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Orange Amps Launches Online Vocal Performance Exams

Orange Amps Launches Online Vocal Performance Exams

Posted March 15, 2021 at 9:55 am | No comments

Orange Learn, the educational arm of Orange Amplification, is excited to announce the expansion of its qualifications with the launch of Vocal Performance Graded Exams.

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Virtual World Premiere of Strange Courtesies at The San Jose Stage

Virtual World Premiere of Strange Courtesies at The San Jose Stage

Posted February 20, 2021 at 11:35 am | No comments

Guitar International is beginning to collaborate with an expanded group of multi-media publicists, and our first multi-media News piece begins now – San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director), in collaboration with African-American Shakespeare Company, is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the virtual world premiere of the new play Strange Courtesies.

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Lynryd Skynyrd: Live At Knebworth ’76 DVD-CD Release April 9, 2021

Lynryd Skynyrd: Live At Knebworth ’76 DVD-CD Release April 9, 2021

Posted February 17, 2021 at 5:06 pm | No comments

Featuring the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd line-up of Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Leon Wilkeson, Artimus Pyle, Billy Powell, and The Honkettes, this set was part of a daylong festival which also boasted the likes of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, 10cc, and headliners The Rolling Stones.

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Innovative Flutist Sarah Allen Talks About Irish Music, Her Musical Journey And Flook

Innovative Flutist Sarah Allen Talks About Irish Music, Her Musical Journey And Flook

Posted February 15, 2021 at 2:00 am | No comments

First, a short background about the evolution of modern Irish traditional music in order to put the award winning group, Flook, into some sort of context…as well as spotlight, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, Sarah Allen. So, there had never been a twin flute tradition in Ireland beyond a couple of  flutes and/or whistles sometimes playing in unison. Flook came along in 1985 and took the UK/European folk scene by storm, first with a three-flute front line and then with two.

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Calvin Travers Covers The Beatles on His New Release: Plays The Beatles

Calvin Travers Covers The Beatles on His New Release: Plays The Beatles

Posted February 8, 2021 at 2:42 pm | No comments

Brought up on The Beatles, they’ve always been my ground zero for music, the gold standard in songwriting, innovation and beautifully crafted guitar parts. Still inspired by them, I decided to release an EP of their songs called, Calvin Travers Plays The Beatles.

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In Memoriam: Hilton Valentine

In Memoriam: Hilton Valentine

Posted February 6, 2021 at 8:00 am | No comments

Hilton Valentine, The Animals’ original guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, died on January 29, 2021 at his Connecticut home.  He was 77 years old.Born on May 21, 1943, near Newcastle, England, Hilton first picked up a guitar after being caught up in the skiffle craze that was spearheaded by Lonnie Donegan, whose cover of “Rock Island Line” became a Top 10 hit in both England and America. 

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Scott McKeon’s New Release New Morning to be Released April 23 (Pre-Order Now!)

Scott McKeon’s New Release New Morning to be Released April 23 (Pre-Order Now!)

Posted January 31, 2021 at 2:39 pm | No comments

Scott McKuen will release his new album, New Morning, this Spring, with pre-orders call set to go. He tells us, “I am extremely happy to announce that my album ‘New Morning’ is available for pre-order! Available on 180g double vinyl, Compact Disc and digitally via my website and Bandcamp store https://scottmckeon.bandcamp.com/album/new-morning. The official release date is April 23.

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Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Posted January 22, 2021 at 4:12 pm | No comments

For the past 127 years, Gibson has been synonymous with creating, inspiring, supporting and shaping sound. Gibson has emerged as the legitimate industry leader by leveraging its’ iconic past and leaning into the innovative future. Gibson is played by the best and brightest artists, across generations and genres and is widely considered as the most relevant, most played

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Musician Extraordinaire Steve Postell Talks About The Immediate Family, Producing, Composing and More!

Musician Extraordinaire Steve Postell Talks About The Immediate Family, Producing, Composing and More!

Posted January 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm | No comments

What can be better than performing music you love with some of the top musicians in the world, who are also some of your best friends? That’s a place guitarist, singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Steve Postell, finds himself with the new super group, The Immediate Family. Steve’s on board with the likes of Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel and Russ Kunkel

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Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural  Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners” 

Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural  Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners” 

Posted December 11, 2020 at 10:35 am | No comments

Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) created the Youth To The Front Fund (YTTFF) to support and fund under 30-year-old  BIPOC-centered youth activists, youth-led organizations, projects, innovations and creative  solutions that are at the forefront of fighting systemic racism, inequality and injustice in the  United States and around the world.

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