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In this buying guide you’ll learn how to choose the right guitar for extreme metal, hard rock, classic metal and shred. Get advice on 7-string guitars, pickups, tonewoods and more.

Wales has a wonderful musical heritage. Folk and traditional songs are an important part of this heritage and of Welsh culture. The country is known for its vocal music, singers, and choirs.

Here's a detailed list of the 36 best guitar brands. Anyone looking for the top electric or acoustic guitars in 2019 will find this guide useful.

Most people know what it feels like to be in love. A special few have the ability to lay bare their own emotions and expose them to the world through words and music.

Before MTV was launched, in the early 1980s, music videos were virtually unknown. The original concept was, all music videos all the time. Here's a look at some of those early videos and how they changed the music scene.

Kenneth McKellar was a popular tenor known for his beautiful interpretation of Scottish vocal music. He died in 2010, but his music lives on in many recordings.

Jimmy MacCarthy is a leading Irish songwriter. He creates contemporary folk songs that often contain interesting imagery that can be interpreted in several ways.

Compare the 10 best electric guitars under $500 and decide which top-rated instrument is right for you in 2019. These are affordable, budget guitars for intermediate players, but good enough for the pros.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Griffith Frank describes the personal tragedy that inspired his 2019 single, "Reach Out." With its meaningful lyrics and emotionally compelling vocals, the song will touch listeners who have lost a loved one. It is a song of both mourning and hope.

Make your own playlist of songs about missing someone you love who has gone away, moved, died, or is separated from you. It hurts to be apart from people you love. Pop, rock, country, R&B and more.

If you're grieving the loss of a dear friend or relative, make a playlist of pop, rock, and country songs about sorrow, grief, and missing your loved one.

These covers of songs from the sixties and seventies are not all exactly new. They are versions of old "classic rock" favorites that the original audience may not have heard. I am happy to see these great songs being passed to a new generation of listeners.

Sergei Prokofiev was a major twentieth-century composer who has left us some beautiful music as a legacy. His compositions were often unusual for his time.

Perpetual Groove is one of the first bands I found when travelling the country listening to The Grateful Dead and I instantly fell in love. They played a free show here in my hometown of Dunedin, at Dunedin Brewery and there was no way I couldn't be in attendance.

Dunedin Brewery is quickly becoming my favorite local venue. They have live music Thursdays through Sundays and it's always of the highest quality!