Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band ...

At a 1976 concert featuring American saxophone superstar Stan Getz and Brazilian singer and guitarist João Gilberto, Getz ...

As a metal guitarist, it pains me to say that on some days, I don’t even want to look at my guitar, let alone play it. There are moments when I feel so devoid of inspiration that I question why I ever ...

If we put our technical heads on for a moment, a microphone is a form of transducer; this technical term describes a device that converts one form of energy to another. In essence, the sound which we ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

We caught up with Flock of Dimes to talk about the Yamaha FG75, Björk’s Vespertine, Altadena, and other inspirations behind her new album.

Summer has winded down.The leaves are changing. The air feels crisper. The evenings come sooner. And with these things, one album that comes out of the autumnal woodwork is the ...

Plus, the classic horror film “The Terror” screens at the Empress, and the musical “Wonderlandia” opens at the Vallejo Museum ...

The Flea Market of Louisiana in Prairieville isn’t just big—it’s a bargain hunter’s paradise where Andrew Jackson on a twenty and his friend Hamilton on a ten can fund an entire day of treasure ...

When Saint Motel, an indie-pop band based out of Los Angeles with 5.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, dropped “Symphony ...

Mark Kahnke has played the guitar for most of his life. Now he turns guitar picks into works of art. Kahnke says it takes him ...

Most guitar players use a guitar pick to play guitar, but not Queen's Brian May, as he uses quite the unconventional tool.