Fender has officially launched its limited-edition range of Sparkle Player II electric guitars, after the firm confirmed a ...

Keeping the lights on and the transmission running is no easy feat for public radio stations. They’re run primarily by ...

The new-look models have all the same Player II features – rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, Alnico V pickups, ...

The Fender Stratocaster is widely-considered to be one of the most iconic electric guitars of all time, having been used by legends like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Harrison, just to ...

The athletic low-end of Sub Pop’s only Los Angeles band signing, Finch reflects on how picking up an instrument sparks disruption, that iconic Reading Festival 1992 set and loaning Krist Novoselic her ...

In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the ...

The pickups are new ceramic winds ... “We have always welcomed that and I think it’s going to be a great platform. The way people can play jazz, funk, country, punk, metal, anything on a Strat or a ...

The Alnico II pickup at the neck doesn’t quite have the same level of spank as a Strat, but it sure has that Fender attack to the note, and a similarly magical elasticity as it blooms and decays. It’s ...

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, with an assist from my colleague Rebecca Ellis, giving you the latest on city and county ...

Wearing a bedazzled pink cowboy hat Roan gifted him onstage, John sang two duets with the recent Grammy winner, including his “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” and her “Pink Pony Club.” The latter ...

Market analysts suggest that the Kia Tasman’s entry could revive domestic interest in pickup trucks. The model, first introduced at the 2024 Jeddah International Motor Show in Saudi Arabia ...