The Irish guitar hero discusses the albums that inspired him, and the gear and techniques that made him one of the all-time ...

Oasis' 'Wonderwall' has become their calling card and a generation defining singalong anthem. But the band claim playing it live was never as easy as it seemed.

Still, it’s a notorious song that gets the backs up of Genesis fans all the time. Its silliness derives from its stark ...

For decades, I have kept an acoustic guitar at work. As a collection agent for the long-defunct North American Mortgage, I ...

For decades, I have kept an acoustic guitar at work. As a collection agent for the long-defunct North American Mortgage, I would quietly strum some chords while talking to stressed-out ...

U2’s most widely loved song is also the song that saved them from splitting up. In autumn 1990 the band were holed up in ...

Jim Coppoc’s life has taken him in several seemingly discordant directions, but his passions have always guided him along the ...

Eureka resident Melissa Corbett picked up the guitar during the Covid-19 pandemic and hasn’t looked back, writing dozens of ...

Pearl Jam’ s 1993 sophomore album Vs. —much like Nirvana’s In Utero, released just weeks earlier—is often regarded as a “difficult follow-up” record. Designed to shatter preconceptions and push back ...

Bryan Adams brought the house down with a slew of hits, including the iconic numbers Summer of ’69 and (Everything I Do) I Do ...

2024 brought forth a wealth of Chicago music spanning all genres. As we look back, a few local projects stood out this year — ...

Before the Eras Tour’ final performance ever in Vancouver on a recent Sunday night, a dozen Swifties — and their slightly ...