For a new artist, a debut appearance on “Saturday Night Live” is a career milestone: an iconic show hedging the bet that you’re ready to go to the next level. What the artist does with that spot ...

Jazz went to college back in the heyday of Dave Brubeck, when block chords and 5/4 time were considered way rad. It was the 1950s, and the screaming guitar had yet to strike. By Tony Gieske Jazz went ...

Although other former Beatles members have moved away from live performances to focus solely on crafting masterful studio records, Paul McCartney's newest release, "Amoeba's Secret," proves that the ...

Life doesn't often present the opportunity to tell Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist that you could kick his butt at playing "Iron Man," the classic Black Sabbath tune. Brothers and sisters, I have just lived ...