In November, a female guitarist in a crimson dress performed with a Spanish orchestra at a concert hall in Tokyo. Her ...

American pianist and composer Chloe Flower is on a mission to get young people into classical music. She’s doing it by ...

On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an ...

Rising British singer-songwriter Maya Delilah has been discussing what it’s like to be a young female guitarist in the industry, suggesting that she doesn’t always get the respect that she deserves.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A holiday album that cuts through seasonal glut, a late collaboration by Jim McNeely and Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets are among the highlights.

Zuri Appleby, Lindsay Niccs, and Rachel Francis perform at the Passing the Crown 2025 event. (All photos by Lawrence Sumulong) If you were to have asked late Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia ...

If you were to have asked late Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia Robinson who helped put hip-hop—a genre traditionally dominated by men—on the map, she would have justifiably raised her hand.

There are countless country artists to choose from for this list. The guitar is the default instrument of country singers, at least in modern times. While almost all country singers have a knack for ...

During a recent podcast appearance, John 5 named three guitarists that "changed music." The guitarist, who's been known for his work with Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and is now a member of Motley Crue, ...

On my latest album, One Guitar Woman, I pay tribute to many of the female pioneers of the guitar, all of whom are among the biggest influences on my approach to playing the instrument. On the album, I ...

Buddy Guy has been playing the guitar for basically his entire life. He was born in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, a community just a stone's throw from the Mississippi River that, at the time of this ...