John Lennon could always sing from the heart, but he saved a lot of his fury and passion for some of his political material.

Lesh was the oldest and one of the longest surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating ...

Once she knew that her new album was going to be about grief and longing for closure, Sophie Allison rethought the way she was writing songs. Her last album Sometimes, Forever, produced by Oneohtrix ...

They are so commonplace that we take the theory behind them for granted. Here are five 7th chords, the theory underpinning ...

Pete Townshend discussed the impact of Bruce Welch on his own guitar playing, stating he was more instrumental than Elvis in his picking up a guitar.

Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Dave McKenna, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen explore Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 ...

He’s won Grammys and Oscars with his famous younger sister. But for Finneas O’Connell, going solo is a necessary “coping mechanism”, he says.

Discover the many benefits of taking beginner guitar lessons as a senior, including improved cognitive functioning, hand ...

In the book, Rogovoy takes a closer look at Harrison’s contribution to the Beatles and as a solo artist, going song by song ...

There’s a certain combination of spangly guitar chords and shuffling breakbeats that will always take me directly out of time’s unrelenting forward flow. When I hear something that tunes into that ...

In an excerpt from his new book, 'Heartbreak is the National Anthem,' Rob Sheffield talks about why 'All Too Well' is Taylor ...

For some, trying to find a way into the iceberg of music theory can be a daunting prospect. While many educators can quite ...