For some players, guitar picks are extensions of their bodies; they can’t be too far from one at any given time. Percussive ...

Popular US musician ‘Guitar Poet’ Brian Gore has set sail on a cross-cultural musical voyage with his latest single, The ...

John R. Miller was raised in the heartland, which makes his music as authentic as it comes. Miller, who opens for Robert Earl ...

In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, Jorma Kaukonen said he was “amazed” at his guitar playing in 1965, as featured on his new archival live album, ‘Wabash Avenue.

The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live ...

Merle Travis, who penned the timeless country hit "Sixteen Tons," was born Nov. 29, 1917, in Rosewood, Kentucky.

Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna co-founder Jorma Kaukonen was born and raised in Washington D.C., but for many years he's made his home in Ohio -- where he studied at Antioch College. As he turns 85 ...

Jimmy Page could get pretty much any sound he wanted out of his guitar, but he needed to know the witchcraft behind some of ...

Ron Block of Alison Krauss and Union Station plays Folk In Fusion on 13 January at Waterfront Hall, Belfast as part of the Your Roots Are Showing Music Conference. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Lindsey Buckingham may have been a brilliant musician in Fleetwood Mac, but even he had his fair share of hangups when this guitarist jammed with them.

Vinyl fans, especially those who love classic rock, jazz and folk, will especially rejoice this year as, in addition to some ...