One goal of the alternative rock guitarist is to avoid rock clichés. And one of rock’s biggest clichés is the guitar solo.

So musically conservative he makes Noel Gallagher seem like imperial-phase Prince, Richard Ashcroft’s post-Verve solo career has hardly been a shining beacon of imagination. His first new material in ...

Chris Dreja, a rhythm guitarist and later bassist who co-founded The Yardbirds, remained with the legendary British band for its entire original run and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Keith Urban swapped out a romantic song lyric about Nicole Kidman just days before the actress filed for divorce. During a recent concert, Urban, 57, was performing his 2017 song “The Fighter,” ...

Larry Lee Funk, 87, of Vinton, Iowa, formerly of Walker, Iowa, died Friday, September 12, 2025. Visitation will be held from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at Murdoch Funeral Home ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. For a quarter century, a band of 5,000-year-old, bandage-wrapped undead have prowled America, with their ...

The CRKD Gibson Les Paul Guitar Controller is a fantastic reimagination of the classic Guitar Hero controllers. It takes the best elements of previous guitar controllers and imbues them with some nice ...

Lenovo is bringing two new tablets to the market, the Yoga Tab and Idea Tab Plus. The Yoga Tab has an 11.1" 3200x2000 LCD screen with 800-nit peak brightness and 144Hz refresh rate, quad speakers with ...

Michael Beard, a drummer from Columbus, Ohio, passed away on August 25. He performed with the band from 1974 to 1985 on tracks like "Shake Your Rump to the Funk." After his time with the Bar-Kays, ...

If you’re looking for one of the best tablets, you’ll almost certainly be considering either the best iPad or one of the best tablets from Samsung or OnePlus. Chief among the best Android tablets is ...