Can you explain how you fall in love?” asks Erica Azim. “In a certain way it’s an impossible question.” Yet it’s a conundrum the Berkeley native has contemplated for half a century, every time she’s ...

Steve Cropper, who died Wednesday at 84, is not a household name, but the music he made is some of the most familiar in American pop. The twanging guitar line that opens Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”—that’s ...

The songwriter, two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer riffed on “Soul Man,” “Green Onions” and “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay.” By Roy Trakin Steve Cropper, a founding member of ...

Steve Cropper, the iconic and influential guitarist who defined Memphis soul with Booker T. & The MG’s, played on many Stax Records hits and with The Blues Brothers band, died Wednesday in Nashville.

Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist who was a session musician with Stax Records in the '60s, has died. He was 84. The Missouri-born guitarist played on dozens of hit records over the decades, ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s. Steve Cropper in 1973. His guitar licks could ...

On Aerosmith’s new 5-song EP, singer Steven Tyler — the 77-year-old “demon of screamin’” whose fractured larynx forced the band to permanently retire from touring last year — gets an assist on vocals ...

HAMDEN — When John Thomas, guitar enthusiast and Quinnipiac University law professor, first visited the late Ken Parker’s guitar studio in Massachusetts, he was amazed by the caliber of the ...

Though Ace Frehley may have been KISS' original guitarist, he wasn't the only one to hold down that position for the group and each of the living KISS guitarists have all shared statements on the ...

Native Instruments has introduced the Traktor MX2, a compact two-channel DJ controller designed to deliver creative control to DJs at any level. The all-black unit is a super sleek follow up to its ...

While rumors of Keith Urban's troubled marriage to Nicole Kidman continue to swirl, his guitarist Maggie Baugh is finding herself suddenly center stage. Days before Kidman filed for divorce from Urban ...

Native Instruments Guitar Rig is a professional-grade virtual guitar effects processor and amp simulation software. It offers an extensive collection of amplifiers, cabinets, effects, and routing ...