Japanese neo-soul guitarist Toshiki Soejima has received the surprise of his career after being touted by Eric Clapton as his favorite contemporary Japanese guitarist. The six-stringer called it a ...

X Japan will make the trip to the U.S. later this week to play Coachella, but when they take the stage, they may be missing one of their members. Speaking with Oricon News, the band revealed that ...

Fender Japan has partnered with J-Pop guitar star Rei to produce a signature guitar that doubles as perhaps one of the most intriguing Stratocaster builds in recent memory. Indeed, a cursory glance at ...

Japanese guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto takes the stage at Hey Nonny at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3. The Arlington Heights music venue and bistro is hosting the world-renowned artist for a one-night-only ...

The guitarist and composer brings his blend of Japanese folk music and dazzling acoustic technique to Radio Bean in ...

As I take refuge from the hot August sun and enter Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Northridge, heavy metal guitarist Marty Friedman is taking a break from recording his new solo record. Friedman is ...

From Monday to Thursday, audiences enjoyed evening concerts featuring talented Hawaiian steel guitar artists. Performers included Alan Akaka and The Islanders, Pōmaika‘i & Mālie and the NextGen steel ...

Marty Friedman is an anomaly within the musical world. He started off in the 1980s as a guitar-centric recording artist for Shrapnel Records, which had also signed his metal band Cacophony. The start ...

The black and white images on the screen flicker with no sound as Alex de Grassi watches what could be his life. He strikes a chord on his guitar, adding depth to the silent film that was made two ...

When Hiroya Tsukamoto was 13 years old, his dad brought a thrift store find to his home in Kyoto, Japan. It was a used five-string banjo. “Nobody had it,” Tsukamoto said. “I kind of liked that fact, ...