Sunday peaked at 94 degrees and wrapped somewhere in the 40s – we’re used to it. In cutoffs and sweaters, the Chronicle music team caught hedonistic electroclash, rambunctious UK garage, and two ...

Learn how to boost your blues to pro levels of authenticity with a handful of great chords and a rock-solid rhythm technique ...

The first guitar that mattered to me was not mine. It was my dad’s: a regular‑guy acoustic in the corner of the office/playroom, strings a little dead, wood a little scuffed, transformed into a magic ...

To be fully transparent, this was initially going to be a very different essay. I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of ...

When I was a teenager, I wanted to learn how to play the guitar. There was even a small bit of sibling rivalry, with a bet that my older brother would master it before I did. He won that one; he can ...

It's the perfect lesson for newer students that are starting to become confident with simple chord progressions and are looking to develop creativity with their strumming. If you are struggling with ...

In terms of population and total surface area, the world is an enormous place. However, some mysterious forces make it small and make coincidences ever so surprising. That notion itself is a complex ...

"I'm not exactly a straight arrow..." Freestyle Digital Media has revealed the first official trailer for Guitar Lessons, an indie dramedy from Canada created by filmmaker Aaron James. Even though ...

Noida: In between intense study sessions and medical textbooks, the gentle strums of a guitar echoed through a Sector 119 apartment. For 18-year-old Harsh Kedawat, this musical interlude wasn't just a ...