Willie Weeks is best known for his storied bass solo on Hathaway’s 1972 Live album, but the disc also features what may be ...

The 70-year-old jazz guitarist stunned the audience with streams of improvisation, loop pedal wizardry and his 42-string ...

Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...

I thought Phil was the most unique part of the Grateful Dead. It didn’t surprise me that Bob Dylan said that in his book Philosophy of Modern Song, when he was talking about [“Truckin’”]. Usually ...

Missouri bands seem dedicated to finishing 2024 on high notes. Two bands with Columbia roots recently released new material, ...

Lesh agreed, even though he had never played bass guitar ... “Each note seemed to take days to develop, ever overtone sang its own song, each drumbeat generated a new heaven and a new earth.” ...

Creating a great tune with today's computers is relatively straightforward and way less complicated than it was a few decades ago. All you need is a computer and a simple DAW and you can get started ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with ...

“When I first learned to write music I had a three-string nylon,” Sixx told Guitar World in a recent interview. “I started writing notes – I’m still the weird kid with the ...

Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, ...

What makes music operate how it does ... So, in an E minor for example, the bass note of that chord (on a guitar, this would be an open E string) defines the starting point of the chord, while the ...

The Experience of Ecstasy, philiosopher Simon Critchley explains why the only proof of animism he knows is music ...