The Texan virtuoso discusses inspirations from jazz greats, admits he was too busy practising to join a band, and tells us ...

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The cellist reunites with guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tomas Fujiwara for five stunning tracks that are boundary-pushing yet populist US cellist and composer Tomeka Reid ...

Rock music continued to evolve in 1967, and with it, so did guitar riffs. As fuzz guitar pedals became more ubiquitous, the volume intensified to blistering levels. Guitar effects have as much to do ...

There aren’t enough guitar solos anymore. I mean, there are guitar solos still happening—in the metalspheres of the world, most explicitly—but rock and roll’s got a serious solo deficiency going on.

Percussionist R. Tiki Fullwood extended the invitation for Hampton to come to Detroit, where Funkadelic was recording its 1975 album “Let’s Take It to the Stage.” Without much fanfare Hampton became ...

In life, legendary graffiti artist Fuzz One promoted himself anywhere he could — on subway cars, buildings and canvasses — but his last act was one of selflessness, donating his liver and kidney and ...

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, ...

When Ernie Isley laid down his fuzzier-than-fuzzy “That Lady” solo in 1973, which appeared on The Isley Brothers' 1973 record, 3 + 3, people were blown away. So blown away, in fact, that many didn’t ...

“I’m such a f—king tease,” Mannequin Pussy frontwoman Marisa Dabice sang to the Outside Lands crowd, before launching into the broiling chorus of “Loud Bark,” from their most recent album. “I got a ...