A slash chord such as A/B features a triad over a non-root bass note. In this case, an A major with a B in the bass (check ...

Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, ...

Willie Weeks is best known for his storied bass solo on Hathaway’s 1972 Live album, but the disc also features what may be ...

With three synth layers, a variety or digital and virtual analogue engines and an innovative interface, Polyend's latest has ...

Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber ...

Black Sabbath have a lot of songs which will go down in history as classics, and Gezer Butler thinks that this underrated track should be one of them.

Forget Jimmy Page, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix or Slash; here we look at five criminally overlooked guitar heroes in music ...

“If you have the heart and soul and spirit behind it, four chords and a ... ukulele first, then guitar, before teaching themselves to play almost any strummed instrument they could get their hands on.

Krieger explains how the song changed from the time they played it in clubs until it became a chart-topping hit single ...

Phil Lesh grew up listening to classical and jazz music. Then he reimagined the electric bass and changed rock history. The Grateful Dead’s bassist and founding member died on October 25 at age 84.

The Battle of the Bands is one of the largest events featuring student musicians in the Amherst area. This year, a ...