Guitarist Eric Congdon has a low-key virtuosity. His finger-picking guitar style radiates both skill and charm, and his instrumental material incorporates everything from blues to bluegrass. Whether ...

Guitar legend Chet Atkins is renowned for his distinctive fingerstyle playing, which combined a walking bass line with melody and rhythm. As a producer, he was an architect of the Nashville Sound, a ...

Chet Atkins, a seminal figure in country music as an innovative guitarist and producer who was instrumental in shaping "The Nashville Sound," died Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 77. Atkins, who ...

Chet Atkins, a country guitarist who helped steer the careers of some prominent Nashville acts as well as the sound of several rock bands, died Saturday. He was 77. Atkins began as a fiddler in his ...