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Cordoba’s nylon-string electric, the Stage is “made for playing onstage and addresses feedback issues while nailing Cordoba’s authentic acoustic nylon-string tones,” explains Guitar World Tech Editor ...

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Singer-songwriter Ryan Lee Crosby calls his latest album an “authentically made modern-day analog field recording of a century-old blues tradition.” The new album, “At the Blue Front,” was released ...

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The 1983 chart-topping hit features both Nile Rodgers and the then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitars – and its demo was ...

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