On the 25th anniversary of Leo Fender’s death, Jonathan deBurca Butler looks at the legacy of a great guitar maker who had a huge impact on popular music.

We came for the beards, garish outfits and furry guitars, we left with a head full of the greatest riffs to have blessed a fretboard since Jimi departed our galaxy.

New music studios named after legendary blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher will open in Cork City this weekend as part of the city’s contribution to a series of worldwide events marking the 20th anniversary on Sunday of his death.

Rock Band 4's new suite of plastic instruments won't add new features or change the design too much, according to a new report.

Soap operas and game shows and thrillers, oh my!

A guitar that John Lennon played on the recording of The Beatles song Paperback Writer is expected to fetch up to $1m at auction.

U2 members Bono and The Edge have joined the board of directors at the world-famous Fender guitar company.

“Do you remember how you felt when you first met Diana Ross?” I ask disco don and current collaborator with chart-toppers Daft Punk and Avicii, Nile Rodgers.

SEVEN decades are celebrated in Robert Ballagh’s exhibition ‘Seven’, which opens next weekend at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. UCD recently presented Ballagh with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature to celebrate his lifetime’s achievements in the arts, and the exhibition of 14 portraits coincides with his 70th birthday later this month.

An iconic music shop where rock legend Rory Gallagher bought his first guitar has closed after almost 90 years of trading.

After Hurricane Irene in 2011, a couple of Bruce Springsteen fans were visiting the New Jersey Shore town of Belmar, a defining district of the so-called Irish Riviera.

A “lost” early recording of Rory Gallagher is among a vast collection of the blues legend’s memorabilia which has emerged after almost half a century.

An Irish ‘school of rock’ may produce the new Mick Jagger, but won’t teach you to thrash a room, writes Jonathon deBurca Butler

ROCK legend Eric Clapton parted with 70 of his guitars in a charity auction that drew hundreds of fans and aficionados, and broke sale estimates.

More than 70 of Eric Clapton's guitars have gone under the hammer to raise money for charity.

Rock legend Eric Clapton is parting with dozens of guitars and amps at a New York auction to benefit an alcohol and drug treatment centre he founded in Antigua.

ABOUT three years ago I started learning guitar, beginning with simple chords and scale practice.

MUSICIANS in Cork have been saddened at news of the death of music shop owner Michael Crowley.

A smashed guitar which once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for $100,000 (€71,428).

A three-hour charity concert raised more than €60,000 for children living in poverty, it emerged today.

The world’s first electric guitar will be displayed at an exhibition in Dublin today.

Handwritten pages of Bob Dylan's student poetry have fetched a staggering $78,000 (€66,000) at a Rock & Pop Memorabilia auction in New York - the highest bid to date for the legendary singer/songwriter's material.

Brian May has stunned Queen fans by announcing the rock group will reform, with ex-Free and Bad Company star Paul Rodgers taking over vocal duties from the late Freddie Mercury.

Two gigs are planned for Dublin next week to celebrate 50 years of the Fender guitar, with proceeds going to Childline, and TOFS children's charity.