Santana and his band started playing around San Francisco in the late ’60s, along with groups like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. The band ended up getting signed to Columbia Records, and ...

Performers at the era-defining festival included Sly and the Family Stone, The Who and more — and they all have tales to tell ...

Carlos Santana's career-launching performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival almost didn't happen because he had a little too much fun before taking the stage. The guitarist, 75, recently revealed ...

Ask Carlos Santana to describe his inimitable guitar tone, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer doesn’t hesitate. “My sound is the sound of a woman,” says Santana, 75, adding his current playlist is ...

The primary concerts were at Bethel Woods, but nearby, at Max Yasgur's farm, there was a less formal, more aroma-ridden commemoration. After efforts to stage a massive event celebrating Woodstock‘s ...

Legendary rock-fusion guru Carlos Santana graces the Riverbend stage Saturday, July 9. Consistently recognized as one of the best guitarists of all time since his band’s breakout at Woodstock in ‘69, ...

For Carlos Santana, the Woodstock spirit is as strong now as it was 55 years ago, when he and the band that bears his name played the famed festival in upstate New York. “It’s a spiritual frequency, a ...

Humility and spirituality are the twin engines that drive Carlos Santana and the common thread that’s run through his creative and personal life dating back to when he started the Santana Blues Band a ...