Prep talk: Calabasas’ Elie Samouhi plays national anthem on guitar
Calabasas High senior Elie Samouhi, who considers himself a music producer, performer and writer of songs, got to do his own two-minute concert in front…
Oasis makes its audience the rock ’n’ roll star at the Rose Bowl
Noel Gallagher scanned the audience at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night and pointed down at a fan in the front row. “Young lady, what’s…
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder tests out new MLB guitar trophy
Before MLB’s newest trophy was offered up as the prize in a competition between the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres, it had to pass…
Kane Rodriguez talks TikTok fame, his rise in música Mexicana
Música Mexicana rising star Kane Rodriguez spoke with The Times about finding his way in the music scene and his success on TikTok. Born and…
For ‘The Last of Us’ cast, music was a throughline on and off screen
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Throughout HBO’s post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us,” music plays a role in setting the mood for moments big and small, heartfelt and…
Hollywood’s Les Paul Recording Studio amplifies legacy of a guitar god
About 80 years ago, guitarist and inventor Les Paul built a home recording studio in his Hollywood garage on North Curson Avenue and began developing…
Green Day whips through its decades of pop-punk hits at Coachella
Billie Joe Armstrong has invited enough audience members onstage to sing or play guitar with Green Day for a song or two that at this…
Al Barile, guitarist with pioneering hardcore band SSD, dies at 63
Al Barile, who played guitar in the influential Boston hardcore band SS Decontrol — a linchpin of the drink-and-drug-shunning straight-edge scene of the early 1980s…
Role Model talks ‘Kansas Anymore’ deluxe, Maine and saying goodbye
Role Model answered the phone while pacing around a Holiday Inn Express gym. The 27-year-old singer explained that he was trying to get a workout…
Brian Setzer reveals autoimmune disease affecting his hands
For rockabilly musician Brian Setzer, his hands “cramping up” while on tour with Stray Cats last year was an early sign of a larger health…
Liam Gallagher ‘confirms’ Oasis line up for reunion tours as he tells fans who’ll be on guitar next summer
LIAM Gallagher has seemingly confirmed that Oasis co-founder Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs will be part of the lineup for the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour next…
After 6 decades, Guitar Player magazine to release final print edition
The publication Guitar Player still will exist online at GuitarPlayer.com, where it will continue to publish digital content about guitars, the people who play them…