Foley's latest lesson unpacks the Piedmont fingerpicking style perfected by the likes of Elizabeth Cotten – and there's some ...

Not everyone decides to open a music store during retirement, but this downtown shop owner loves the next chapter in his life ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our ...

Don't be intimidated by the terminology. First-inversion chords is the fancy name for slash chords and they can add some ...

From jazz and blues to AR Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja and RD Burman — that's how far the strings of his instrument can stretch in a ...

Brown, a Republican, is running again for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire. At the same time, he's juggling a rock star ...

The Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg opens its new season in a new location. The Sept. 16 performance by the Isidore String Quartet will take place in the Hennage Auditorium, located in the Art ...

This popular outdoor series in Sullivan Square behind Legacy Hall will feature Hangar 09 (classic rock) and The Connection (blues, rock folk) on Sept. 10; Cody Christian (classic rock) and Cawson’s ...

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...

That flexibility proves it is more myth than artifact, more proposition than conclusion. What lingers, finally, is not ...

Singer-songwriter Ryan Lee Crosby calls his latest album an “authentically made modern-day analog field recording of a century-old blues tradition.” The new album, “At the Blue Front,” was released ...

"That was ad-libbed completely," Petty recalled of "How Many More Days" in 2005's Conversations With Tom Petty. "And not a bad song." Still, its the most skipped from 1987's Let Me Up (I've Had Enough ...