Ed Stilley in his studio, from ‘Gifted: The Instruments of Ed Stille’ (all images by and courtesy of Tim Hawley) One evening in 1979, Ed Stilley, a preacher and homesteader in Hogscald Hollow, ...

When St. Augustine's Paul Berger died last month at 79, it wasn't the day the music died - his life's work will allow the sweet sounds to live on. The music made possible by Berger will be able to ...

A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an ...

Making guitars with tops made from whisky barrels isn't new to Big D Guitars – its already given Jack Daniels the treatment. But the small shop behind the Whiskey Barrel Top Custom T-Style guitar is ...

Daisy Tempest is a luthier on a meteoric rise. Her bespoke, handmade guitars each take 300 to 400 hours to assemble (she produces no more than eight a year), meaning her order books are currently ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For over 40 years, he's been one half of the biggest-selling music duo of all time - Hall and ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Guitar maker Greg Savage plays one of his own creations in the woodland studio behind his home in Valencia. He's been making custom guitars ever since, well, just a couple years ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

Inside what was once Jim Embrey's garage are shelves lined with pieces of wood -- from paper thin strips to large planks -- with unfamiliar exotic names like Ziricote, quilted mahogany, Indian ...

It's beginning to rain on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, but Bill Collings doesn't seem to notice. Sitting across from me in a rusty metal chair behind his factory that makes guitars, mandolins and ...