Dear Jerry: My recollection is that there were many more instrumental hits in the 1960s before the British Invasion than after, when singing groups became hot. How did the success of those bands ...

All Turned On! Motown Instrumentals 1960-1972 is exactly what it says it is. It could be a regular trawl through Motown’s back pages but – obviously – isn’t. The unreleased cuts are supplemented by ...

Picnic in the Park closes out the 2015 season with a concert by The Sharks, who will bring their 1960s rock instrumental music to Central Park from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, alongside the ...

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Lonnie Mack, a guitarist and singer whose impassioned, fast-picking style on the early 1960s instrumentals “Memphis” and “Wham!” became a model for the blues-rock lead-guitar style and a seminal ...

DEAR JERRY: All listings of the vinyl era's top singles are mostly vocals, with just a smattering of instrumentals. What are the best-selling instrumental records from this period. --Gary Resnick, ...

U.K.-based band Yuuf is making its Vancouver debut this month. Instead, Yuuf plays psychedelic instrumental pieces that could have graced the stage at San Francisco’s Filmore West (the centre of ...