Decades before solid bodies and electrotrickery redefined the sound of the guitar, it was the wholesome sound of six, simple, singing strings that propelled songs forwards with ... the perfect pick-up ...

Now comes “60 Years Ago,” a song Bachman wrote in tribute to the band’s hometown of Winnipeg. It features Bachman’s son, Tal Bachman, on guitar, and Tal’s wife, KoKo Bachman on drums.

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Moonbeam absolutely pass that old acoustic guitar test. The glory of the album is the way this unit blows those campfire songs out to the scale of the horizon, making intimate, heartfelt ...

Adrian Smith has written some of Iron Maiden’s greatest songs over the years - but when he first joined the band in 1980 he had to wait for his chance to prove himself as a writer. As an instinctively ...

People everywhere would stand around, become enamoured with their favourite guitar solos and constantly mimic the style of their favourite guitarist. Some solos were so effective that they became ...

“Amor” and “morta” are both Latin terms referring to “love” and “death”, the song’s two main themes, which are both overarching ideas Gaga will explore on her much-hyped new ...

With his gravelly voice, hat and songs about life on the road ... It seemed fitting that for the inaugural Tiny Campfire concert, Brinkmeyer was performing his first live show ever. “I’ve been playing ...

There's a good chance even you, dear reader, can recall fond memories from Camp Reed of singing campfire songs, staying up late inside your cabin and the sudden sadness that hits when it's time to ...

First, though, there’s a reissue of 2003’s ghostly “Campfire Songs”; an album which, I guess, may come as something of a shock to people who’ve only been exposed to Animal Collective’s ...