Most of the young guitar players who capture the public’s attention, in truth, are steeped in technique. They know the tricks: They can play notes fast and furious, bend strings or make their ...

Nate Werth and Robert “Sput” Searight have built their band Ghost-Note around their instrument of choice: percussion. But the duo’s mission is also, in Werth’s words, decidedly “anti-drum solo.” Werth ...

Over the course of the last twenty years, Chicago punk quartet Rise Against has been defined by socially conscious songs despite increasingly divisive times. In an era where it’s become difficult to ...

When the members of Chicago-based punk rock band Rise Against were tasked with hunkering down in the studio last year and creating just a couple of acoustic versions of songs off their latest album, ...

Before Robert "Sput" Searight counted in the band, he looked at us and said, "All right, buckle up!" On four, Ghost-Note ripped a hit so funky that every face in the room reflexively assumed and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In music notation, ghost notes are the ones with crosses instead of ovals on the ends of their staves. They have rhythmic value but no ...

Nothing can stop Mike Hammons from grabbing his bass guitar and jamming out. Not even cancer. The Indio native's passion for music started when he picked up the acoustic guitar at 13 and then moved on ...

Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level ...

Sonny Landreth is a guitarist's guitarist — a wizard of the slide guitar. His music encompasses Mississippi Delta blues, zydeco, and Southern rock. But he also creates sounds that are all his own — ...