Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney fame has played many guitars over the years, but her go-to is a walnut brown 1972 Gibson SG. At face value, it’s a classic guitar that has been a favorite among ...

Much is made of Gibson’s Norlin era, the period from 1969 to 1986 when the Norlin Corporation took ownership of the brand. Gibson electric guitars from this stretch are roundly characterized as having ...

Words don’t often fail Carrie Brownstein. In addition to writing songs for Sleater-Kinney, her iconic feminist punk band with Corin Tucker (playing The Studio at The Factory on March 5), she’s written ...

These days, you kind of trade off on songs. Can you explain why you wanted to play guitar but not sing as much? BROWNSTEIN: Yeah, it's interesting because in the early days of Sleater-Kinney, as our ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our guests, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, formed the band Sleater-Kinney 30 years ago during the height of the riot grrrl feminist punk scene in Olympia, Wash ...