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Mark Knopfler guitar collection sells for $11 million at record-setting auction

February 02, 2024

Guitars from the collection of former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler hit the auction block in London on Thursday, selling for over £8.8 million ($11.2m) and setting multiple records.

Thailand’s top classical guitarists hit high note in Hua Hin

March 20, 2023

Some 80 young musicians from across Thailand gathered at Hua Hin’s Bluport shopping mall to participate in a two-day classical guitar competition that kicked off on Friday.

Rock guitar legend Jeff Beck dies at 78, family says

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023

Jeff Beck, the influential, genre-bending English guitarist who rose to fame with The Yardbirds before later embarking on a solo career, has died at the age of 78, his family announced on social media on Wednesday.

Classical strings

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018

The Asia International Guitar Festival & Competition –the biggest and most vibrant event for classical guitar aficionados and music lovers in the region – will be back for its twelfth edition at Kamolmart Room of The Sukosol Hotel Bangkok from June 7-10.

Blind singers break through Bangkok's sound barrier

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 07, 2018

Strumming his guitar with ease and backed by a drummer, Singhkum Boonriang belts out covers of Thai ballads as strangers pass by on a busy Bangkok afternoon.

Guitar-slinging Singapore granny shreds stereotypes

TUESDAY, AUGUST 08, 2017

SINGAPORE - An 81-year-old guitar-slinging Singaporean granny has shredded stereotypes to pursue her love of rock music, becoming a sought-after performer and unlikely internet sensation.

Passionate about strings

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015

Guitar maestros John McLaughlin and Guthrie Govan head to Thailand to share their techniques with our own young musicians

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