Posted February 7, 2013 at 3:31 am | One comment
This is the first in a series of articles detailing the spread of the guitar through a variety of musical and cultural contexts around the world. A common cliché states that music is the universal language; while it’s not quite that simple, I do believe that music is a venue towards the universal communication that so many seek. Due to its almost universal popularity, the guitar is an ideal candidate to facilitate the interactions needed to realize this goal.
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Posted February 6, 2013 at 6:23 pm | No comments
According to DL Media, it has been 15 years since bassist Kyle Eastwood burst onto the jazz scene with his 1998 debut, From There To Here. At that moment in his budding career, the press seemed more preoccupied with his paternal lineage (he’s the son of famed actor-director Clint Eastwood) than his music.
Posted in: Guitar News, Jazz News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted February 6, 2013 at 5:08 am | No comments
Among the Ramones’ blitzkrieg boppin’, the Talking Heads’ art-school New Wave and Blondie’s thrift-store garage pop at the now-legendary CBGB’s in the late ’70s, Steve Forbert, stood tall as the lone troubadour.
Posted in: Guitar News, Punk News, Rock News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted February 5, 2013 at 1:36 pm | No comments
Marcy Marxer will release her first solo recording, Things Are Coming My Way, this March, celebrating in her hometown then across the nation touring with The Four Bitchin’ Babes and as Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.
Posted in: Acoustic News, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted February 4, 2013 at 10:03 am | No comments
Brad released it’s album, United We Stand, last year with 10 tracks with some cool tracks, including: “A Reason to Be in My Skin”, “Needle and Thread”, and “Bound in Time”.
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Posted February 4, 2013 at 3:13 am | One comment
We’re pleased to announce that for the first time in digital format, veteran rock author Steven Rosen presents his exciting book, Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company, that covers the legendary blues and rock artists, when Free rocked the airwaves with their blues-drenched rock, followed by the genesis of Bad Company.
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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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Posted January 29, 2013 at 5:38 am | No comments
Even if he’d never formed the Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman would be a major figure in American popular music.
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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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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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