Posted March 29, 2018 at 11:24 am | No comments
Rock fans looking to take a trip out to the Sunshine State would be pressed to find a more fitting experience than the 8th Annual Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville festival. This year’s three day outdoor music event, set for April 27-29, 2018, is well primed with a lineup of monolithic metal proportions, featuring scheduled performances from such respected axe slingers as Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, Synster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Dave Grohl and Michael Paget.
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Posted March 27, 2018 at 1:52 pm | 2 comments
In May 2003, I was honored to interview Lynyrd Skynyrd’s legendary Gary Rossington. At the time, Gary was celebrating Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 30th Anniversary which included the release at the time of a new Lynyrd Skynyrd Boxed Set, ® Epiphone Guitars Official 30th Anniversary Lynyrd Skynyrd Les Paul Standard Gold Top
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Posted March 22, 2018 at 11:34 am | No comments
Shawn Phillips, one of music’s most daring, influential and enigmatic figures, has an announced the release of his new album, Continuance, via Tunecore Distribution. The record – Phillips’ 26th solo effort – sees the genre-bending singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, who was once described by Bill Graham as “the best-kept secret in the music business,” mixing hard rock, blues, funk, jazz, classical and New Age into an enthralling, singular style of expression.
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Posted March 22, 2018 at 4:00 am | No comments
By: William Clark John Kay & Steppenwolf remain among the elite enduring forces in rock and roll. The iconic acid rock group broke out with their first two studio albums in 1968 – the self-titled ‘Steppenwolf,’ which spawned the psychedelic rock single “A Girl I Knew” and the mega hit cover of Mars Bonfire’s “Born […]
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Posted March 19, 2018 at 2:00 am | No comments
Shock rocker, Alice Cooper made his presence known in New Jersey when he thrilled a sold out venue at the Bergen PAC in Englewood. Alice’s faithful arrived in full force and full make-up, to enjoying songs from his 45+ year career.
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Posted March 12, 2018 at 5:00 am | No comments
Legendary GRAMMY award winning Latin jazz fusion guitarist and composer Al Di Meola just released his highly-anticipated full-length album OPUS which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz Charts this week.
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Posted March 8, 2018 at 8:36 am | No comments
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Cancer Research has announced GuitarTown Kids Nashville, a public arts project to benefit pediatric cancer research. The Foundation has partnered with the Gibson Foundation on the project.
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 7:24 pm | No comments
Joe Bonamassa, the two-time Grammy-nominated blues rock guitar icon, who will kick-off his U.K. and European tour March 9th, has announced the release of British Blues Explosion Live
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 10:21 am | No comments
Selective Memories: An Anthology offers 41 reasons Luther Russell is so highly regarded by his peers and so treasured by fans who have fallen in love with his eclectically personal songs, which careen rambunctiously among power pop, rootsy Americana, folk-rock, punk, funk and country.
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Posted March 5, 2018 at 12:01 pm | No comments
The PRS Silver Sky is the result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith. More than two and half years in the making, the Silver Sky is a vintage-inspired instrument that is both familiar and uniquely PRS.
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