ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - It started as a search for a different sound. Kevin M. Kraft spent years unsatisfied with the instruments he had and was considering commissioning a custom-made guitar when he ...

He works with the precision and concentration of a surgeon because, well, he is one. But in the basement workshop of Kirk Withrow’s Birmingham home, the stakes are much lower. The ear, nose and throat ...

Tonight, Ben Gitty Baker runs a thriving business in Rochester building cigar box guitars and kits. He shows Karen Meyers how it all works. Plus, it started with his grandmother's recipes for jams, ...

PORTSMOUTH — Students at Portsmouth Middle School have been holding positions in leadership, engineering, marketing and accounting. The students on team Quest are creating their own product – a cigar ...

Ever played a cigar box guitar? The customarily homemade instrument follows the design of a regular guitar. But they traditionally use a cigar box as the resonator. Of course, creative musicians who ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- One of the only festivals of its kind in the Southeastern U.S. returns this weekend at the Flying Monkey Arts Center with more than just cigar box guitars to see. Close to 50 ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

Musicians came from all over Maine to Westbrook Saturday for CBG Madness, a cigar box guitar festival pairing blues and rock musicians with homemade guitars. The show at American Legion Post 197 on ...

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.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The 21st annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival kicked off Friday night in Huntsville and is still going strong on Saturday. It’s a celebration of the unique instrument dating back ...