Emerging from the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s, acoustic guitarist Jack West forged a new style on 6-and 8-string instruments that integrates percussive use of the strings and guitar body with ...

Roadie tuners have been my favorite guitar tuners since I first used them. The Roadie 4 is the latest one to be released, and Roadie continues to make a great product. I use Roadie tuners for home use ...

Chronologically landing right smack in the middle of renowned playwright August Wilson’s legendary Century Cycle plays, Seven Guitars follows the lives of seven African-American characters living in ...

Budget and affordable guitars used to be one of the worst buys you could make when I was growing up. But the times, they are a-changing. Guitars like the Jet Guitars JS400 and other non-mainstream ...

It’s an incredible time to be a guitarist who doesn’t want to own a bunch of $2,000 amps and an expensive pedalboard of gear. Amp and pedal simulators, which have been around for decades, have in the ...

Craft’s OJC reissue of Wes Montgomery’s Boss Guitar delivers a clean, balanced AAA presentation with strong pacing, tight trio interplay, and excellent clarity. If your wallet wasn’t already bruised ...

For decades, learning the guitar has been a frustrating journey for many – a rite of passage involving sore fingers, complex chord shapes, and often, giving up too soon. Enter the LiberLive C1 ...

In 1968, an up-and-coming conductor conducted the RAI Orchestra in Milan for the first time: the 27-year-old Riccardo Muti. Broadcast on Italian radio, those concerts remain some of the earliest ...

“False War,” by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, follows the Cuban diaspora around the world. By Charlie Lee Charlie Lee is the reviews editor at Harper’s Magazine, where he also writes the Harper’s Index. When ...

Fender’s cross-platform Studio is hyper-focused on easy recording and the guitarist via an integrated amp simulator. It’s a handy, albeit limited app for any of those pesky guit-fiddlers in your life.

After losing his undisputed super middleweight titles, there has been a lot of talk about what is next for Canelo Alvarez. Some have suggested in recent weeks that Alvarez should retire, which Floyd ...