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Liz Barak’s Project Collaborates with Women Artists From Around the World on “Layla”

Liz Barak’s Project Collaborates with Women Artists From Around the World on “Layla”

Posted May 30, 2020 at 9:38 am | No comments

The Liz Barak’s Project is a project meant to empower women in music worldwide. It was created by music producer Liz Barak alongside the book ‘Ballad to the North Wind’ with covers of songs mentioned in the book, however, fairly quickly it had received an independent life of its own.

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Legendary Photographer Elliott Landy LIVE on Coastal A&E May 30th at 11:00 AM EST

Legendary Photographer Elliott Landy LIVE on Coastal A&E May 30th at 11:00 AM EST

Posted May 29, 2020 at 11:17 pm | No comments

Elliott Landy’s mesmerizing photographs have been published worldwide for decades in all print mediums including covers for Rolling Stone magazine, Life, The Saturday Evening Post and many more. Landy’s legendary album covers (Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline and Van Morrison’s Moondance for example) are revered to this day and have been celebrated by a young generation of fans eager to discover the “new” world of vinyl records and the visual and highly artistic elements of the covers. 

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The Immediate Family’s Debut Single “Cruel Twist” Coming On Quarto Valley Records

The Immediate Family’s Debut Single “Cruel Twist” Coming On Quarto Valley Records

Posted May 14, 2020 at 11:40 am | No comments

The Immediate Family (the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as “The Section”) is a rock and roll band composed of four of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar (guitar and vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar and vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and the addition of prominent touring, session guitarist and songwriter Steve Postell (guitar and vocals).

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Dan Rather Interviews Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on AXS-TV Wednesday, May 13

Dan Rather Interviews Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on AXS-TV Wednesday, May 13

Posted May 11, 2020 at 7:47 pm | No comments

The Big Interview is hosted and conducted by newsman Dan Rather, who is a respected a journalist and anchor that anchored CBS Evening News for 24 years.  Some of the recent interviews he’s conducted for The Big Interview are Robbie Robertson, Debbie Harry, the Eagles’ Don Felder, and Dolly Parton

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AXS-TV And Farm Aid Raise over $500,000 for Family Farmers Impacted by COVID-19

AXS-TV And Farm Aid Raise over $500,000 for Family Farmers Impacted by COVID-19

Posted April 16, 2020 at 1:40 pm | No comments

AXS TV, the premier television network and digital media company for music programming, was proud to partner with Farm Aid to produce and broadcast the special virtual benefit concert event At Home With Farm Aid. The concert, which originally aired on Saturday, April 11, raised over $500,000 for family farmers

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Fender Offers 3-Months of Complimentary Lessons on Fender Play

Fender Offers 3-Months of Complimentary Lessons on Fender Play

Posted April 9, 2020 at 10:21 am | No comments

To support the community during social distancing, Fender continues to offer new users three months of complimentary lessons on Fender Play, the complete online learning app for guitar, bass and ukulele. After bringing these free lessons to everyone three weeks ago and an outpouring of support from over 150 artists like Jimmy Page, H.E.R., Brendon Urie, Ashley McBryde, Tash Sultana and Orville Peck

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Farm Aid – AXS TV To Broadcast and Stream Farm Aid on Saturday, April 11 AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT

Farm Aid – AXS TV To Broadcast and Stream Farm Aid on Saturday, April 11 AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT

Posted April 8, 2020 at 1:14 pm | No comments

AXS TV – At Home With Farm Aid, featuring performances by acclaimed artists and Farm Aid Board Members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews, on Saturday, April 11, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT

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AXS TV Announces Season Premiere of ‘The Big Interview’ with Dan Rather’ on Wed., April 15 at 8 pm ET

AXS TV Announces Season Premiere of ‘The Big Interview’ with Dan Rather’ on Wed., April 15 at 8 pm ET

Posted March 27, 2020 at 2:41 pm | No comments

AXS TV announced today that the eighth season of its critically-acclaimed celebrity sit-down series The Big Interview With Dan Rather will premiere with chart-topping rock legend Huey Lewis on Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.

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Joe Satriani Reschedules His Shapeshifting U.K. and First Leg of European Tour

Joe Satriani Reschedules His Shapeshifting U.K. and First Leg of European Tour

Posted March 25, 2020 at 5:55 am | No comments

For two decades, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and as founder of the all-star “G3” guitar extravaganza. SATRIANI’s studio and live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date and of his many solo albums

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PRS Guitars Shares Music Unites to Highlight Live Streams, On-line Lessons In Support of Artists

PRS Guitars Shares Music Unites to Highlight Live Streams, On-line Lessons In Support of Artists

Posted March 23, 2020 at 1:55 pm | No comments

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-quality instruments in Stevensville, Maryland and has provided some of the world’s most renowned musicians with instruments since 1985. The PRS team of highly skilled craftspeople design and build a wide variety of musical instruments and gear for worldwide distribution, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as boutique-style guitar amplifiers.

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