Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78 after dealing with "underlying lung issues." ...

It's so crazy how many different kinds of video game people there are. The other day, I was watching this amazing 8-year-old kid on YouTube strum all the complex chords ...

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The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..

Formed in Palo Alto, California in 1965, the Grateful Dead are remembered for a great many things: for their counter-cultural tendencies and enthusiasm for mind-expanding drugs; for their jammed-out ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 25, 2025. Find that audio here. Among the most cherished elements of the holiday season is Christmas music. It’s perhaps the only holiday that comes ...

Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber acoustic/smart guitars. Now the company has taken a bit of a left turn for its first ...

In March 2015, the singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, then in her early 70s, was rendered speechless—and songless—when an aneurysm burst in her brain. After months in the hospital followed by a stay in ...

[Music] [Applause] [Music] Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who a little later in this video I'll be showing you all those electric guitar parts but first we're going to stick on acoustic sticking to ...

Chord Energy closed its $4 billion acquisition of Enerplus Corp., creating a top Williston Basin oil and gas producer. The deal closed May 31 following approvals by Chord and Enerplus shareholders; ...