Posted August 2, 2012 at 9:43 pm | No comments
Lollapalooza has so many big name acts, sometimes the little guys get lost in the shuffle. Make sure not to ignore the smaller stages like the BMI stage and Google Play stage or the early hours of any of the stages or you’ll miss out on some of the best new artists. The organizers of Lollapalooza make sure they book top notch talent, so whenever you have a break between bigger acts, check out the side stages for bands like the following.
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Posted May 1, 2012 at 9:16 am | No comments
Fly-dates in the touring world are something of a status symbol. You’re finally trading in a cramped van for a cramped airplane — and it’s kind of a big deal. But, there’s a huge drawback: now you have to worry about transporting your gear without the use of a trailer.
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Posted January 11, 2012 at 11:33 am | No comments
The SKH Music Group told us that the Vehicle Production Group, a brand new American car company that designs, engineers, and distributes specialty vehicles, has altruistically gifted a brand new MV-1 to Leslie West.
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Posted December 12, 2010 at 4:24 pm | No comments
The world of music entertainment tends to center on celebrities, those who have the musical or other talents that attract crowds and make them roar. Behind the scenes, there are scores of music industry people who “make things happen”
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Posted September 29, 2010 at 9:24 am | No comments
While checking out some of the newest PRS guitars and amps today, we had a chance to talk to Jack Higgenbotham, President, Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Last year, the big deal was the company’s new 80,000 square foot operations and office expansion. At this year’s Experience PRS show, the guitar company gave guests opportunities to […]
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Posted May 23, 2010 at 1:28 pm | No comments
by Saiichi I have always been a Gibson electric man since 1974 except for a few years in the early ’90s when I got into Clapton model Strats. My first electric was a 1961 Junior and my trusty Les Paul has been my main guitar for a dozen years. I don’t go shopping for guitars […]
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Posted March 2, 2010 at 6:40 pm | No comments
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Posted February 27, 2010 at 4:03 pm | No comments
by Rick Landers ****** Cindy: Cashdollar Interview Rick Landers: Today we know that Woodstock, New York and the surrounding area used to be the neighborhood that belonged to some well-known musicians. I guess it always hasn’t been that way; but you either call it home or have called it home in the past. But you […]
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Posted October 23, 2007 at 3:44 am | No comments
“Bowling Green” John Cephas, who takes his stage name from Bowling Green, Virginia, where he was raised, embodies the soul and spirit of a little-known style of music called the Piedmont blues. Guitar International spoke with Cephas at the 69th National Folk Festival in Richmond, Virginia, on September 14, 2007, before he went on stage with master harmonica player Phil Wiggins, about his style of blues, his guitars and his life-long study and commitment to keeping the Piedmont blues alive. Read »
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Posted September 27, 2007 at 8:46 am | No comments
Acid Test (Marmaduke), the latest release from Los Angeles-based progressive instrumental rock group Cosmosquad featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (Glenn Hughes, Sign of 4, Mogg/Way) and drummer Shane Gaalaas (B’z, Diesel Machine), is a broad spectrum, often eerie, nine-track funhouse maze that ranges from hard and dark to soft and bittersweet. It’s the third studio release from the group and their first album since the departure of co-founding member and bassist Barry Sparks, who is now with the metal group, Dokken. Though not intended as a concept album, it works well as a listen-through experience that invokes a diverse yet related menu of literary and cinematic imagery – the obscure menace of H.P. Lovecraft, sweet and sour shades of Stephen King, and, overall, the “what’s around the corner?” feel of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. Read »
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