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To many of us gray beards, the legend of Steve Lukather goes without saying, but to younger Millennials and Zoomers who may just know Toto from the song Africa, they have no idea that the man behin...

Stevie Wonder turned 75 this month, and we figured on the month of his Diamond Anniversary of life, we could join the chorus of heaping accolades on one of the greatest American musicians ever. 

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It's Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day is on Sunday. Here's a playlist from artists who had mothers who were teachers, and artists who spent a season of their lives teaching. 

Very few sounds have stood the test of time like the fuzz of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi and all of its versions. From Boomers to Zoomers, generations have stank faced to this pedal. 

There's guides for Coachella and Stagecoach, but what about when you're not there? Here's a local guide from a local with some things to do in the Coachella Valley. 

The musical instrument industry is made up of small businesses with global supply chains. Broad based tariffs represent an existential threat to the industry even if products have enough domestic c...

The Roland D-50 joined the DX-7 as the second in the holy (or unholy) trinity of 80's digital synths in 1987, but unlike the DX-7, had some warmth to it. The D-50 was all over the late 80's and ear...

It's the guitar's turn to celebrate an iconic sound. This week we look at the Rockman, the simple, analog guitar processor that helped define the sound of the 1980's. 

The Yamaha DX7 was the worlds first affordable(ish) digital synth, and as a result is found all over the 1980's in nearly all genres. It was very difficult to program, so most artists just used the...

Occasionally an instrument or sound comes along that becomes so ubiquitous that it helps define a genre and moment in time. This week we'll explore the Roland JP-8000. 

If you wore guyliner (or eyeliner) with shiny boot cut pants and know what the Palace in Hollywood smelled like before it got turned into Avalon, break out your glowsticks and let this lesson in dr...