the 2017 Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival, which kicks ...

There's never been more choice when it comes to electric guitars for blues guitarists, but we've narrowed down the field to eight stone-cold killers Chicago blues giant Muddy Waters’ first 'guitar' ...

Wolfgang defaults to AC/DC songs to test out his guitars for good reason. In that same conversation with Guitarist, he ...

Born in 1917 near Clarksdale, Mississippi, John Lee Hooker's first exposure to music was via the religious songs approved of by his preacher father. All other music was forbidden in the house, and it ...

“Dancing Aloud,” a sign said. On stage, guitarist Corey Dennison, 43, white and well tattooed, had just opened an instrumental conversation with a grandfatherly figure in a White Sox cap. “This is my ...

They grew up on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota. They learned the blues from their father, the late Greg Zephier, an American Indian Movement activist. But the two brothers, a sister ...