Wisconsin Book of the Month highlights a book — new, newish or neglected — by a state writer or on a Milwaukee or Wisconsin subject that Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins recommends you read ...

A great rock song doesn’t need to have an iconic guitar riff. Everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty to Oasis and Wilco has strummed through simple chord progressions on many timeless hits.

There is nothing remotely common about the virtuoso musicianship of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, two of the world’s most acclaimed and in-demand rock-and-beyond guitarists of the past 40-plus years.

From a 17-year-old prodigy to a future stadium-conquering guitar superstar, Ronnie James Dio had a dream team of six-string ...

Week of April 23-29 features Ruben Moreno, Jazz Mafia, 'Carrie The Musical!', Negative Press Project, and more.

From The Byrds to Metallica, 17 albums that should’ve been masterpieces... but missed the mark in fascinating ways ...

From musical Inuits to a child's fever dream, the greatest concept albums dazzle with surreal narratives and sheer ...