The Hawaiian steel guitar, an Indigenous instrument and once a cultural force, now garners little recognition even in the place of its birth ...

They all showed off their talents at this year's Smithsonian folklife festival. The theme: How youth are keeping alive cultural traditions.

Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.

Opening in May at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, the exhibition will delve into the instrument’s myriad representations and stars who have played it.

1957: Gibson acquires Epiphone Epiphone had been Gibson’s nearest rival in American guitars in the ’30s and ’40s, but by the late ’50s Epi was in trouble.

The collection has been in the works since 1987 and is now set to be displayed in a permanent gallery that charts the instrument’s influence on American culture ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres tha… ...

Just in time for a new Netflix doc, GW sits down with Norman Harris – owner of Tarzana, California’s iconic Norman’s Rare Guitars – to discuss 50 years of sales, his kinship with Joe ...

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture? An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure. By Spencer Kornhaber ...

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of miracle flights, theatrical triumphs and athletic aces.

The Nikkei Matsuri Festival returns to San Jose’s Japantown on April 27, 2025, offering a day filled with cultural celebration, family-friendly activities and community connection. The free ...

B.B.'s dreams -- Introduction -- Guitar culture in the Hawaiian Kingdom -- Joseph Kekuku's steel guitar and the era of overthrow -- American debut : the making of the steel guitar craze -- Hawaiian ...