Will's prompt got me thinking. Glenn Branca renders his music on a huge scale: Many of his signature works are long pieces scored for extremely loud forces of alternately tuned (and often rebuilt) ...

Over the past four decades, jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny has earned plenty of awards that must be stashed in his closet. Among them are 20 Grammys in 10 categories including jazz, samba and ...

Krishnasol Jimenez is an award-winning guitarist and educator. He’s been fortunate to use a very special instrument to make some of his recordings: the only still-playable Stradivarius guitar. You can ...

When Greg Maloney first starting making classical guitars by hand out of his Mill Valley home during the pandemic, he thought it was nothing more than a passion project. But, a few guitars in, he ...

If you hang around members of Knoxville Classical Guitar (KCG), you learn some things. Like the fact that there are three distinct types of guitar: acoustic with steel strings, electric, and classical ...

They’re known as Los Romeros, the First Family of the Guitar—father Celedonio Romero, joined by his three sons, playing with a unity that only comes from a lifetime of making music together. Hear Los ...

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Julian Bream’s 1957 rendition of Weiss’ Tombeau Sur la Mort left a lifelong impression on me. As a ten-year-old, it ignited a passion for music and inspired me to pick up the guitar. In my formative ...

KAILUA, Hawaii — Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning ...