One-time furniture maker Greg McKinnon is not so much singing the blues as helping people play them on his unique guitars. The man wielding the axe on one of the world’s most recognisable guitar riffs ...

Before Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton whaled away on their Fenders or Les Paul cranked up his Gibson, numerous guitar players were coaxing sound out of diddley bows, or cigar box guitars. Hendrix, for ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...