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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) is Around the Corner – Part 1

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) is Around the Corner – Part 1

Posted April 15, 2013 at 7:32 am | No comments

It’s that time of year again!! The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is right around the corner. As always, it is held the last weekend in April and the first weekend of May, running from April 26 to May 5.

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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.

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PRS Guitars to Open LA Artist Showroom Fulltime

PRS Guitars to Open LA Artist Showroom Fulltime

Posted February 27, 2013 at 3:14 pm | No comments

On March 1, 2013, PRS Guitars will open its LA Showroom on a fulltime basis. Located at the CenterStaging facility in Burbank, California, the PRS showroom will extend Artist Relations’ efforts by offering musicians a unique opportunity to experience the PRS brand in an intimate studio environment that is equipped with a comprehensive selection of PRS guitars and amplifiers for musicians to test-drive.

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PRS Guitars Continues Foundations Video Series with Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

PRS Guitars Continues Foundations Video Series with Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

Posted February 12, 2013 at 8:21 am | No comments

Last fall, Paul Reed Smith sat down with Carlos Santana, Derek Trucks, and Warren Haynes to have a candid conversation about tone, finding your voice, and being a musician. Recently, Smith invited Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, and Cody Kilby to his home studio to continue the conversation with PRS’s leading acoustic endorsers.

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The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:02 am | No comments

If you Google the question “Is there a 14-string guitar?”, you are apt to get confused. Wiki.answers.com states emphatically, “there are no instruments that have 14 strings”.

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Guitar sculpture – the definition

Guitar sculpture – the definition

Posted February 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm | One comment

GraphicGuitars Sculptures are a collection of three-dimensional designs dedicated to the mystic of the guitar. Artist Paul Chase has been creating fine art paintings and prints of the guitar for 10 years.

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Punk Rock Bowling Strikes May 24-27, 2013

Punk Rock Bowling Strikes May 24-27, 2013

Posted January 28, 2013 at 5:15 pm | No comments

Earshot Media tells us, “The 15th year of Punk Rock Bowling is upon us and man, oh man, is this going to be a good one!”

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Being Safe at Your Local Nightclubs

Being Safe at Your Local Nightclubs

Posted January 28, 2013 at 2:06 pm | No comments

And just this past week, a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, ravaged the club that was reported to be filled to double its capacity and leaving 233 bodies in its wake.

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The Who’s Pete Townshend Honored with the Les Paul Award at last night’s TEC Awards:

Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm | No comments

Highlighting the evening was the Les Paul Award presentation to renowned recording artist and composer The Who’s Pete Townshend. The Les Paul Award was presented by film producer and humorist Martin Lewis and Jeff Salmon, representing The Les Paul Foundation.

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Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Posted December 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm | No comments

Motorhead, the Grammy award winning rock band will unveil the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock-n-roll with the official U.S. launch of Motorheadphones at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas.

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