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Using just the index finger may not seem like the most “efficient” way to play, the low-end legend wrote in his GW column, ...

Chris Dreja, the rhythm guitarist and then bassist for the iconic band The Yardbirds, has died at 79, according to Parade. Bandmate Jimmy Page, the Led Zeppelin guitar legend who played with Dreja in ...

East Ayrshire's education boss has been forced to apologise after appearing to mock the point of music lessons. Linda McAulay-Griffiths made derogatory remarks about kids "knocking seven bells out of ...

A drummer for the 1960s British band the Pretty Things, “the high priest of lunacy” set a high bar for fiery performances and offstage misbehavior. By Alex Williams Viv Prince, a drummer for the ...

In the early days of Oasis, Noel Gallagher couldn’t afford to purchase a Gibson Les Paul. So he played Epiphone’s knock-off version. It was fine by him because The Beatles played Epiphone guitars, too ...

Rising country music star Maggie Baugh reached a career milestone as a touring guitarist with Keith Urban in 2025. Urban altered the original lyrics from “when they’re tryna get to you, baby, I’ll be ...

The wisdom of learning from failure is incontrovertible. Yet organizations that do it well are extraordinarily rare. This gap is not due to a lack of commitment to learning. Managers in the vast ...