Check out fun events this weekend, including the Harbor City Card Convention at the Hilliard Center and the Tanbata Star Festival at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures.

There are guitar players, and then there is Joe Satriani, a man for whom the epithet ‘virtuoso’ is something of an ...

In a classic case of the lick that nearly never came to be, Campbell's guitar noodling and Petty's ear for a good hook ...

Billy Strings returned for his first show following a broken leg with a traditional bluegrass set that showed his and his ...

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San ...

Max Baca, lead singer and founding member of Los Texmaniacs, said he’s looking forward to breaking a decade-long hiatus this week when his band returns to Las Vegas.

Stapleton brought his All American Road Show Tour, with special guest Grace Potter, to central Pennsylvania on June 24. It’s ...

Feb. 9, 1964 — an evening burned into the fabric of nearly every American youngster my age — The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Actually, the Fab Four appeared on television three consecutive Sunday ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...

Center-to-center spacing is measured from the middle of one string to the middle of the next. Edge-to-edge spacing is the actual gap between string surfaces. For consistent feel, use center-to-center ...

Last week’s Sentenced to Be a Hero episode, Episode 11, presented the much-anticipated Round 2 between Xylo and Boojum. The fight itself was epic, and its conclusion also set the Penal Heroes on a ...

Tension Formula: T = (UW × (2 × L × F)²) / 386.088 — where T = tension in lbs, UW = unit weight of string (lbs/in), L = scale length in inches, F = frequency in Hz. This is the industry-standard ...