Lute player and guitarist Élodie Brzustowski talks about the challenges of the two-metre long theorbo, rediscovering guitar ...

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These misfires occur when a band’s signature strengths – be it heavy riffs, complex arrangements, or poetic grit – are traded ...

What makes someone goth? Learn the origins, core styles like Victorian and industrial, internet-influenced aesthetics, and ...

In Egypt in 1918 archeologists discovered a papyrus fragment from the Third century AD. And on that scrap of ancient paper ...

Bob Weir's guitar playing made an indelible contribution to the Grateful Dead. It may have been even more radical than you think.

I was outside taking a set break during a gig with my band Saturday night, when several members of the group saw the same ...

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Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any gu ...

A rare 1834 Stauffer-style Martin and Schatz guitar is on long-term loan from C. F. Martin & Co. and ready to be admired at ...

The Grateful Dead formed in 1965, and for the next 30 years, Weir supported Jerry Garcia’s melodic lead lines with his own ...

Folks will always be remember Bob Weir as one of the greatest all time rhythm guitarists, and here are three performances testifying to that.