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Les Paul Foundation – From Cylinders to Sound Mixes: Sound & Preservation Demos at Library of Congress

Les Paul Foundation – From Cylinders to Sound Mixes: Sound & Preservation Demos at Library of Congress

Posted August 25, 2023 at 8:41 pm | No comments

The Les Paul Foundation presented the “Early Days of Multi-Tracking” with presentations by Grammy winning record producer and sound engineer Steve Rosenthal and curator Perry Margouleff. Rosenthal spent time discussing the work on Les Paul’s collection of recordings at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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Dave Mason’s Endangered Species Tour With Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge (Bonus Video)

Dave Mason’s Endangered Species Tour With Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge (Bonus Video)

Posted August 21, 2023 at 2:24 pm | No comments

Rock & Roll road warrior Dave Mason will be continuing his Endangered Species Tour throughout the end of October, performing fifteen shows in fourteen cities on the west coast beginning Thursday, September 7, in Salem, Oregon. “We are looking forward to this final run of 2023. There is nothing quite like performing live. I love it! Always have and always will!” exclaims the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician, who co-founded the band Traffic.

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Bob Melissinos – Leader of Shenandoah Run Talks About Greenwich Village to D.C. Days

Bob Melissinos – Leader of Shenandoah Run Talks About Greenwich Village to D.C. Days

Posted August 7, 2023 at 10:34 am | No comments

Shenandoah Run is the brainchild of Bob Melissinos who founded the group decades ago. Over the years members of the group have come and gone, and come back again. Today, the group includes: Bob who plays guitar; Jill Nelson (mandolin), John Werntz (bass); Joe Dickey (banjo), Leslie Smile Hoyle (violin), Jim Johnson (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo), Ben Hamblin (guitar), and Renee Moyer (percussion).

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The Dave Kline Band Romps at The Creative Cauldron (Bonus Video)

The Dave Kline Band Romps at The Creative Cauldron (Bonus Video)

Posted August 6, 2023 at 6:33 pm | No comments

Last night’s mesmerizing performance by The Dave Kline Band at the Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, Virginia gifted the audience with a diverse array of music brilliance by a five-star case line-up.

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Christina Martin launches new single and video and Fall Europe Tour

Christina Martin launches new single and video and Fall Europe Tour

Posted August 4, 2023 at 6:00 am | No comments

Canadian songwriter Christina Martin has launched new single Storm, the rousing title track off her latest album, and announced over 35 tour dates in Europe Fall 2023. This single, the fourth of the album, is a triumphant and graceful anthem…

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Songwriter, Illustrator, Author J.R. Potter Talks About His Music and His Creeper Books

Songwriter, Illustrator, Author J.R. Potter Talks About His Music and His Creeper Books

Posted July 10, 2023 at 3:00 am | No comments

Many, like award-winning author, J.R. Potter, take on more artistic hobbies or career ambitions, as it’s their nature to create art, sometimes seemingly from whole cloth. Jamie and his life and musical duet partner in the Crooked Angels, Amy, are well-known in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC area for their well-crafted songs and other well-chosen music of others that prompt audience’s to hum along and smile.

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Navarone Garibaldi Talks About Them Guns, Snakes and a Plane

Navarone Garibaldi Talks About Them Guns, Snakes and a Plane

Posted July 3, 2023 at 8:26 am | No comments

Guitar International caught up with Them Guns’ front man, Navarone Garibaldi, to talk about the group’s music, guitars, snakes and a plane. Although, brought up with the aura of celebrity, “Nav” has paid his dues playing dives, sitting alone grinding through the challenges of crafting melodies and lyrics that grip and crank up an audience’s need to rock and roll.

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The Basics of Playing Music for Free (Open mics, Charities, Busking)(Videos)

The Basics of Playing Music for Free (Open mics, Charities, Busking)(Videos)

Posted June 11, 2023 at 10:57 am | No comments

The concept of playing for free or for spare change is one for the ages. And the decisions for performing for little to no compensation is one to not take lightly, and should consider one’s level of talent, name recognition, commerciality, as well as the venue or circumstances that offer “real estate” to perform your original songs, cover songs or, most likely a mix of the two.

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Guitar Review – Gretsch Limited Edition G5622T Electromatic® 140th Anniversary model

Guitar Review – Gretsch Limited Edition G5622T Electromatic® 140th Anniversary model

Posted May 30, 2023 at 2:08 pm | No comments

Today’s guitar review is of the Limited Edition G5622T-140 Electromatic®, a mid-range guitar that should be a welcome addition to any guitar player’s gathering of stage ready guitars. The guitar draws design features, functional electronic and hardware components, and inspiration from such masterful Gretsch guitars as those cool Country Gentleman and White Falcon instruments, that we’ve seen in the hands of George Harrison, Gene Vincent, Brian Setzer,  Michael Nesmith, Neil Young and many more legendary play

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Matchbox Twenty’s New Album Where The Light Goes Out Now

Matchbox Twenty’s New Album Where The Light Goes Out Now

Posted May 29, 2023 at 8:16 am | No comments

Matchbox Twenty have quietly woven their songs into the very fabric of American popular culture. The band has sold over 40 million records worldwide, dominated charts, garnered multiple GRAMMY Award nominations, and played to millions of fans in arenas, amphitheaters, and stadiums across continents. Earning hits in each of the last three decades

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