Charlie Christian’s name is not likely to cause much of a stir among young rock guitarists. But it should, since the pioneering, Texas-born artist produced a body of work -- amazingly, in just two ...

Just to clarify: The late Jimi Hendrix never claimed that Phil Keaggy is the greatest guitarist in the world. The origins of that rumor are murky, but the story — so oft-repeated that it’s even been ...

Never has a title of an album or anthology been more on the money than the new Charlie Christian boxset entitled “The Genius of Electric Guitar.” The more profound aspect of this collection is that ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. So, Guitar Praise - the Christian music-based rhythm game? HUGE hit, apparently. So huge, in fact, that the publishers (Digital Praise) are ...

Guitar legend Les Paul remembers the first time he encountered Charlie Christian. It was 1938. "I just heard something I never heard before," Paul says. On Morning Edition, Tom Vitale tells the story ...

A Christian clone of Activision's Guitar Hero is to be launched for the PC and Apple Mac. Guitar Praise, which is being created in the US, will see users play along to Christian rock acts. Developer ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The company behind controversial end-of-days simulator Left Behind and the developer of Christian rock Guitar Hero knock-off Guitar Praise have merged ...

The New Orleans cornetist Buddy Bolden—active in the early 1900s—won his reputation as a founding father of jazz without leaving any recorded evidence of his talent. His epoch-shaping stature is based ...