They’re baaaack. Crested Butte and Gunnison’s Easy Jim — a band honoring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead — returns ...

Sunday peaked at 94 degrees and wrapped somewhere in the 40s – we’re used to it. In cutoffs and sweaters, the Chronicle music team caught hedonistic electroclash, rambunctious UK garage, and two ...

Learn how to boost your blues to pro levels of authenticity with a handful of great chords and a rock-solid rhythm technique ...

“Songs in the Key of Life” is a classic 1976 Stevie Wonder album. It also could be St. Francis High School music teacher Bob Mamminga’s manifesto. Stevie Wonder is indeed a family favorite, so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

As with any other hobby or skill, every guitarist has to start somewhere. For most of us, it all started by playing air guitar along with some of our favorite songs and wishing we could play like our ...

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Van Halen's "Eruption." It's a ...

World of Music, a long-time independent music store in Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sold to two long-time employees. The new owners plan to keep the store largely the same, offering a wide variety of ...

Pop music was never made for the virtuoso musicians of the world. Even though artists like Eddie Van Halen had ways of throwing in some genuine fretboard fireworks onto the hit parade back in the ...

Now is a great time of year to learn a few easy country songs on guitar. With winter coming and temperatures dropping, everyone will be spending more time indoors. At the same time, most Americans ...

Prince’s otherworldly guitar solo at the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony remains a timeless example of his extraordinary musical ability. Now, a documentary has shed some light on the ...