Brooklyn Vegan — 'Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll' will bring over 130 iconic instruments, 40 vintage posters, as well as stage costumes and videos to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — The guitar-maker favoured by everyone from Jimmy Page to Johnny Marr has filed for bankruptcy. But with old models fetching up to £200,000, the firm should still be able to trade on its reputationIt is impossible to imagine recorded music without ... more info

New York Times — A scholar and musician as well, he drew on jazz and West African traditions as well as Stravinsky, and once played with Chuck Berry in a St. Louis bar. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The musical, currently playing at Black Ensemble Theater, is a regular party of a show, and a must-see for Berry fans. more info

JamBase — Joe Russo's Almost Dead hit the midway point of their run at The Cap, which featured the debut of a Grateful Dead rarity, a Led Zeppelin tune and a Chuck Berry deep cut about a dream music festival. more info

Chorus.fm — Alex Young, writing at Consequence of Sound: “It was a different time, sex was treated differently back then” is the argument commonly used to justify the transgressions perpetrated by heroes like Chuck Berry, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Page, and Iggy Pop... more info

Stereogum — In recent years, Steve Gunn has found a new kind of prominence in the indie sphere as one of the people in a loose circle of contemporary guitar troubadours. He's adept at ragged, rambling folk-rock that can further unspool into improvisational jams ... more info

MSN Music — 15 quotes from the rock and roll pioneer who could play the guitar just like ringing a bell more info

MSN Music — Ever since Chuck Berry hot-wired the "jump blues" sound in the 1950s, the electric guitar has been the soul of rock-and-roll. The plugged-in, amplified twang and squeal sounded like noise to adults, but for kids all over the world, it was the sound o... more info

Stereogum — The big surprise guest at Dave Matthews' Concert For Charlottesville last night was Stevie Wonder, who came out during the Dave Matthews' set to perform three songs with the band, including a pretty stunning version of John Lennon's "Imagine." But ea... more info