Like many players of a certain age, my first guitar was a nylon-string. I don’t think it had a brand name, but it was definitely a cheapo. I’d caught the rock ’n’ roll bug much earlier, which meant ...

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s notebook What is the purpose of a poem, an illustration or a nonsensical phrase in a score? If it makes musicians stop and think, that’s a ...