Blackstar Beam Solo can absolutely hang with the more established brands when it comes to its headphone amp offering. The ...

It’s an incredible time to be a guitarist who doesn’t want to own a bunch of $2,000 amps and an expensive pedalboard of gear. Amp and pedal simulators, which have been around for decades, have in the ...

Here's why Metallica stopped using guitar amps live, according to James Hetfield's guitar tech. Metallica fans may or may not have even noticed that the rockers don't have a bunch of amps lined up ...

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John Lodge, the legendary bassist and vocalist of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 82. In a statement shared with Fox News Digital on Friday, Lodge's family said that he died "suddenly and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Guitarists love gear. Great swathes of the music tech industry are predicated on the relentless consumption of new tone-shifting gadgets by players of all abilities and ages. This is the premise that ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

WiiM may be spreading its wings by entering two new product markets this year, but it is also buckling down on its speciality – affordable streaming components. If it is indeed the foundation of ...

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The legendary guitarist Buddy Guy has said he took on his role in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners “to help the blues”. The iconic Chicago blues musician, 88, makes a poignant appearance at the finale of the ...