Nils Lofgren, currently on tour with the E-Street Band, received his Knaggs Severn T2 in Golden Natural on Monday, April 9 and apparently fell in love with it at first sight, using the guitar the same night at their show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Guitar International has published rock musician Debra Devi’s award-winning eBook, The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (with Foreword by Dr. John) — a must-have for blues fans!
We’ve heard from PFA Media that Alter Bridge/Creed axesmith/songwriter, Mark Tremonti, is gearing up for his first-ever solo project this summer.
The ferocious debut—Sold My Soul—from Laura Wilde, the 22-year old hard rock import from Down Under (Melbourne, to be exact) was enough to land her on the upcoming Ted Nugent tour.
The Graves Family and Festival Organizers are proud to announce the 20th Year of the Graves Mountain Festival of Music to be held at the Graves Lodge in Syria, Virginia May 31st, June 1st, and 2nd this year.
Having been on hiatus for several years from writing music industry articles, I briefly struggled with the topic of which to re-introduce myself to the music community.
In 1985 Paul Reed Smith officially opened PRS Guitars offering a limited number of guitar models. Throughout the years, these instruments gradually changed the walls of guitar shops with their figured maple tops and eye-catching stains.
Composer Eduardo Morales-Caso is a rare artist of exceptional talent who for the past decade has been making a significant contribution to the classical guitar with many attractive works for solo guitar, flute and guitar, and voice and guitar among others. Morales-Caso also has an extensive catalog of compositions which include works for solo piano as well as orchestral and chamber music which has helped bring a great depth to his guitar compositions. There has been a growing demand for his music since his piece “El Jardin de Lindaraja” won first prize in the XIV Andres Segovia international composition competition for classical guitar in 2003.
Trevor Rabin, guitarist/songwriter/keyboardist extraordinaire and ex-member of Prog legends Yes, will soon release Jacaranda (Varese Records), his first new solo album since 1989’s Can’t Look Away. The extremely versatile Rabin covers a wide range of styles on this new album, ranging from rock to jazz and even classical. Rabin plays all of the instruments himself with the exception of drums for all the tracks on Jacaranda, which will hit shelves on May 8th.
Van Halen have just unleashed the official music video for “She’s The Woman,” the latest single from the legendary rock band’s new album, A Different Kind of Truth.
