The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...

Tony Rice, the bluegrass guitarist and vocalist known for his elegant, innovative flatpicking, died Friday at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 69. Rice’s death was confirmed by the ...

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The nimble king of flatpicking had enormous influence on a host of prominent musicians. And he could sing, too, until he could no longer. By Bill Friskics-Warren Tony Rice, an immensely influential ...