Evan Goodrow, `Boston’s own blue-eyed soul and R&B groove man, recently released Say It, his tenth overall release. An ever-growing ability to lay down a soulful melody drenched in absolute emotion is in full bloom on this album. He shows more than ever that he’s a complete performer, a guitarist with solid lead and rhythm chops, a fine vocalist, and a creative songwriter.
The second leg of the Music as a Weapon Tour is going on right now across North America, so this is a great time for heavy metal and hard rock fans across the continent. The tour’s third stop was at the Metro Center in Rockford, IL, and Guitar International was on hand to witness Heavy metal giants Disturbed and Korn co-headline with supporting acts Sevendust and In This Moment, all of whom brought down the house that night in Illinois.
“The Kertsopoulos mathematical model and geometrical progression of the classical guitar, presented for the first time in such a detail.” Vol. 1 of 7.
There are few genres of music that are so beloved and so wide spread today as the Blues. Reaching across borders, languages and beliefs, the blues can be heard being played in Chicago night clubs, Japanese concert halls and festivals in Tiradentes, Brazil.
Pics of the blues legend performing live in Chicago, January 2011.
Few guitarists can claim to have a career as long and storied as French virtuoso Pierre Bensusan. Known mostly for his work in the “DADGAD” tuning, which readers may also know as the favorite acoustic tuning of rock-legend Jimmy Page, Bensusan’s latest release Vividly celebrates his 35th years as a professional performer and is also his 10th solo album, not easy milestones to come by for any genre or in any era.
Rising out of the ashes of what can only be described as a nightmare, modern metal band Sevendust has come back from the brink and is firing on all cylinders with their new album Cold Day Memory.
I have to throw the disclaimer in right away. Although I’ve heard various Frank Zappa tunes over the years, of which only a few I would be able to recall the title of or hum a melody or line to, I’ve never seen any live footage of Frank Zappa before watching Eagle Vision’s release of The Torture Never Stops, and wow, what an interesting individual and institution Zappa was and is.
As 2010 comes to an end, and Guitar International enters its second year on the web, we have decided to pay tribute to the guitarists that caught our attention this year by launching the 1st Annual Guitar International Awards.
Tapestries Of Song is the debut recording as a leader for New York based guitarist Matt Panayides, who was born in Cincinnati and raised in Indianapolis.
