Nina DiGregorio always wanted to play rock and roll — but doing that on the violin wasn’t much of an option when she was growing up in upstate New York, she said. Today, however, she’s known as the ...

At just 10 years old, Brandon Hoff picked up a violin and fell in love. Just a few years later, Mark Wood — the inventor of the first solid-body electric violin and world-leading rock violinist — ...

Emanuel Wynter's music blends rock, soul and chilled out R&B with his cool, confident vocals and swaggering electric violin. Singer-songwriter Emanuel Wynter describes his music as somewhere between R ...

When you think of a Russian violinist, do you picture someone in a tuxedo, rendering compositions by Mozart or Paganini? Or do you instead imagine someone in tight leather pants, rocking out with a 24 ...

If there was ever an award for enthusiasm, Mark Wood would undoubtedly win in a unanimous vote. There really can’t be anybody in the world who loves what he does as much as the former Trans-Siberian ...

Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock made Nina DiGregorio stand up and take notice. DiGregorio started playing violin at age 9 and studied the classical repertoire most ...

One of the big features in Ubisoft's Rocksmith 2014 is Session Mode. In essence, it turns your gaming console or computer into a virtual jam band that listens to and adapts to how you play. It's ...

An electric violin doesn’t just offer a musician a whole new world of sounds and dynamics, it can also be unplugged to allow for silent practicing. The best model is crafted to have the same feel as ...