The Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967 cemented rock ‘n’ roll as an art form to be reckoned with. It was also where a Seattle-born, 24-year-old guitarist named Jimi Hendrix would make ...

He played the guitar upside-down because he was left-handed. His manager, Michael Jeffrey, had him kidnapped for two days by New York mobsters, and then “rescued” him to try to bolster his role as ...

Remembering Jimi Hendrix 1970: American rock star, guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) (Central Press/Getty Images) ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Photographing one of the greatest guitarists of all time: It's not a bad gig for a kid growig up in downtown Brooklyn, huh? In his teens, South Beach resident James "Jimi P" ...

How cool is it that President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is a guitar player and singer with two singles on Spotify? I’ve listened to both tunes, “Lip Service” ...

LAST SUMMER, I naively thought it would be easy to visually verify Jimi Hendrix’s final appearance in Seattle and in the continental United States. After all, the date was only a half-century ago, ...

Jimi Hendrix played The Apollo many times, playing guitar for such acts as The Isley Brothers, The Animals, and Wilson Picket before finding success as a solo artist. The legendary Harlem venue helped ...

Strax Technologies Inc., the innovative company behind a new wave of digital art and augmented reality art collections, has announced the global launch of the Jimi Hendrix Collection™. The news comes ...

On May 18-19, 1968, the Miami Pop Festival drew an estimated 25,000 rock fans to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach for two days of rock royalty, anchored by its big headliner: Jimi Hendrix. The late ...

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was arguably the greatest electric guitarist in the world. The American musician and singer-songwriter left a tremendous legacy before passing away at the age of 27.

Update, 4/14: If you scroll down you'll see a video of a young man paying homage to Hendrix during Sunday night's 7 p.m. cheer. The video was shared with Gothamist by his neighbor, who just updated us ...

Rock legend Jimi Hendrix, born on Nov. 27, 1942, dominated the music world with his talents as a singer, songwriter and guitarist during his short career in the 1960s. Hendrix backed artists like ...