An ancient string instrument evolved into the flat-top acoustic guitar—an essential element in American folk, blues and rock.

Classical guitarist Jiji Kim runs through her performance of ''Aluminum Flowers'' with composer Steven Mackey during a rehearsal at Curtis Institute of Music. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa.

No matter the genre of music, the guitar typically plays a central role. And for that reason, it’s the central focus of the latest exhibition at The Durham Museum. “GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked ...

(DMN file / Larry Morris/The New York Times) The Italian luthier Andrea Amati crafted the first modern violin in 1555, and music was never the same. A century later, Paduan music master Bartolomeo ...

Welcome back to First news this evening. It's the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California but we are talking about ways you can celebrate music history right here in the Metro. Especially right now.

I remember the first time I saw Eddie Van Halen on MTV, the way he played two hands on the fingerboard during his "Jump" guitar solo. I loved his cool "Frankenstein" guitar, so named because he ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo residents are invited to rock out with the National Guitar Museum when its traveling exhibit sets up at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum. "GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The ...

Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Silverthorne Elementary learned to rock Thursday morning, a la Jack Black from the “School of Rock” with Dillon’s Doug Roessel, owner of Summit Academy of Rock.

In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...

Vertex Effects founder Mason Marangella has developed a fine sideline in chatting to session guitar legends over on his YouTube channel. In his latest clip, Marangella talks to LA-based pro Tim May – ...

As one display panel reads, "The guitar is a bridge between the art of sound and the sound of art." Indeed, the history of the guitar is as varied and expansive as the makes, models and brands of the ...

Arm the Homeless is synonymous with the Rage Against the Machine firebrand and one of the most iconic electric guitars of all ...