Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

I tried to play a 12-string guitar, and it was a completely different experience than I expected. From the thicker neck and higher string tension to the massive, shimmering sound, this video explores ...

The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A little more than 50 years ago, Led Zeppelin released its sixth ...

The founders of Led Zeppelin have been reluctant to speak about their work throughout their careers. So the two-hour documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is a landmark of material, especially because it ...

A Jimmy Page guitar has sold for £100,000 at auction to become the most valuable known guitar played by the Led Zeppelin man. The guitar, a 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120, was given away by Page in a ...

When Led Zeppelin formed in London in 1968, the music world didn’t quite know what had hit it. Jimmy Page on guitar, Robert Plant on vocals, John Paul Jones on bass and keys, and John Bonham on drums ...

Concertgoers with a whole lotta love for the music of Led Zeppelin are ready to rock New Brunswick’s State Theatre New Jersey this Sunday, May 4, 2025 afternoon at the New Jersey Symphony’s ...

Becoming Led Zeppelin has had an interesting story at the box office since it first arrived on screens the weekend before Valentine’s Day. The film grossed $2.5 million from only 369 theaters during ...

Jimmy Page was a guitarist in the Yardbirds and one of the busiest session musicians in London in the mid-‘60s when he first proposed forming a group of his own with the Who’s rhythm section—and ...

Queen legend Brian May has teamed up with Gibson for the new limited-edition SJ-200 12-string acoustic guitar. A run of only 100 of the guitars has been produced. The SJ-200 in 12-String form is rare, ...