In 1968, Jeff Beck released Truth, a pumped-up blues-rock album featuring Rod Stewart's grainy vocals, Mickey Waller on drums ...

The guitarist reveals the deep friendship between the Byrds and the Beatles at the dawn of the 1960s’ psychedelic era ...

It’s apropos that west Michigan’s Full Cord would come “full circle” by recording two new singles with bluegrass powerhouse ...

The Spiritbox riff-master shows you how to chug along to Angel Eyes ...

Taylor Swift was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame by director Steven Spielberg. In her speech, Swift reflected on her career, the instinctual nature of her songwriting, and trusting her own ...

Angine de Poitrine don't abide by the usual rules of Western music, using their own custom-built guitar to strike notes that shouldn't exist ...

Mabe Fratti was a fan first. In a 2024 Baker’s Dozen feature with The Quietus, the Guatemalan cellist espoused her love for Bill Orcutt’s self-titled 2017 album. “His style of playing is aggressive ...

Eric Church is pulling on everyone’s heartstrings with his commencement speech about six strings. In a season filled with celebrity speeches to 2026 college graduates, the country music star’s “six ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. “I want to start with a sound.” That’s how country singer Eric Church began his commencement address at UNC-Chapel Hill. He compared ...

Country music star Eric Church delivered the 2026 Spring Commencement address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this weekend, giving the graduates a heartfelt message about life after ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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 ...