Sheer Sound's new African Guitar Kings compilation features mostly original tunes by some of the most promising South African guitarists working today. From the opening African singing on the first ...

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JOHANNESBURG – His skull still open, a South African musician with a brain tumor played several notes on his guitar during a successful operation to remove most of the growth. Musa Manzini's ...

Randall Abrahams speaks to Billy Monama about South African guitar styles, African jazz, forgotten musicians, cultural memory ...

You don’t necessarily need a vintage Les Paul or a shiny Stratocaster to be a guitar hero. A Cape Town-based company is crafting eye-catching electric guitars out of re-purposed oil cans, striking a ...

SILVER CITY — The Mimbres Region Arts Council celebrates Black History Month, on Feb. 25, with a performance by the African Guitar Summit, an international touring sensation featuring award-winning ...

This week on Global Notes we take you back to 1950’s Congo (the DRC today), for what many considered the Golden Age of African acoustic guitar music. Influences for what was known as Katanga guitar or ...

Offers a rare view into the rich textures of African fingerstyle guitar music. It was recorded by the famous cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik between 1966 and 1993. These are audio-visual field ...

EAST COUNTYEAST COUNTY — Taylor Guitars, the 45-year-old acoustic guitar giant based in El Cajon, is playing a part in making the world a more sustainable place. The guitar company last month ...

A new study shows how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars — and how poaching of elephants is contributing to a decrease in ebony trees. The world is connected in surprising ways. A ...