Lage is one of the many players who have all given the five-string setup a go. As Collier reveals to Guitar World, he also once gave his guitar to Irish folk hero Wallace Bird and Coldplay frontman ...

Bill Callahan never needed to shout to be heard. From the tape-hiss and four-track fog of the early Smog cassettes to the ...

One of the world’s foremost session and rhythm players, Ella Feingold, explains what most people get wrong about Buckley as a ...

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 ...

Guitar strings are one of the main components of guitar body styles. They come in several varieties, and each material produces a distinct sound: Tension refers to the degree to which a string pulls ...

I tried to play a 12-string guitar, and it was a completely different experience than I expected. From the thicker neck and higher string tension to the massive, shimmering sound, this video explores ...

A holly jolly bluegrass Christmas. Billy Strings has wrapped up his tours for the year, rounding out his 2025 winter tour with some stellar shows in Texas. After laying it down in Austin’s Moody Arena ...

The magic of 12-string guitars in corrido music lies in their string arrangement. With pairs of strings tuned in octaves (except for the two highest pairs, which are tuned in unison), these ...

Billy Strings rolled into Austin, Texas over the weekend for the final performances in a long year on the road. Even seasoned road warriors like Strings and his band of Billy Failing, Alex Hargreaves, ...

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Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...