The Fender Telecaster has some of the world’s biggest artists as fans, but what has made the guitar such a success?

Victor Wooten says he has lots of bass heroes, and he has just as many bass guitars, so it’s fitting that one of his most ...

WMNF's Live Music Showcase welcomes Cosmic Jenkins, a fusion group playing reggae mixed with pop sensibilities.

A shared love of The Beatles brought together rhythm guitar player Dave Allen, lead guitarist Pete Church and bass guitar player Doug Rice, the three members of the acoustic Beatles tribute group the ...

The 2026 series will kick off on Thursday, June 4, 2026 with Hoppie Vaughan & The Ministers of Soul! Hoppie Vaughan has been igniting and expanding the ...

The music world was rocked early in the year by the news that Billy Bass, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, had ...

One disco floor-filler helped pave the way for the popularity of rap music, with Blondie and Queen later crediting the track for their own rock revolution. Bass Player Magazine named Chic’s “Good ...

Bass players might not always grab the spotlight in the same way as showboating lead singers or preening lead guitarists, but without them, rock would struggle to find its roll. Over the years, many ...

A Counter-Strike 2 tournament has slapped a player with a 10-year ban after he punched his opponent live on-stage at a local German LAN. 30-year-old CS2 player and streamer MAUschine, from Berlin, ...

Every now and then, music gets a guitar hero—a player who makes the instrument sound like something other than itself. Jeff Beck transformed it into something like the human voice singing; Jimi ...

Wayne Perkins may not be a name that all modern music fans know, but he had a big impact on rock music as well as blues and even reggae. Sadly, the guitar icon, who helped influence the likes of ...