There’s no need to catch an actual wave to feel like you’re out in the California surf this month thanks to the return of a festival that celebrates beach music. The 15th annual Surf Guitar 101 ...

Dick Dale, who became known as "king of the surf guitar" with a twangy, rapid-fire, reverb-heavy sound that he said recreated what he heard in his head while riding the waves, has died at the age of ...

(CNN) -- If you can click a mouse, you can strum a guitar. Learning to play a musical instrument without a teacher comes easy on the Internet, where self-taught guitar students can follow a string of ...

Few music styles are as indelibly linked to Southern California as surf guitar. Just a single chord, struck on a vintage Fender, with the right balance of ghostly tremolo and a rip current of reverb, ...

‘There was a tremendous amount of power I felt while surfing: the feeling was simply transferred to my guitar’ (Alamy) Even the grandiose title King of the Surf Guitar did scant justice to the ...