Marques Toliver is an R&B singer, but his music is equally anchored around the violin, on which he is classically trained. He says he discovered the instrument on the first day of his fifth-grade ...

Zola Taylor, who was the first female member of the 1950s group the Platters, a Los Angeles-based quintet that was one of rock’s first major R&B; crossover acts, has died. She was 69 ...

DR Strings has launched its new Dragon Skin+ range of strings, covering electric and acoustic guitars, as well as bass, multi-scale bass, and mandolins. Their design centers on getting “more ...