Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music.

From Alex Lifeson to Peter Frampton, Mark Morton to Michael Schenker, we share the stories of famous guitarists' first ...

It sounds cliché, but there's never really a bad time to start learning something new. Learning a musical instrument comes with a ton of benefits, including faster reaction times, improved motor ...

In 1969, after nearly 14 years of constant gigging in small blues clubs and cutting scorching singles for obscure labels, songs that received limited radio play but were greedily snatched up by young ...

ZZ Top have recorded some great blues songs over the years – none of them better than the one on which Billy Gibbons played a Stratocaster gifted to him by the most revered guitarist of them all. It ...

Maison Thomas is clearly following in his father’s footsteps. Iconic ’90s rocker Rob Thomas clearly passed his musical genes down to his son, Maison Thomas. Maison, 27, took the stage with his famous ...

When he slipped off stage in the middle of “Hard Times” at the Rialto Theatre on Friday night, we had an inkling that blues guitar phenom Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was going to dramatically reappear ...

Designed with the beginner in mind House of Blues Presents Learn to Play Acoustic Guitar features professional guitarist Kevin McCreery offering a series of lessons on various aspects of playing the ...

A decade before Ottawa had Bluesfest, we had a blues scene fertile enough to propel a teenage Sue Foley into a career that has not only lasted more than 30 years, but also earned the Ottawa-born ...

Black guitarists have played a foundational role in shaping modern music, from the birth of the blues to the rise of rock, jazz, and funk. Early innovators like Henry Sloan and Lonnie Johnson helped ...

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993. This is ...