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Freddie Roulette, a musician who helped bring the lap steel guitar — an instrument long associated with Hawaiian music — into blues, rock and funk to dazzling effect, died Dec. 24 at his home in ...

Though he’d typically flip to the neck/middle position pickup for glassy cleans, the quintessential SRV tone can be heard on Pride And Joy – a medium gain tone delivered in his Strat's neck position ...

All of these chords have a ‘dominant’ sound, which means they are somewhere in-between the ‘happy’ major tonality and the darker ‘minor’ mood. The two different A7 and the A9 chords are chords for ...

At age 18, Grace Bowers is often called a guitar prodigy. She played on stage with Nashville greats like Dolly Parton and Lainey Wilson, and she debuted at the Grand Ole Opry earlier this year. But ...

Attending a concert in Arlington, Virginia, was the push Gary Brown needed to start his own band. Brown, who had played guitar since he was 11, saw Charlie Pastorfield and the Believers with his ...

It may have been the part of his childhood he spent in Ames, Iowa, that turned Israeli guitarist Uzi “Ramirez” Feinerman on to Americana music. These days, Feinerman — or Ramirez, as he prefers to be ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) With a career spanning over seven decades, Bobby Rush stands as one of the most resilient and influential figures in American music. A master of blending blues, soul, and funk with ...

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