Martin has become synonymous with dreadnoughts and OM models, and there were rich pickings in the small-bodied pre-war era, ...

The widespread destruction of old growth trees for ranching and farming is making it harder to get the wood traditionally used to make guitars, including mahogany and Brazilian rosewood.

Many Altadena and Palisades fire victims struggle to itemize the possessions they lost. Insurance Commissioner Lara says insurers should pay the max.

from the last year of Brazilian rosewood.” He praised any push to streamline payment to homeowners including himself. “There is just so much stress,” he said. “I am dealing with insurance ...

and in off hours built Al a beautiful guitar of Brazilian rosewood with mother of pearl inlay. Students and family presented it to him at a big sing-along gathering, much to his surprise and delight.

"It's something that's always in the back of my mind and I do think about it a lot," explained the Bay Area native and guitar virtuoso ... international trade of rosewood and other endangered ...

An illegal immigrant with ties to a violent Brazilian gang flashed a sinister smile while being arrested during an immigration enforcement operation in Massachusetts, earlier this month.

Lula, as the Brazilian president is known, is weighing a potential run for reelection but the scenario remains unsettled as health concerns for the 79-year-old president grow and his main right ...