To some people, guitars are almost as essential as toilet paper. While the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, seriously hurting and shuttering many businesses, some companies — ...

Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only ...

Says Sweetwater Sound's CEO: "The two things that sell best during a depression or crisis are musical instruments and alcohol." This year’s virtual NAMM — the National Association of Music Merchants — ...

I gave up trying to play the guitar when I was 12 years old. This was approximately two weeks after I started learning it. Truth be told, I never quite got to the “playing” stage of things; I realized ...

In “The Devil Is in It,” John Stubbings explores the history behind the history of the steel-string flat-top acoustic guitar— ...

Now, according to Far Out, has donated the item to the Royal College of Music, where it will become part of a new touring ...

Ever dreamed of being in a rock band? Or a blues band? Or just a one-man band? Now is as good a time as any to finally follow your dream! And you’ll be glad to know it’s easier than ever. You can get ...

Deep inside a cavernous factory in Corona, some legendary rock names gather nonchalantly along a wall. There’s Eric Clapton next to Jeff Beck, with Mark Knopfler only inches away — not the actual ...

When Malian master musician Ballaké Sissoko opened the case to his kora, a traditional and delicate 21-string instrument, after an early February flight from New York to Paris, he was devastated by ...