Posted August 2, 2010 at 8:01 am | One comment
Executive Producers Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts’ new DVD, Stones in Exile, is a behind the scense look at the making of the Rolling Stones’ ’72 double-album, Exile on Main Street.
Posted in: DVD Reviews, Guitar Films, Reviews
Posted August 2, 2010 at 7:29 am | One comment
It’s 10:30 PM, I’m sitting at a wooden picnic table, and I feel great! The Monterey fairgrounds are still hopping at the 25th Monterey Bay Blues Festival, held June 25 – 27, 2010, with crowds of people standing in groups or walking around the grounds. The picnic table is in the middle of two different stages, so I can hear a blend of music from the acts still going strong.
Posted in: Blues, Blues Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 29, 2010 at 8:00 am | No comments
“Heavy Mellow” is an intensely interesting and musically captivating album by the San Francisco based group Flametal.
Posted in: Classical Reviews, Metal, Metal Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 28, 2010 at 7:59 am | No comments
Into the Night is an intense, metal thrill-ride by Florida based melodic metal band Oblivious Signal.
Posted in: Metal, Metal Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:59 am | No comments
Sending My Love is a laid-back, smooth-jazz album by guitarist Norman Brown. Featuring nine original tracks, with a cover of the Kenny Loggins song “Celebrate Me Home,”
Posted in: Jazz, Jazz Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 19, 2010 at 7:43 am | No comments
Guitar International was recently invited to take a tour of luthier Dan Koentopp’s Chicago workshop. We spent the afternoon checking out Dan’s tools, several guitars he had in the works and hearing about his journey as an up and coming custom-guitar builder.
Posted in: Guitars and Gear
Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:59 am | No comments
It isn’t often that I come across an album that’s so good I have to listen to it multiple times in a row. When I sat down to check out Devi’s album Get Free I found myself doing just that
Posted in: Indie Rock-Pop, Reviews, Rock Reviews
Posted July 12, 2010 at 7:55 am | 3 comments
Having used a PRS guitar for over twenty years, and being the first guitarist to appear on a magazine cover with a PRS back in the day, it’s not a big surprise that Al Di Meola would team up with the American guitar giant to produce the PRS Al Di Meola Signature guitar, otherwise known as the Prism.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted July 9, 2010 at 8:05 am | No comments
There are many decisions guitarists have to make in order to find their optimal tone. What guitar do they play, what strings do they use? Do they use their fingers or a pick? What effects pedals, if any, do they run through and what amp(s) do they run that signal through. While many guitarists spend countless hours searching for the best tone possible, using some or all of these methods, the one thing that often misses their radar is the cable they’re using.
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Posted July 8, 2010 at 6:59 am | One comment
Dubbed the “anti-Oliver Stone” documentary, in reference to the controversial movie staring Val Kilmer as troubled lead singer Jim Morrison, Tom Dicillo’s documentary When You’re Strange aims to tell the “real” story behind the meteoric rise and tragic end to the ’60s rock band The Doors. The story that photographers, cameramen and interviewers captured in real time as the band redefined the rock genre and encapsulated what it meant to be a true Rock Star in the 1960s.
Posted in: DVD Reviews, Guitar Films, Reviews, Rock Reviews