The Rush frontman played a Rickenbacker 4001 on nearly every track from 1975’s Fly By Night, but found a new bass sound for ...

Along with Leo Fender, the late Anthony Jackson became one of the most important figures in the history of the electric bass ...

Billy Strings took his series of Halloween extravaganzas to the next level in Baltimore with an homage to the Universal Monsters franchise.

Holiday gifting has just found a crowd-pleaser. The officially licensed bundle lands on December 15 with preorders live at Amazon for $99.99, which makes a learn-and-play setup feel easy to justify ...

William Lee Apostol (A.K.A. Billy Strings) never passes up the opportunity to go all out on Halloween. He and his band love to schedule an October 31 show, and they typically do something that’s ...

From heavy metal shredding to country twang, no one guitar is built the same. The nuances of guitars, such as the versatile tone and the varying bodies, differentiate brands and, more importantly, ...

The Blur bassist and The Modfather have both announced dates in the county next summer – and you don’t have long before ...

The violin has showed up on a few classic rock tracks through the years, and it always seems to hit just right.

Most guitar players use a guitar pick to play guitar, but not Queen's Brian May, as he uses quite the unconventional tool.

The vocalist, coming to Jones Hall on Nov. 12, is at the forefront of a new generation that is reviving the centuries-old ...

Brandi Carlile's 'Returning to Myself' is a bravura turn bolstered by help from new writer-producer collaborators Andrew Watt ...

Back in 2023, Billy Strings and his band had a show on Hallow’s Eve in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was basically a hometown show (he’s from Lansing), which makes sense as to why he felt so comfortable ...