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Debra Devi & Friends Residency at Headroom Kicks Off Thursday Jan 23

Debra Devi & Friends Residency at Headroom Kicks Off Thursday Jan 23

Posted January 14, 2020 at 4:31 pm | No comments

The Jersey City music scene is booming–and local rock musician Debra Devi loves spreading the news. Having produced two smash “JC Rocks” concerts at White Eagle Hall that brought nearly 1500 people out to see local bands, Devi kicks off her monthly “Debra Devi & Friends” showcase at Headroom Bar & Social in downtown Jersey City with two of her faves

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Book Review: Tony Bacon Presents The Guitar Collection

Book Review: Tony Bacon Presents The Guitar Collection

Posted January 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm | No comments

Leave it to author and guitar aficianado, Tony Bacon, to come up with a very cool book on vintage guitars with a 3D-ish orange and turquoise cover textured with a guitar sound hole and six string that readers can strum. One nice add would have been to embed some electronics so they were also a tuner, but then anyone who wants more from Tony’s tome might be considered greedy.

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Johnny A. Announces 2020 Just Me and My Guitars West Coast Tour

Johnny A. Announces 2020 Just Me and My Guitars West Coast Tour

Posted January 6, 2020 at 11:39 am | No comments

Acclaimed guitarist Johnny A. announces that he will be returning to the West Coast for a series of tour dates beginning on January 9, 2020. “Most of these venues will be a first for me and I’m excited to be bringing the ‘Just Me…And My Guitars’ show to them,” says Johnny A. “As I usually only get to the West Coast once a year, I’m counting on all my friends and fans to please help me get the word out.”

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Guitar Legend Andres Segovia’s Rare Ramirez Guitar Goes up for Auction December 27, 2019

Guitar Legend Andres Segovia’s Rare Ramirez Guitar Goes up for Auction December 27, 2019

Posted December 16, 2019 at 6:00 am | No comments

Catawiki, the most-visited curated marketplace in Europe is thrilled to offer this excellently maintained Manuel Ramirez guitar. It was commissioned by a young Andrés Segovia in 1914 and given by Andrés Segovia to the seller’s grandfather and friend of Segovia: Enrique Anaya Padilla.

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The Immediate Family featuring Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar & Steve Postell Preps New Album!

The Immediate Family featuring Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar & Steve Postell Preps New Album!

Posted December 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm | 3 comments

The Immediate Family is a rock and roll band composed of five of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell. They are the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as “The Section”

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Ronnie Van Zant’s “Lucky Pants”, Personal Photos and Handwritten Notes to be Auctioned for the First Time!

Ronnie Van Zant’s “Lucky Pants”, Personal Photos and Handwritten Notes to be Auctioned for the First Time!

Posted December 1, 2019 at 5:36 am | No comments

Ronnie Van Zant’s rise to fame and his untimely death at age of only 29 made for the most unfortunate rock star tragedy. In 1973 Van Zant, along with his original bandmates signed with MCA and began releasing what was to become some of the world’s most widely recognized Southern rock and blues music.

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America Rockers Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley on The Big Interview Nov. 27 at 8pE

America Rockers Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley on The Big Interview Nov. 27 at 8pE

Posted November 25, 2019 at 9:17 am | No comments

Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, founding members of the legendary GRAMMY-winning rock band America,join Dan Rather for an all-new episode of The Big Interview—airing Wednesday, November 27 at 8pE/5pP.

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Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth by Authors Skip Daly and Eric Hansen

Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth by Authors Skip Daly and Eric Hansen

Posted November 25, 2019 at 8:00 am | No comments

Serious Rush fans become knowledgeable aficionados of the group as a whole, the members as professional artists and performers, and have their own stories to tell of concerts, detailed accounts of Rush albums and songs, but more often than not, they listen and become immersed in the emotional heft of Rush music.

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Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Digital Release November 29th!

Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Digital Release November 29th!

Posted November 15, 2019 at 10:50 am | No comments

Hailed by The New York Times as “a big-hearted musical that breaks the mold, Jagged Little Pill officially opens at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre on Thursday, December 5th following a record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) last year

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Tim Buckley Live at the Electric Theatre Co. Chicago 1968 Due November 22nd

Tim Buckley Live at the Electric Theatre Co. Chicago 1968 Due November 22nd

Posted November 12, 2019 at 10:56 am | No comments

By 1968, Tim Buckley had developed into one of the most promising singer/songwriters on the scene, following the release of his second album, 1967’s Goodbye and Hello. Less than a year after that album’s release, Buckley checked into The Electric Theatre Co. in Chicago in May 1968 for a couple of shows.

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