Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ...

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In a crowded field of 1990s alt-rock bands, Bush is one of the more memorable ones. The British rockers stormed onto American ...

Joe Satriani says he knew Steve Vai was bound for greatness from the time he started teaching him guitar while at the same ...

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Eddie Van Halen’s widow has spent years grieving largely out of public view, sharing only fragments of her heartbreak with fans. Now Janie Van Halen is beginning to describe the private weight she has ...

When you speak of great guitarists like Jimmy Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana, and B.B.King you can't forget to mention Eddie Van Halen. Great guitarists have signature styles and Van ...

Few people are lucky enough to meet their idols, and even fewer get the distinct displeasure of realizing that those idols are copying them—but Eddie Van Halen managed to experience both. Before the ...