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Sevendust Hit #1 Spot on Billboard with Black Out The Sun

Sevendust Hit #1 Spot on Billboard with Black Out The Sun

Posted April 3, 2013 at 6:19 pm | No comments

The fans have spoken and as a result, Sevendust has scored their first-ever #1 on the Billboard charts, taking over the “Top Hard Music Albums” chart next week.

Posted in: Guitar News, Rock News, Uncategorized

Legendary Jazz Guitarist Kenny Burrell On Guitar Forms

Legendary Jazz Guitarist Kenny Burrell On Guitar Forms

Posted April 3, 2013 at 4:43 pm | One comment

Having released over 30 groundbreaking albums under his own name in addition to appearing on literally hundreds more as a sideman, the legendary jazz guitarist, Kenny Burrell, is one of the most influential musicians of the past century.

Posted in: Interviews, Jazz Interviews, Legends Interviews

Eddie Van Halen Featured on LL Cool J Authentic Album

Eddie Van Halen Featured on LL Cool J Authentic Album

Posted April 2, 2013 at 8:26 am | One comment

Music legends, Eddie Van Halen and LL COOL J, have teamed up for two songs on LL’s upcoming new album, Authentic, set to release on April 30th. The rock icon joined the legendary rapper in the studio and kicked the volume up to create two genre defying songs on LL’s powerful new album.

Posted in: Guitar News, Rock News, Uncategorized

Famed Guitarist Eric Johnson Kicks Off his 2013 UK Tour

Famed Guitarist Eric Johnson Kicks Off his 2013 UK Tour

Posted April 2, 2013 at 7:59 am | No comments

Eric Johnson, the critically acclaimed American electric guitarist, hailed by Joe Bonamassa as “one of the greatest guitar players of all time,” starts is 6-date UK tour at London’s o2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Wednesday 3rd April.

Posted in: Guitar News, Instrumental News, Rock News, Uncategorized

Blue Cheer “Rocks Europe” Concert to be Released on CD

Blue Cheer “Rocks Europe” Concert to be Released on CD

Posted April 2, 2013 at 4:20 am | No comments

Blue Cheer muscled their way onto an unsuspecting late-’60s rock scene with an aggressively overdriven sonic assault that was as brutal as it was unprecedented.

Posted in: Guitar News, Rock News

PRS Guitars, GRAND-AM, In Tune Monthly and DW Partner

Posted April 1, 2013 at 9:32 am | No comments

Paul Reed Smith Guitars [PRS Guitars] has teamed up with In Tune Monthly magazine, DW (Drum Workshop) and Guitar Center to help celebrate their 2013 official partnership with GRAND-AM Road Racing.

Posted in: Guitar Events, Guitar News, Luthier News, Product News, Uncategorized

True Blues CD Features Taj Mahal, Shemekia Copeland, Corey Harris and more…

True Blues CD Features Taj Mahal, Shemekia Copeland, Corey Harris and more…

Posted April 1, 2013 at 8:00 am | No comments

Guitarist/singer/composer, Corey Harris , calls the blues “the foundation of all contemporary music.” Harris is just one of a team of premier blues artists who appear on True Blues, a 13-song live CD set for release May 28, 2013, on Telarc.

Posted in: Blues News, Guitar News, Uncategorized

Orange’s New No Compromise Crush Amps Go BIG

Orange’s New No Compromise Crush Amps Go BIG

Posted March 28, 2013 at 11:46 am | No comments

Orange Amplification is extending its best-selling Crush amps range with the launch of three new professional level products: the CR60C 60 Watt 1 x 12 Combo, CR120C 120 Watt 2 x 12 Combo and CR120H 120 Watt Head. Designed without compromise, these new products deliver quality sound and build at a price, which is superb value for money.

Posted in: Guitar News, Product News, Uncategorized

Melodic Patterns or Sequences Exercise

Melodic Patterns or Sequences Exercise

Posted March 28, 2013 at 7:18 am | 4 comments

This exercise is based on a jazz standard written in 1939 by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern called “All The Things You Are.” I’ve singled out the chord changes, without melody, and stocked them with various melodic arpeggio patterns using all the CAGED chord shapes.

Posted in: Instruction News

Vintage GI Interview with Singer Songwriter Stephen Kellogg

Vintage GI Interview with Singer Songwriter Stephen Kellogg

Posted March 28, 2013 at 5:17 am | No comments

Here’s one of our earliest interviews with Stephen Kellogg from around 2006. We’d seen him as a warm up act at a venue and when he and his fellow Sixers returned to the D.C. area, we caught up with him at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, Virginia, where we sat down for an interview.

Posted in: Indie Rock Interviews, Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews