Faced with prevailing backward-looking musical trends, Jimi Hendrix went his own way. Electric Ladyland, the third and final Jimi Hendrix Experience project, arrived on Oct. 16, 1968, not as an ...

It's interesting, and even amusing, to go back to a time when Hendrix wasn't a rock deity. In 1968 when he released his third album, he was still the hot new artist on the scene. His debut album, Are ...

Before he owned his own real electric guitar, Jimi Hendrix had to make his own with whatever he had. As a child, Hendrix (who was known as Buster at the time) was able to electrify his acoustic guitar ...

Jimi Hendrix was known around the world for his unbeatable guitar skills. And while he became a rock icon for playing the guitar (and infamously destroying some of them) at a later age, guitars were ...

Half a century ago, when Jimi Hendrix began work on what would become his the final album to come out in his lifetime, Electric Ladyland, he was finding inspiration everywhere. “Jimi was very much in ...

The launch party for Electric Lady Studios on Aug. 26, 1970, was meant to celebrate a high-tech facility that set a new standard for recording studios. It ended up as farewell event for co-owner Jimi ...

Forty-five years later, Electric Lady still stands. Its block of West 8th Street now houses a medical clinic, a frozen yogurt shop and a Goodwill store. But keen-eyed observers will spot a groovy, ...

February is Black History Month and Tell Me More observes the month with a series of short vignettes. In this installment, NPR's Argin Hutchins shares his black history hero. I'm Argin Hutchins, ...

"Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision" looks into the studio that's still a top destination for the likes of Taylor Swift, John Mayer, and Beyoncé. The past and present of the studio is the ...

Fifty years ago — on Aug. 26, 1970 — Jimi Hendrix opened a psychedelic recording space in Greenwich Village, N.Y. Created by an artist and for artists, Electric Lady Studios broke the mold for what a ...

The people who helped the music icon realize his groundbreaking idea for a recording studio tell the story of how it was done in John McDermott's oral history. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film ...