As a long-suffering ukulele advocate, I can appreciate the challenge of preaching about wacky instruments to the masses. “At first glance you might not take it seriously,” Gibbons told the Times, ...

BURLINGTON, KY. (WKRC) - It’s not a new concept, the Cigar Box Ukulele, but making them is a newfound hobby of Chip Ramsey’s. Ramsey, however, isn’t putting together those pre-made, ready to assemble ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - It started as a search for a different sound. Kevin M. Kraft spent years unsatisfied with the instruments he had and was considering commissioning a custom-made guitar when he ...

EL SOBRANTE, Calif. (KGO) -- One man's trash is another man's treasure and this rings true for an East Bay man who is bringing life back into old items. Steve Zwetsch is pairing unlikely items ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - About five years ago, Bill Jehle decided to build the perfect electric guitar. Dissatisfied with all of his equipment, Jehle began to take note of certain features in his dozen or so ...

It was an offer they couldn't refuse. Savannah's best blues guitarists were offered a free cigar box guitar in exchange for donating their talents to a free concert that will be presented Aug. 6 at ...

Read full article: Understand: How deepfakes affect state, national laws and the impact they have on candidates Polls open at 7 a.m. SAN ANTONIO – Charlie Rehfeld and his wife travel to festivals ...

SPRINGFIELD — If you want your kid to be the next Jimi Hendrix, you wouldn’t dare think of giving him several tabs of acid, 20 milligrams of amphetamines and a horde of groupies with loose morals. So ...

Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have been around for close to 160 years. In the central Massachusetts town of ...

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