The profound shift from soul and R&B into funk during the ’70s saw many bands take up the mantle of James Brown’s innovations of the late ’60s. In the early part of the decade, African-American bands ...

Guitar lessons: In this lesson, we're looking at three broad concepts for rhythm guitar. First is the idea of combining rhythm and lead guitar. We’re also looking at odd time and 16th-note style funk ...

Artists Mark Morton on the chemistry behind Lamb Of God's twin-guitar groove and what he owes ZZ Top Artists “Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the ...

A sense of rhythm is a uniquely human characteristic. Music cognition scientists discovered that the sense of rhythm – also known as the beat – is so fundamental to humans that we recognize patterns ...