Paul McCartney's favorite John Lennon song, the A-side closer to the "White Album," was a tribute to a woman they both loved.

"Mind you, when I first met John, he played banjo chords," McCartney remembered. "He didn’t play guitar, ‘cause I had to show ...

Vince Gill revealed what he think makes a truly great record, and it has nothing to do with instrumental proficiency or ...

Many of his co-workers were African Americans who schooled Rodgers in the blues and taught him how to play banjo and guitar. Frail and sickly, Rodgers was forced to abandon his career as a ...

Jelly Roll sings of regrets, mental health struggles and redemption on his lengthy album, "Beautifully Broken." We delve into ...

That piece, “Maple Leaf Rag,” crowned Scott Joplin the “King of Ragtime Writers.” Born near Texarkana, Texas, likely in 1867, ...

Vappie's highly regarded unique and original tenor banjo style is equal only to his love of his Creole ... So, I sat down at the piano and figured out the notes in the chords and then looked at how I ...

On her third album, Acadia, guitarist and composer Yasmin Williams pushes even further beyond folk conventions, incorporating ...

Based in Austin, Texas, Invoke is a string quartet with a twist—they blend classical, folk, and their own original music. On ...

Encouraged by them, he learned to play guitar and banjo at an early age and ... when I was a little boy and he sat down and showed me chords. And my grandmother played piano in church.

When it comes to contemporary artists who push the boundaries of what music genres can be, fewer artists come to mind than ...