Rohit H Sivaram recalls sitting on the floor of his childhood home in Hyderabad, strumming hesitantly on an acoustic guitar. ...

Tinsley Ellis is stepping out of his comfort zone to bring a new sound to Albuquerque: acoustic blues. Hailing from Georgia, Ellis wanted to create a mixture of traditional acoustic blues sounds that ...

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Doug took one of those basses over to a Metallica rehearsal where they were working on their guitar rigs. This is when Jason ...

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A few months ago, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson, guitarists for Swedish metal perennials Opeth, stopped by the Martin ...

NAIROBI - The guitar thrummed, drumsticks smashed into ... After years in the wilderness, Kenya’s small rock and metal scene is exploding, with bands like Irony Destroyed, Last Year’s Tragedy ...

sleek production that gets under your skin (especially the elegant piano melodies on "Die for You" and acoustic guitar strums of "Ari's Interlude"), and a shimmering voice that deepens the ...

The grunge goliaths picked up the acoustic guitar and delivered a stellar EP He added, “I went on vacation and didn’t play my guitar at all. We booked a week and came in off of vacation. Everybody ...

As Bell says, “We recorded fresh parts to allow us to create new acoustic versions and added the vocals Philip ... "My parents were academics and not thrilled about me joining a thrash metal band." ...