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.

The legendary guitarist, whose unforgettable 1988 riff was voted the greatest of all time, celebrates his 61st birthday.

In 2007, Jayson Dobney, an Iowan with a master’s degree in the history of musical instruments, from the University of South Dakota, moved to New York to be a curator in the department of musical ...

APPLETON - From Africa, the Middle East and Europe to the sticky stages of College Avenue bars, guitars have been used to entertain, move and provoke us for centuries. They've been strummed, smashed, ...

The Canadian luthier builds custom instruments from unique materials that deliver impeccable sound Jeff Campagna Left, luthier Reuben Forsland gazes out his studio window. Right, a close-up of the ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...