X Japan will make the trip to the U.S. later this week to play Coachella, but when they take the stage, they may be missing one of their members. Speaking with Oricon News, the band revealed that ...

Japanese neo-soul guitarist Toshiki Soejima has received the surprise of his career after being touted by Eric Clapton as his favorite contemporary Japanese guitarist. The six-stringer called it a ...

SHANGHAI -- Japanese rock guitarist Miyavi is moving his home base to China and boosting performances there in 2025, he told Nikkei, aspiring to become a "rock star" in his new adopted home.

Tetsu Yamauchi, who has died aged 79, was a bass guitarist who began his career in his native Japan before moving to England, ...

As I take refuge from the hot August sun and enter Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Northridge, heavy metal guitarist Marty Friedman is taking a break from recording his new solo record. Friedman is ...

Guitarist/composer Nobuki Takamen was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Jazz historian Scott Yanow describes him as ''an excellent improviser in his own bop-inspired style.'' John Heidt of Vintage Guitar ...