A short history of guitar - Summit Daily News

A short history of guitar Summit Daily News The children heard music from, and little lessons about, classical, acoustic and electric guitars. The music class was really an abbreviated history of the guitar, Roessel said. “I think it's really important to showcase that there's different things ...

Nurturing the New Mariachitos - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Nurturing the New Mariachitos Wall Street Journal By ANDY BATTAGLIA "Like Slash," said Sergio Ramirez, 12, after pealing off a riff from the Guns N' Roses song "Sweet Child o' Mine" on his acoustic guitar. "Yeah!" "You should see him do that dressed in a mariachi outfit," said Ramón Ponce Jr., ... and more »

College trio rock talent show - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

College trio rock talent show The Nelson Mail VINYL FRONTIER: Nelson College band New Vinyl members from left, Allister Meffan, with box drum, Alex Farrell-Davey, acoustic guitar and Ed Palmer with double bass. Student buskers hit a high note at the weekend, rising from the streets to be crowned ... and more »

Concert review: Bonnie Raitt at Chicago Theatre - Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

Concert review: Bonnie Raitt at Chicago Theatre Chicago Tribune Raitt finger-picked an acoustic guitar as though she were tracing a bead of sweat as it migrated from forehead to chest at the end of a blistering day. Drummer Ricky Fataar and bassist Hutch Hutchinson kept the pulse almost subliminal, more felt than ... Bonnie Raitt Captivates in ChicagoRollingStone.com all 6 news articles »

Giving voice to the acoustic guitar - San Jose Mercury News

Giving voice to the acoustic guitar San Jose Mercury News I discovered that there is a really huge subculture of the guitar world that's focused around this idea of solo players, people like Leo Kottke, people that don't need a band, because they are the band." Young, a contributing editor for Acoustic Guitar ...

Wood Brothers country funk in Boston - The Patriot Ledger (blog)

Wood Brothers country funk in Boston The Patriot Ledger (blog) ... reminded us of some dazzling imaginary mix of Crosby, Still & Nash with Jimi Hendrix, for the mind-blowing array of dynamic effects they achieved with Chris Wood's standup acoustic bass, and Oliver Wood's hollow body electric and acoustic guitars.