Meet The Real-Life Girl From Ipanema

More than 50 years ago, two Brazilian songwriters spotted a 17-year-old girl strolling near the beach in Ipanema, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro,...

The Soulful Art Of Making A Flamenco Guitar

Conde guitars have been inspiring artists from Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan. They are made in a humble basement workshop in Madrid by a...

David Gilmour’s BBC Interview How He Get His Guitar Tone

In this BBC interview, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour explains how he gets a performance out of his guitar, sounding like it's from the stage,...

Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard on Focusing On The Negative

Paste: What did you used to covet that you’ve learned to live without? Ben Gibbard: I don’t know if it’s necessarily that. I think it’s a struggle...

How Steely Dan Succeeded Using Core Members And A Rotating Group Of Musicians

Polyphonic takes a look at the still-popular and genius of Steely Dan. Throughout their career, core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and...

The Greatest Debut Metal Albums of All Time

Heavy metal music was known to have developed in the late 1960’s and in the early 1970s especially in the UK. Today there are...

Colin Linden And Luther Dickinson Join Forces On ‘Amour’

Colin Linden and Luther Dickinson pair their roots guitar talents for Amour, due out February 8 via Stony Plain Records. The album was produced...

Introducing the Baroque Theorbo, One Of The Longest Musical Instruments EVER

"People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the...

Phish Announce Summer 2019 Tour

Coming off another four-night sold-out New Year's Eve run at Madison Square Garden, Phish will hit the road again this summer. The 26-date tour...

The Branford Marsalis Quartet Expands Range And Creativity On New Album “The Secret Between The Shadow And The...

The Branford Marsalis Quartet announce the release of their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, on March 1. The new...

World’s Largest Independent Reggae Label VP Records Celebrates 40th Anniversary

VP Records, the world’s largest reggae music company, announces a year-long calendar of activities in celebration of its 40 years in the United States....

Computer parts orchestra The Floppotron Performs Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone”

The viral-worthy computer parts orchestra The Floppotron is back with another song, Kenny Loggins’ track, Danger Zone, best known for its appearances on the...

Members of Arkells to join Walk Off The Earth and more at Memorial & Tribute Concert for Mike “Beard...

Members of Arkells will join Walk Off The Earth and more at a free Memorial & Tribute Concert for Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor, Walk...

This 3-Part Series On Guitar Players From 1929-1989 Is GREAT

Rick Beato has created a landmark YouTube series discussing the greatest guitarists between 1929 and 1989. No easy feat. The first part spotlights guitarists...