Posted June 13, 2018 at 12:41 pm | No comments
On June 8th and 9th, PRS Guitars hosted their ninth “Experience PRS” open house event. This year’s event saw record attendance, which has more than quadrupled since the debut Experience PRS in 2007. During the course of the two-day event, attendees were treated to artist-led clinics, non-stop concert performances, factory tours, interactive areas to stain figured maple and check out gear (including the new Silver Sky guitar and MT 15 amplifier).
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Posted June 13, 2018 at 12:23 pm | No comments
Founding member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame trio The Police, Stewart Copeland, steps out of the recording studio and in front of the camera as a music & documentary expert this summer for his first time hosting his own television event for HDNET MOVIES—Classic Rock Week with Stewart Copeland July 16-22 starting at 8pE/5pP.
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Posted June 13, 2018 at 12:09 pm | No comments
On the heels of a successful inaugural season, AXS TV’s original reality series Real Money starring chart-topping rock musician Eddie Money and his family—has received an order for a 12-episode second season, up from 10 episodes in the initial go-round. Real Money joined fellow AXS TV original Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar in the Sunday Night Rocks block, delivering a powerhouse duet that hit all the right notes with the classic rock audience
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Posted June 12, 2018 at 12:29 pm | No comments
AXS TV, the premier destination for classic rock programming, is bringing a beloved U.K. series stateside as the network presents season one (11 episodes) of The Ronnie Wood Show, making its U.S. debut on Wednesday, July 11. The program will air two episodes each week back-to-back at 8pE/5pP and 8:30pE/5:30pP respectively, with encore broadcasts every Sunday night
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Posted May 28, 2018 at 6:01 am | No comments
John Trudell did not set out to be a poet. He took that road primarily through a series of detours, and his poetic and political sensibilities were forged by the remarkable, sometimes horrifying circumstances of his life, including the deaths of his three children, his wife and unborn child, and his wife’s mother, which sent him into a state of wandering and despair.
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Posted May 27, 2018 at 7:54 pm | No comments
Following Joe Bonamassa’s 7-date regional arena tour in March 2018, Joe’s upcoming Hampton Court Palace concert will showcase material from Joe’s vast catalogue including songs from his studio albums Blues of Desperation and Driving Towards the Daylight, plus new songs.
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Posted May 19, 2018 at 5:24 pm | No comments
AXS TV unveils a one-two punch of original primetime summer rock programming, kicking off on Sunday, July 1 with new episodes of The Top Ten Revealed, hosted by Katie Daryl, at 9pE/6pP, followed by the series premiere of Trunkfest, hosted by Eddie Trunk, at 9:30pE/6:30pP. Each series will consist of eight all-new episodes.
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Posted May 17, 2018 at 5:00 am | No comments
The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor and share the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul through the generations has announced multi-GRAMMY™ Award winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, to be honored with the third annual Les Paul Spirit Award at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The award will be presented to Rodgers on Saturday, June 9th, 2018, the same day Les Paul would have turned 103 years old. Previous recipients of the prestigious Les Paul Spirit Award were Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir (2016) and U2’s The Edge (2017).
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Posted May 16, 2018 at 3:05 pm | No comments
The festivities begin with an in-depth look at one of the band’s most influential works, taking viewers behind the scenes and into the studio as Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie discuss the creative process behind Rumours in Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours. An encore broadcast of Classic Albums will air at 6:30pE. The GRAMMY®-nominated 1986 concert Stevie Nicks: Rock A Little follows at 2pE
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Posted May 10, 2018 at 3:17 pm | No comments
The Sunday Night Rocks AXS TV celebration begins with back-to-back episodes of the acclaimed music documentary series Rock Legends, compiling rare archive footage, classic performances, and interviews with noted music critics to give views an insightful and in-depth look at the unparalleled careers of punk rock pioneers Blondie at 8pE, and nine-time Grammy-winning folk songstress Joni Mitchell at 8:30pE.
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