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With three humbuckers, recessed bass strings, and a very peculiar double tuning setup, the Ugly Stick might be White’s ...
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The 2025 Minnesota Yacht Club Festival wrapped up Sunday with thousands gathering at Harriet Island Regional Park for some of ...
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A prized guitar stolen from The Rolling Stones has resurfaced at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York after ...
Wikimedia Commons/Unknown authorUnknown author Blind Tom’s White House Performance Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins made history in ...
Why is the image of the electric guitar hero so often a man, when women have been shredding the axe for nearly a century?
REIDSVILLE — For years, Michael Ken Jarrell talked about becoming a musician, but to his family and friends, that’s all it was — talk.
His expressive voice and unique guitar playing made him a pioneer for blind musicians, clearing out the way for crossover success in multiple music genres.
OBITUARY Amadou Bagayoko: The blind musician who infused traditional Malian music with upbeat notes – and joy The iconic artist of the famed Amadou & Mariam musical duo, known as ‘the blind ...
Amadou Bagayoko (1954-2025), iconic Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam – known as “the blind couple of Mali” – passed away on 4 April in Bamako. He was ...
These hereditary musicians sang the praises of the people in power in a flowery, strident style. The life of these dance bands was on the wane by the late 1980s, which is when “ la grand couple ...