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80-year-old blues guitarist and singer-songwriter wins Australia's top music prize – beating Nick Cave and Amyl and the Sniffers
The Walmatjarri elder and blues musician Kankawa Nagarra, who picked up the guitar at age 40, won the $50,000 award for debut album, Wirlmarni
Dolly Parton recalls writing Jolene’s iconic guitar parts and pushing the boundaries of her playing (before the long fingernails)
Jolene’s guitar parts were eventually recorded by Nashville session players Wayne Moss and Chip Young
Vince Gill, John Osborne and Brent Mason team up on all-star tribute to the Telecaster
Tele-Man brings together some of country music’s finest guitarists for a tribute to the genre's finest electric guitar
Tommy Cash, country artist and Johnny Cash's younger brother, dies at 84
Cash's biggest hit, 1969's Six White Horses, was dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr, and he also went on to tour with his brother Johnny, Connie Smith, George Jones, and Hank Williams Jr.
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter recalls recording guitar on Dolly Parton mega-hit 9 to 5
Baxter highlights the song's R&B feel as a key element that set it apart from the country songs being released at the time
Morgan Wade explains her love of oversized acoustics and why they're great for country music
The country star names the artists who inspired her to adopt Gibson Jumbos and Super Jumbos as her go-to guitar models
Gretsch unmasks a new signature guitar in collaboration with alt-country star Orville Peck
Orville Peck's signature model promises mid-century swagger and vintage Gretsch voicings with a modern twist
Justus West reveals how he sneaked Tosin Abasi and Plini onto the new Beyoncé album (sort of)
The prolific session guitarist and producer pulls back the veil on Cowboy Carter’s high-profile recording sessions – and the surprisingly progressive gear he used on Beyoncé’s country album
Seymour Duncan promises country tone without the hum with new noiseless Hot Chicken Strat and Tele pickups
Seymour Duncan’s latest single coils were designed with contemporary country guitarists’ high-gain demands in mind
“I don’t care how special or what year something is – if it’s not going to stay in tune, it’s useless… I need things dialed in”: Danny Rader on navigating Kenny Chesney’s triple-guitar lineup and why the Fractal Axe-Fx is his go-to for huge country shows
The award-winning country multi-instrumentalist discusses the fun side of playing stadium stages as part of Kenny Chesney’s “three-headed monster” – and why going digital has made his life a whole lot easier when he’s up there
