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Every guitarist has that one earworm riff, but few can compare to the sheer brilliance of Jimmy Page's riff for the 1975 Led Zeppelin classic, 'Kashmir'.

When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the ...

Loved by the likes of John Petrucci, the Mark IIC+ HRG presents super-clean tone at super-high volume and a super-tight ...

Blake also gave a debut performance of unreleased song ‘Make Something Up’, his first to see him perform as the guitar lead over his preferred piano. You can catch a clip of the song below, which will ...

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Will Swenson has been unveiled as the star of the Neil Diamond stage show. It’s a role he’s been prepping for his whole life.

Our latest guest on the Load Out music podcast is the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tony Kamel. Some know him well from his days fronting the ...