Call it lute ’n’ roll: Jimi Hendrix songs played on a 12-string, 16th-century acoustic instrument? David Rogers can do it. However, he’ll stick with the Rolling Stones, Tim Buckley, the Beatles and ...

The String Orchestra of the Rockies' upcoming concert features an ancient instrument and starts with baroque classics. It will end with a concerto for an electric version of the bass lute that was ...

One of guitar playing’s simplest joys comes in ringing out a big, open chord and letting the guitar’s strings and tonewoods work their magic. Now imagine that joy, doubled. The best 12-string guitars ...

The Portugese guitar is a 12-string lute with a long fretted neck ending in a fan-shaped tuning head, descended from the 16th-century English cittern and the Spanish bandura. It has a pear-shaped body ...