Jason Narducy on inspiring Dave Grohl, getting R.E.M. cover tips from Peter Buck – and being Bob Mould’s bassist
Starting his punk band Verboten at 11 with a “terrible” SG copy, the modest guitar hero (and Bob Mould bassist) remains in ...
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'You can easily reach new heights in your guitar playing by learning a few of the shapes shown here': 5 easy ways to liven up your guitar chords
With some basic guitar chords (C, A, G, E, D for example, plus some minor versions such as Am, Em and Dm) under your belt, ...
Diego Garcia’s ship is home base for his new album, as well as his musical life as the seafaring Spanish guitarist Twanguero.
Garcia Diego's unique approach begins with his music, an unusual and energetic mix of traditional Spanish acoustic styles and ...
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Blues guitarist Dom Martin: ‘There was a lot of judgment about the drink and the drugs, from people who didn’t know my dad’
They’d had terrible childhoods themselves and had no role models to learn from ... I’d been looking for that guitar for about ...
East Texas veteran uses music to navigates life
During a camping trip to Canada, it finally clicked. Troy Seale picked up a guitar and started strumming a few notes – ...
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Makin Waves with The Smithereens: 'Maintain That Spirit'
Carteret's own New Jersey Hall of Fame power-pop act The Smithereens will return Dec. 7 to Carteret Performing Arts & Events ...
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Minnesota woman — not the Rocky Mountains — inspired John Denver's first No. 1 song
A look back at the Minnesotan who inspired more than one of his songs and how the state's cold spring inspired another.
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"Alternate tunings — it was like the sky opened up.” Rival Son’s Scott Holiday on how to get out of ruts
Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday recalls a conversation he had early in his career with an older, more experienced musician. “I said to him, ‘I don’t know if people are going to get the music I’m ...
Sting on his new trio, his old friend Billy Joel and why he’ll never wear spandex
The musician and former Police frontman talks about his life and career ahead of a five-night stand at the Wiltern in Los ...
Shaboozey Sounds Off With Shania Twain on How to Make Country Top the Charts
With “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” he's got one of the biggest pop hits of all time—and he sang on a couple of songs with Beyoncé ...
100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time (Nos. 100-26): Staff List
Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording ...
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“All that stuff”: The Eric Clapton songs Eddie Van Halen knew note-for-note
There is no better way to learn than by playing your favourite songs; that’s what Eddie Van Halen would tell you. “For guitar, I never had a lesson in my life, except when a friend of mine a long time ...