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
Posted April 26, 2022 at 6:30 am | No comments
Tal Naccarato is game to roll along the landscape and streetscapes of America to make musical and spiritual connections with others in all walks of life who appreciate and share his love of well-crafted original music, music that comes from life’s hard won experiences and from the souls of artists.
Posted in: Blues, Blues Interviews, Classical, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted March 30, 2022 at 6:30 am | No comments
We caught up with Tom Guerra recently to talk about Sentimental Junk, the work involved and the creative juice needed to not only craft great songs, but to properly dress them with the right instrumentation, vocals that suit them and a collaboration between musicians, who are also friends, who help supercharge his songs into fun romps that hit on all cylinders, that offer up thoughtful meaningful lyrics, impressing them with his own personal stamp.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Blues, Classic Rock, Indie Rock Interviews, Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted March 18, 2022 at 8:30 am | 13 comments
If you’re a guitarist, like the guitar, or have heard of the guitar, than you’re probably excited for the Guitar Masters tour, which kicks off this October with dates throughout the Midwest and East Coast. Featuring guitar legend Eric Johnson, Fingerstyle guru Andy McKee and acoustic-guitar master Peppino D’Agostino, the tour is lining up to be the must see guitar event of the fall season, and possibly the entire year.
Posted in: Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews
