Guitar

gTar: The Guitar That (Almost) Plays Itself

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Incident, Iphone Guitar, Gtar, Rock Band, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Guitar, Guitar Hero, How to Play Guitar, Learning Guitar, Small Business News and Trends, Guitar, Small Business News

In the past 15 years or so, you could say that there have been some interesting developments for the budding guitar players of the world. The rise of ...

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Acoustic-guitar Duo Rock Their Way Along an Unlikely Path to Success

Marty Lipp | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Latin Alternative Music, Latin Music, Guitar, Flamenco, Nuevo Flamenco, Rock en Espanol, Acoustic Guitar, Video, Arts News

Sánchez recalled recently that their first time playing on the street -- "We didn't even look up" -- but still caused so many people to gather around them that the police had to break up the crowd.

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Playing From the Old Heart of Flamenco

Marty Lipp | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Camaron De La Isla, Roma, World Music, Gypsy, Gypsy Kinds, Andalucia, Spain, Flamenco, Jazz, Jazz Guitar, Paco De LucíA, Guitar, Video, Arts News

It's been more than fifty years since Paco de Lucía taught himself guitar and stunned the world of flamenco as a child prodigy, then went on to develop peerless technique and controversially reshape the boundaries of the genre.

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Guitar-Strumming Astronaut Plans Zero-G Recording Gig

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Chris Hadfield, Nasa, Video, Recording Music in Space, Iss, Space Station, Guitar, Canadian Astronaut, Guitar in Space, Astronaut, Science News

By: Steve Spaleta, SPACE.com Producer/Editor Published: 03/19/2012 09:45 AM EDT on SPACE.com Canadian astronaut and future space station comma...

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WATCH: This Is Your Brain On Music

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Spearman's G, Video, Neuroscience, Guitar Zero, Talk Nerdy to Me, Guitar Hero, Science, Gary Marcus, Psychology, Cara Santa Maria, Guitar, Musical Ability, Music, Learning, Critical Period, Science News

Do you want to learn how to play an instrument but think that you "can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Then you'd be interested in what Gary Marcus has to say.

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WATCH: Baby Quadruplets Love Guitar

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Video, Funny Videos, Cute Videos, Guitar, Music, Babies, Guitar Concert for Quadruplets, Quadruplets, Comedy News

These babies must have hit some kind of cool-stuff-in-life jackpot, because not only are they quadruplets, but they also have a great-uncle from Peru ...

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Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To L.A. Schools

NoiseCreep.com | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Van Halen, Music Donation, Celebrity Giving, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, Guitar, Eddie Van Halen, Celebrity Donation, Music, Mr. Holland's Opus, Impact News

Everyone knows the guitar is the coolest instrument in the school band, but kids in the greater Los Angeles area now have even more incentive to pick ...

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Board the Gary Clark, Jr. Train

Jon Chattman | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Alicia Keys, A-Sides, Paul McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., A-Sides With Jon Chattman, Westchester, Music School, Guitar God, Guitar, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stone, Gary Clark Jr, Bright Lights, Video, Culture News

With just an EP to his credit, the Texan has already received praise from everyone from Eric Clapton to Alicia Keys, and Rolling Stone recently singled him out as one of five shredders to watch under 40.

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The Greatest Guitar Player Of All Time Revealed!

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, Rolling Stone Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Jeff Beck, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Music, Keith Richards, Video, Rolling Stone, Guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Jimmy Page, Entertainment News

Self taught and genre-bending, Jimi Hendrix defined rock & roll. With a legacy that lives on nearly half a century after his death, it comes as no sur...

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Wyandotte, MI: Guitar Teacher Gives Lessons Worldwide From The Comfort Of His Home

wyandotte.patch.com | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Guitar-Lessons, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Skype, Wyandotte-Mi, Guitar, Michigan, Home News

"The power of Skype is that it takes away that geographical constraint and allows you to be taught by truly talented teachers." ...

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There Goes My Guitar Hero, Brad Paisley

David Wild | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Brad Paisley, Guitar, Country Music, Rock and Roll, Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, Keith Richards, Cma, Jimmy Page, Entertainment News

Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me is the story of Brad Paisley's life with strings attached, and a very open and personal love letter to the guitar from one of its finest practioners today.

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Nathan Salsburg's Guitar Storytelling

Bob Moses | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Guitar, James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg, Acoustic Guitar, Arts News

Nathan Salsburg has two new recordings of guitar music that tell colorful stories. His solo recording, Affirmed, is out on Nov. 15 and Tompkins Square has recently released Avos.

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Aboubacar "Badian" Diabate: Malian Guitar Master

Michal Shapiro | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Ngoni, Timbila, Malian Guitar, Aboubacar "Badian" Diabate, Djelimady Tounkara, Guitar, Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide, Super Rail Band, Arts News

Banning was globetrotting with countless Afropop Worldwide projects and trips, and working with his own band, Timbila. But after he returned from a music collecting trip to Egypt, he was back with a vengeance, wanting to get the project up and out.

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Raul Midón: A Free Man Beyond Category

Charles Howard | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Latinos, Jazz, Argentina, Philadelphia, Raul Midón, Guitar, Music, Concert, African Americans, Philly Free Concerts, Arts News

Born in New Mexico, Midón has been studying music since his father, an Argentinean folkloric dancer, introduced him to a broad range of genres from Classical to Jazz during his early childhood.

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Surreal: Go Inside A Guitar With The iPhone 4

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Iphone, Rolling Shutter, Rolling Shutter Effect, Guitar Video, Video, Iphone Guitar, Iphone Tricks, Guitar, Iphone Rolling Shutter, Technology News

Here's one for the list of impressive iPhone features. In this very cool viral video, posted to YouTube earlier this week, one tech-savvy musician ...

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Chuck Berry Statue Installed After Controversy

University City, MO Patch | Posted 08.31.2011

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The man considered "The Father of Rock and Roll" now has a permanent tribute to him in University City. An 8 foot bronze statue of Chuck Berry was in...

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WATCH: Fallon Sings 'The Ballad Of Anthony Weiner'

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Anthony Weiner, Video, Songs, The Ballad of Anthony Weiner, Ballads, The Roots, Singing, Guitar, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy News

We're all coping with the loss of the Anthony Weiner joke in our own personal way -- some of us are making ornate commemorative Photoshop art, some of...

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Richie Onori: A Quintessential DIYer Making a Living Making Music

Ruth Gerson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albion Amps, Singer-Songwriter, Richie Onori, Singing Lessons, Music Business, The Sweet, Jobs for Musicians, Onori Guitar Straps, Diy, Making-a-Living-Making-Music, Singing, Guitar, Sola, Namm, Arts News

Richie Onori -- drummer for '70s multi-platinum Brit-rock band The Sweet -- has much to say about earning a living making music.

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Country Boy Guitars: Smoking And Music Together At Last

Thrillist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cigars, Folk Music, Guitar, Blues, Rock and Roll, New York News

Playing the guitar and smoking have many things in common, all of which center around you looking cool as hell. Combining the two for maximum awesom...

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United Breaks Guitars

Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Lotd, Video, Guitar, Funny Videos, United Airlines, Women News

When United Airlines baggage handlers broke musician David Carroll's $3500 guitar, he warned the airlines' customer service that if they didn't rei...

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The Tallest Man on Earth: New Folk Grows Numinous

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater, Guitar, Kristian Matsson, Bon Iver, On Tour, Joni Mitchell, The Tallest Man on Earth, New Folk, Bob Dylan, The Wild Hunt, Folk Music, Shallow Grave, Entertainment News

Kristian Matsson has been avalanched with Bob Dylan comparisons, but his anecdotes and omnipresent observations of the natural world have more in common with the Joni Mitchell of "River."

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I Audition for Sparks in London, 1974

Binky Philips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pete Townshend, New York Rock, The Planets, Binky Philips, Sparks, 1974, Auditions, Guitar, Rock, Music, London, Entertainment News

Ron Chaplin Hitler, barely glancing at me, said in a cold, dismissive, and prissy tone, "Well, you're certainly overpowering, aren't you?"

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Gays in the Military Deserve a Love Song as Much as Anyone

Dylan Brody | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gays in the Military, Music, Satire, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Guitar, Songs, Comedy News

With "Don't Ask Don't Tell" falling under the weight of its own unconstitutional construct, it is clear that the sticking of fingers in one's ears and humming loudly is not recognized as a valid governmental mandate.

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Astoria Characters: The Artistic Acupuncturist

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Astoria, Zen, Swedish Institute, Ancient Form Acupuncture, Los Angeles, SUNY Farmingdale, Musician, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Composer, Jeffrey C. Yuen, Incense, School of Visual Arts Manhattan, Nancy Ruhling, SUNY Purchase, Daoist, Acupuncture, Kenny Lockwood, Artist, Tin Angel, Guitar, Long Island, ABC Channel 7's Eyewitness News, Strong Love, Martha's Vineyard, New York News, With These Hands, Red Road, James A. Olson Guitar, Bellport, Jade Purity Foundation, New York News

Kenny Lockwood is a painter, sculptor, musician, composer, actor, writer, poet, performer, acupuncturist and probably a dozen other things

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Christopher Benjamin Weiler, Springs Man Who Beat

Colorado Springs Gazette | JOHN C. ENSSLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Benjamin Weiler, Guitar, Colorado Springs, Denver News

A judge today found a Colorado Springs man who beat his mother to death with a guitar not guilty by reason of insanity. Fourth Judicial District Ju...

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