Do any of you stay awake at night agonizing over how the keytar could get even cooler? The 80s are over, so we know none of us do. Yet here we are, [James Cochrane] has gone out and turned a HP ...

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There won’t actually be a keyboard peripheral sold with the game; instead there will be a keytar-like instrument supported. For those who didn’t listen to much ’80s music, a keytar is a sort of ...

The kitschy appeal of the keytar refuses to die. Modern-boogie revivalist Dam-Funk, who plays the New Parish in Oakland next Wednesday, is a committed fan of the inspired amalgamation of guitar and ...

I am not a musician. In fact, I’m the only one of my siblings incapable of playing an instrument. So Yamaha’s Sonogenic SHS-500 is ostensibly intended for me. It’s a neat $500 keytar that, in addition ...

Keytars, almost by definition, are charmingly goofy. How could they not be? They're wearable pianos that lend themselves well to pageantry. Racks of meticulously prepped synths come with a sort of ...

The Keytar is the single most obnoxious instrument in modern music. It was the worst part of a keyboard (plastic and monophonic), married to the... On this week's All Songs Considered, we listen to ...