Guitar lessons: The idea of a slow blues guitar jam inspires a mixture of joy, dread and cynical rolling of the eyes among us players. Often these situations involve a minimal, simple backing, with ...

Guitar lessons: Born in 1966, Jeff Healey began playing the guitar at the extraordinarily young age of three, appearing on children’s television aged nine and playing in a covers band by 15. Having ...

In this writer’s opinion, it is a sign of weakness to think that you’re perfect at anything. There is always room for improvement, and taking a moment to better yourself by working on your craft is ...

As part of our series about students and teachers, musicologist Bruce Nemerov describes the way that one song is recorded by several different musicians in different decades of the 20th century. The ...

Native Austinite Eve Monsees, 32, relishes running Antone’s Record Shop. “I used to go there when I was first starting to play. I learned so much just by setting foot in the door, and it really is an ...