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GALLERY: Shaky Knees 2016

Situated in the heart of downtown Atlanta, this three-day festival included acts like the Kills, My Morning Jacket, Eagles of Death Metal, Deftones, At the Drive-In, Explosions in the Sky, and more.

Shakey Graves

After postponing his set for 30 minutes due to a power outage and breaking a string on his Loar LH-650 during the second song, he took out his frustration in the most rockstar way possible.

A dual-channel tube preamp and overdrive pedal inspired by the Top Boost channel of vintage VOX amps.

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Jack White's 1950s Kay Hollowbody Guitar
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This hollowbody has been with Jack since the '90s purring and howling onstage for hundreds of shows.

Our columnistā€™s Greco 912, now out of his hands, but fondly remembered.

A flea-market find gave our Wizard of Odd years of squealing, garage-rock bliss in his university days.

Recently, I was touring college campuses with my daughter because sheā€™s about to take the next step in her journey. Looking back, Iā€™ve been writing this column for close to 10 years! When I started, my kids were both small, and now theyā€™re all in high school, with my oldest about to move out. Iā€™m pretty sure sheā€™s going to choose the same university that I attended, which is really funny because sheā€™s so much like me that the decision would be totally on point.

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Ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore records the song of Mountain Chief, head of the Blackfeet Tribe, on a phonograph for the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1916.

Once used as a way to preserve American indigenous culture, field recording isnā€™t just for seasoned pros. Here, our columnist breaks down a few methods for you to try it yourself.

The picture associated with this monthā€™s Dojo is one of my all-time favorites. Taken in 1916, it marks the collision of two diverging cultural epochs. Mountain Chief, the head of the Piegan Blackfeet Tribe, sings into a phonograph powered solely by spring-loaded tension outside the Smithsonian. Across from him sits whom I consider the patron saint of American ethnomusicologistsā€”the great Frances Densmore.

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