Guitar International is very honored and pleased to announce that Tish Ciravolo, a pioneer in the musical instrument industry, has joined Guitar International’s Board of Advisors.
Blues. Just the word alone conjures up a wave of sounds, emotions and images. B.B. King playing his cherished Lucille, Robert Johnson, big smile on his face, sitting with his acoustic guitar, hat tilted off to one side, of musicians selling their souls to the devil for a chance at stardom. The Blues is a powerful music, and a genre that is at once a truly American art form, and at the same time a universal musical language that is spoken across the globe. Anyone who has felt the pain of a love lost, of striving to better their lot in life or who have shared in the common emotional struggles that define humanity can understand the blues.
If there was ever a band that resembled the story of the tortoise and the hare the most it would be Florida rockers Nonpoint. Having been a working band since 1997, recently celebrating their thirteenth anniversary together, Nonpoint has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years.
A stampede of both music legends and one hit wonders have risen from Austin’s music clubs and corner bars to reach national fame and stardom. This long list of pickers, singers and others includes Janis Joplin, the 13th Floor Elevators, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Fred and His Playboy Band, as well as Texas blues brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, just to name a few.
Having a working knowledge and understanding of the guitar fretboard is absolutely essential if you want to be able to solo, improvise, or compose on the guitar. Learning riffs and licks to your favorite pop songs can only take you so far. You might know how to play these from tab or even by ear, but do you really know what you are playing and how it all connects together?
Guitarist Bill Frisell and his trio were framed in red curtains and white spotlights on stage at the Barns, the winter haven for artists who perform at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia.
Composer, guitarist and record label owner, Steve Vai will soon celebrate his birthday on June 6 and he’ll have more than a birthday cake to light up the festivities.
Uriah Heep been roaming the globe since the 1970s, rolling out turgid rock ‘n’ roll that has built a loyal fan club that spans several generations.
To an entire generation, the name Joe Negri conjures up the image of the gentle and soft-spoken “Handyman”, from the long running PBS children’s TV program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Joe Satriani has come a long way since his days as guitar teacher and mentor to then student, and now close friend, Steve Vai, as well as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, jazz-fusion extraordinaire Charlie Hunter, and many other successful guitarists. In his long and illustrious career, Satriani has been nominate for fifteen Grammy awards, surpassed the ten million mark in CD sales and is considered by many experts as one of the top-ten greatest guitarists of all time, regardless of genre.
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