For more than five years, Chicha has been releasing indie pop songs under the name spill tab ... nova guitar lessons. Chicha returned to Los Angeles in her late teens before studying music ...

Claire Chicha—who performs under the moniker of spill tab—was never without music: be it the French jazz-folk she absorbed living in Paris, the classical music emanating from her parents’ LA ...

Channelling punk, jazz and classical influences, Scott Thunes is an enigma of modern bass-playing history and blazed a unique trail in creating his own spiky playing style. Yet his cult status is ...

Billy Strings and Chris Thile were singing an old song called “Rabbit in a Log” at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Clouds of weedy smoke rolled up to the stage from below, and thunder echoed from ...

Kiss star Gene Simmons is one of the most famous musicians in the world — but when he names his favourite bass player of all ...

But, like many virtuosos, he can’t read music. Discussing this ... into a work of solo acoustic guitar genius Yngwie Malmsteen on why guitarists should look beyond the guitar for inspiration Yngwie ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

That message kicked off a three-year odyssey of red tape and “retraumatizing” that continues to this day. Slavin, Ken, and Co. have fought multiple entities for multiple kinds of royalties, and most ...

Last year, when I wrote about New Trad Fest, it was in abstract terms as I was largely relying on reports from people who had ...

Steve McQueen is the product of two pop geniuses pulling in different directions and reveals a brilliant road seldom ...

Philojain, an unlikely (Post/Progressive Power Speed) rock/metal indie act from India: "...the given sonic endeavour of ...