PRS Signature Artist Carlos Santana’s first-ever Latin music album, Corazon, will be released on May 6th on RCA/Sony Latin Iberia. Corazon brings Santana back to Guadalajara near his birthplace, and celebrates Santana’s love of his musical heritage, as well as showcases his own personal influence on Latin music and on today’s generation of Latin superstars.
Guitar legend Neal Schon has joined forces with bassist Marco Mendoza of Black Star Riders, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake and drummer Deen Castronovo of Journey. Together this fusion of rock created a unique body of work with jazz and blues-inspired hard rock playing, entitled So U.
Yes is about to embark on a 35-date summer tour that will have them performing–in their entirety–1971’s groundbreaking album Fragile for the first-time ever and a repeat performance from last year’s tour of 1972’s Close to the Edge, followed by an encore of the band’s greatest hits.
Mascot Label Group’s Provogue Records and Eric Johnson announce a June 24 release date for Europe Live. Guitar Player Magazine cited Johnson as “one of the most respected guitarists on the planet,” and the reasons why are many.
Kendall Schmidt, star of Nickelodeon’s hit television series, Big Time Rush, has just released his first single; “Parallel” from his new band Heffron Drive with guitarist Dustin Belt.
Dan Krimm’s Last Chance Jazz, released in 2013, is an archival live recording of his quartet from 1993 at the Kampo Cultural & Media Center in New York City. The group features Krimm on the fretless electric bass, Mike Foster on tenor sax, Rolf Sturm on electric guitar and MIDI guitar synthesizer, and drummer Rich Mercurio.
Don Jamieson is one of the hardest working comedians in the biz! He just released his second comedy album on March 18th, Hell Bent for Laughter, he co-hosts the popular heavy metal talk show; That Metal Show on VH1 Classic and appears on Beer Money, a fast-paced, non-traditional sports quiz show airing on cable TV’s SNY [SportsNet New York].
This August, songwriting legends John Fogerty and Jackson Browne will co-headline two east coast concerts. The shows will take place on August 4th at PNC in Holmdel, New Jersey and Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY on August 5th.
Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and music memorabilia auction house has announced Music Icons 2014 to be held Friday, May 16, 2014 and Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Hard Rock Café New York located at 1501 Broadway in Times Square.
A new powerhouse trio is about to turn the rock world upside down with the release of their self-titled debut – KXM. The band is comprised of dUg Pinnick of King’s X on vocals/bass, George Lynch of Lynch Mob/Dokken on guitars and Korn’s drum maestro, Ray Luzier. The band takes its name from the combination of the member’s other projects: K from Korn, X from King’s X and M from Lynch Mob.
