Posted January 11, 2023 at 6:49 am | No comments
Guitarist Robben Ford began his musical journey at age ten as an alto sax player. A keen interest and understanding of the woodwind instrument, as well as a fondness for the ‘cool jazz’ sounds of Paul Desmond and his legendary recordings with guitarist Jim Hall, helped fuel his musical aptitude at a young age. It proved to be an attraction that only intensified, as the sounds of Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane became elements within the same fascination. Integrate that scenario with an interest in the blues and a flair for emulating Mike Bloomfield and other blues guitar favorites, and one can easily understand Robben Ford’s fondness for both instruments.
Posted in: Blues Interviews, Interviews
Posted October 31, 2022 at 9:08 am | No comments
Laura Lee is on her own inimitable journey, that demands financial assets in hand to get to the first big milestone, their debut album. Laura Lee is now working on her third album. Enter crowd sourcing platforms where friends, family and fans support songwriters’ dreams by donating bucks to help those talented folks realize their dreams.
Posted in: Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted October 7, 2022 at 11:10 am | No comments
Rocker, singer-songwriter, award winning author, music workshop leader and more, Debra Devi, hits all cylinders with her hi-test drive that’s made her talents highly sought after for on-stage performances and presentations. And her ASCAP award winning book, The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (foreword by Dr. John) is an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award winner, that has grabbed the attention and accolades of some of the best blues masters of our day.
Posted in: Blues Interviews, Indie Rock Interviews, Industry Interviews, Interviews, Prog-Rock Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted August 14, 2022 at 4:28 pm | No comments
Today, Steve Earle has earned his own icon status, not only by writing his own songs and performing to thousands, but by deep digging into the entangled roots of more contemporary music, studying the wherefore and why of musical traditions of songs and styles beyond American shores. Like the generation before him, his own journey is part of both a land mass of musical traditions, and a migration of his own songs for future generations.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Blues Interviews, Country, Country Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted August 3, 2022 at 8:50 am | 3 comments
Guitar International followed up our earlier interview with vintage guitar expert, George Gruhn, in Nashville shortly after the economy folded and within a few weeks of the Nashville flood. Luckily George’s shop was saved from the disaster, but other businesses and homes in Tennessee took catastrophic hits.
Posted in: Guitar Dealers, Interviews
Posted July 19, 2022 at 11:37 am | No comments
You’ve got to hand it to Ben Brookes Belcher, the man works hard rolling out some of the coolest country songs we’ve heard in a long time. Belcher nails down some fancy guitar licks while singing a mix of gritty hard tack down home spins to some of the sweetest heart wrenching ballads.
Posted in: Country, Country Interviews, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews
Posted July 8, 2022 at 10:54 am | No comments
As a follow-up to our Tal Nacarrato interview, here’s PART 2! We found Tal’s insights into performing, practicing, lessons learned to keep focused very helpful and one of our interviews that’s helpful to return to periodically to remind us of how to raise our games as musicians and on-stage performers.
Classically trained, Naccarato clearly knows his way around the fretboard as illustrated on his new album, Ten and Two Blues, to be released on April 27th 2022, as well as on his last three albums, Hot House Flowers, Piedmont Black & Blue, and Dreamflower Sessions…
Posted in: Blues, Blues Interviews, Classical Interviews, Country Interviews, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted June 21, 2022 at 1:53 pm | No comments
Not only is Teddy Richards a seasoned session musician, he is also a well-accomplished singer-songwriter and performer, and as a result has opened with his original compositions for artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Seal and The Verve Pipe. He’s also co-written some great songs with the likes of Andrew Farriss (INXS), Carlos Alomar (David Bowie), and Marcy Levi (Natalie Cole, Joe Cocker) and the legendary, Al Green.
Posted in: Blues, Blues Interviews, Country Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted May 27, 2022 at 7:45 am | 4 comments
Steve Vai is a creative and innovative composer, guitarist and musician. Okay, that’s an obvious statement if I’ve ever written one. He’s changed the way people write within the instrumental guitar genre, his use of rhythm, effects and melodic development have helped to shape the modern guitar vocabulary and his Jem guitar series and Carvin amps have reshaped the custom gear market for the past 25 years. one
Posted in: Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Modern Rock, Rock Interviews, Shred Interviews
Posted May 27, 2022 at 5:24 am | One comment
Dick Wagner’s songs and lead guitar have been featured on more than 200 renowned albums, garnering more than 35 Platinum and Gold records, BMI songwriter awards, Emmys, and numerous prestigious international awards.
Posted in: Classic Rock, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
