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Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Posted May 5, 2022 at 3:36 pm | No comments

With songs like “Darkness, Darkness”, “Sunlight”, “Sugarbabe”, “Songird and the Youngblood’s version of “Get Together,” Jesse Colin Young has influenced and shaped the character of American music for over 50 years. Jesse will be touring as an acoustic duo with his daughter Jazzie Young in support of his solo acoustic album, Highway Troubadour, filled with stripped-down versions of such hits as “Darkness, Darkness,” from the Youngbloods’ 1969 album, Elephant Mountain…

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Announces New Album Dirt Does Dylan out May 20th

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Announces New Album Dirt Does Dylan out May 20th

Posted April 7, 2022 at 12:28 pm | No comments

Five-decades-running Americana pioneers Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have already played a major role in the preservation and popularity of folk music—their Will The Circle Be Unbroken album series introduced droves of new fans to folk, country, and bluegrass and earned the band multiple Grammy awards—but now, the long-running group have taken on another American institution near and dear to their hearts; the Bob Dylan songbook.

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Fender Releases Nile Rogers Hitmaker Stratocaster

Fender Releases Nile Rogers Hitmaker Stratocaster

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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Jack Taylor announces release of debut instrumental album ‘Songs For You’

Jack Taylor announces release of debut instrumental album ‘Songs For You’

Posted April 3, 2022 at 6:05 pm | No comments

“Getting lost in the writing, recording and mixing process was my own way of dealing with my personal grief. Me and my dad shared a deep relationship with music together, he took me to my first guitar lessons, gigs and was a key part of my musical journey. Songs For You is my way of saying thank you to him for exposing me to music in the way that he did”

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Steve Vai Favored Nations/Mascot Label New Video – “Teeth of the Hydra”

Steve Vai Favored Nations/Mascot Label New Video – “Teeth of the Hydra”

Posted April 1, 2022 at 10:59 am | No comments

 Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group present the official music video for “Teeth Of The Hydra.”  Vai shares, “The idea for this guitar and track came to me roughly seven years ago.  I envisioned composing and performing a piece of music on a multi-neck instrument where all of the sound emanated from that one creation with the exception of some keyboards and drums.

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polyheDren Project Album Psychic Now Out on Digital, CD/LP and Atmos/Spatial Formats

polyheDren Project Album Psychic Now Out on Digital, CD/LP and Atmos/Spatial Formats

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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Ann Wilson Launches Her Single “A Moment of Bliss” from Fierce Bliss Album

Ann Wilson Launches Her Single “A Moment of Bliss” from Fierce Bliss Album

Posted March 30, 2022 at 11:38 am | No comments

One of the premier hard rock vocalists of all-time, Ann Wilson smashed boundaries with her band Heart, the 8-times Platinum, 35 million-plus selling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trailblazers who formed in 1973. During a decades-long career, Wilson rode the roller coaster of fame, fortune and madness, learning both joyous and hard, hard lessons along the way.

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Styx on Canada Tour with Nancy Wilson’s Heart in 2022

Styx on Canada Tour with Nancy Wilson’s Heart in 2022

Posted March 28, 2022 at 8:07 pm | No comments

STYX, the multimegamillion-selling rock band that has forged an indelible legacy both on record and onstage, return to Canada in 2022 for a cross-country live tour alongside very special guests Nancy Wilson’s Heart. 

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Tom Principato and Powerhouse Records Release “It’s Tele Time!” Tribute to Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton

Tom Principato and Powerhouse Records Release “It’s Tele Time!” Tribute to Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton

Posted March 25, 2022 at 9:47 am | No comments

I have always thought of myself in my own way, as being part of the “Washington D.C. Telecaster tradition”. I always brought more than one guitar on a tour or to a concert, and one of them was usually a Telecaster. There would be a part of the show where I would strap on a Telecaster, joke about “it’s Tele time!”

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Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Posted March 23, 2022 at 4:00 am | No comments

Guitar International magazine is pleased to announce that Gruene (pronounced “green”) Guitars crafted in Texas is offering Guitar International magazine readers a 5% discount on their splendid line up of high end acoustic guitars to Guitar International friends.

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