Posted May 13, 2022 at 3:44 pm | No comments
The NAMM TEC Committee is pleased to announce pioneer and bassist extraordinaire Carol Kaye as the recipient of this year’s Les Paul Innovation Award alongside top hitmaker, producer, and performer, Peter Asher, who will be inducted to the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame. The Les Paul Innovation Award is given on behalf of the Les Paul Foundation to honor individuals that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of artistry
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Posted April 5, 2022 at 10:44 am | No comments
When played in Nile Roger’s signature “chucking” style, the sound of this guitar became an essential component of Nile’s world-famous songwriting. Fender worked closely with Rodgers to study the original Hitmaker and design a meticulous recreation of the original guitar. “The Hitmaker Stratocaster® guitar is the epitome of what Fender’s Artist Signature Series is capable of,” said Justin Norvell, Executive Vice President of Product, FMIC. “These projects celebrate both guitar and artist, but in this instance, Nile and his Hitmaker are inseparable from each other.
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Posted March 31, 2022 at 3:14 pm | No comments
The Residents, Nels Cline (Wilco), Josh Freese(Sting, NIN) and Iva Bittová are just a few of the artists performing on the first collaborative music project polyheDren from composer and producer Dren McDonald’s Psychic album released on Friday April 29, 2022 on digital, CD/LP and Atmos/Spatial formats.
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Posted February 4, 2022 at 10:36 am | No comments
I have never thought of myself in the same category as Roy and Danny–these guys were my heroes, and through them I heard the playing of some of my other heroes like Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Roy Nichols, Charlie Christian and James Burton.
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Posted January 5, 2022 at 12:52 pm | No comments
For a few years, guitarist extraordinaire, Yasmin Williams, caused some groundswell buzz wherever and whenever she performed in her local DC-MD-VA area, and when she’d won some awards from the Songwriters’ of Washington for her compositions and recordings. And to many it seemed, it was only a matter of time before others would “discover” her as a talent of grand proportion.
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Posted September 21, 2021 at 10:40 am | No comments
Today, multi-Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana releases the third single off his star-studded, masterful new album, Blessings and Miracles (out via BMG on October 15), a collaboration with the legendary vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, Grammy winner and BMI Icon Steve Winwood on the classic “Whiter Shade of Pale.”
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Posted July 13, 2021 at 2:17 pm | No comments
Yasmin Williams is one of the most unique guitar aficionados to venture into exploring intriguing realms of the acoustic guitar soundscape. She strums, picks, percussively taps and gently pounds her guitars to add textures, beats and different musical dialogues to her compositions.
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Posted April 29, 2021 at 10:28 am | No comments
Montreal, Quebec-based record company GSI Musique is offering a new super-deluxe limited-edition vinyl set of the acclaimed double album Histoires sans paroles – Harmonium Symphonique, a symphonic re-interpretation of the music of influential 1970s Montreal-based progressive rock act Harmonium.
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Posted February 8, 2021 at 2:42 pm | No comments
Brought up on The Beatles, they’ve always been my ground zero for music, the gold standard in songwriting, innovation and beautifully crafted guitar parts. Still inspired by them, I decided to release an EP of their songs called, Calvin Travers Plays The Beatles.
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Posted July 30, 2020 at 12:28 pm | No comments
A longtime fan of the Spanish guitar, David Broza has incorporated many styles of flamenco, jazz, classical into his performance repertoire. Over the years, fans and friends have repeatedly requested a guitar instrumental album. “After 43 years as a singer-songwriter, composing music without lyrics was a challenging task,” shares Broza.
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