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Guitar Interviews

Peppino D’Agostino Interview: Beyond the Guitar

Posted February 1, 2012

Peppino D’Agostino has to be one of the most remarkable solo acoustic guitar players on the scene today. He has been working hard to make a name for himself since the 1980’s when he decided to embark on a career as a guitarist, composer and arranger, and moved to San Francisco from his native Italy.

Guitar News

Kenny Olson To Release Debut Solo Album “Kenny Olson Cartel”

Posted February 3, 2012

Multi-platinum guitarist Kenny Olson has announced the upcoming release of his long-awaited, debut solo album “Kenny Olson Cartel” on February 7th through Foxy Music/Firebird. While Olson may be best known as Kid Rock’s 11-year axeman and founding member of his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, music fans around the globe are soon going to know him by the music of his ground-breaking, genre-bending rock band, Kenny Olson Cartel.

Guitar Lessons

How to Play the Jimmy Page Extended Blues Scale

Posted December 2, 2011

Let’s first take a look at the basic, position 1 Blues Scale in they key of A minor. This is usually the first scale guitarists learn when they start to explore lead playing, so it might be review for some of you. If it is new, take some time to really work out this fingering, it is one of the most common and important scale fingerings for rock and blues guitarists to have down.

Guitar Reviews

Daniel Levi Goans: Brother Stranger Review

Posted February 4, 2012

After spending seven years on the road touring with the Nashville based band The War, singer and songwriter Daniel Levi Goans returned to his native North Carolina to begin writing and recording his first effort under his own name. A few years and albums later, the talented musician has been working hard on developing his craft, which is showcased on his latest release BrotherStranger. Using his surroundings as influence for this music and lyric writing, Goans “looks into the loneliest moments of (the) human experience” with

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