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Alex Grossi Talks about Quiet Riot, Guns ‘N’ Roses and Hotel Diablo

Posted February 8, 2013 at 7:35 am | No comments

Hotel Diablo formed in early 2011, when vocalist Rick Stitch and guitarist Alex Grossi had just come off a grueling world tour with original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler and his band, Adler’s Appetite.

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Going Places With the Guitar: World Music

Going Places With the Guitar: World Music

Posted February 7, 2013 at 3:31 am | One comment

This is the first in a series of articles detailing the spread of the guitar through a variety of musical and cultural contexts around the world. A common cliché states that music is the universal language; while it’s not quite that simple, I do believe that music is a venue towards the universal communication that so many seek. Due to its almost universal popularity, the guitar is an ideal candidate to facilitate the interactions needed to realize this goal.

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Bassist-Composer Kyle Eastwood Channels His Earliest Jazz Influences on The View from Here – March 12, 2013

Bassist-Composer Kyle Eastwood Channels His Earliest Jazz Influences on The View from Here – March 12, 2013

Posted February 6, 2013 at 6:23 pm | No comments

According to DL Media, it has been 15 years since bassist Kyle Eastwood burst onto the jazz scene with his 1998 debut, From There To Here. At that moment in his budding career, the press seemed more preoccupied with his paternal lineage (he’s the son of famed actor-director Clint Eastwood) than his music.

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Steve Forbert’s Acclaimed Breakout Albums, Alive on Arrival and Jackrabbit Slim

Posted February 6, 2013 at 5:08 am | No comments

Among the Ramones’ blitzkrieg boppin’, the Talking Heads’ art-school New Wave and Blondie’s thrift-store garage pop at the now-legendary CBGB’s in the late ’70s, Steve Forbert, stood tall as the lone troubadour.

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Marcy Marxer to Release Solo Recording: Things Are Coming My Way

Marcy Marxer to Release Solo Recording: Things Are Coming My Way

Posted February 5, 2013 at 1:36 pm | No comments

Marcy Marxer will release her first solo recording, Things Are Coming My Way, this March, celebrating in her hometown then across the nation touring with The Four Bitchin’ Babes and as Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.

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Corey Harris, Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblood Hart Keep True Blues Alive

Corey Harris, Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblood Hart Keep True Blues Alive

Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:25 am | No comments

You can travel to the Delta to hear some traditional acoustic blues—and I recommend that you do!—or just keep an eye out for the True Blues trio: Corey Harris, Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblood Hart.

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Brad to Gig Across the Pond on European Tour

Brad to Gig Across the Pond on European Tour

Posted February 4, 2013 at 10:03 am | No comments

Brad released it’s album, United We Stand, last year with 10 tracks with some cool tracks, including: “A Reason to Be in My Skin”, “Needle and Thread”, and “Bound in Time”.

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Sweden’s Oxygen debuts with Final Warning

Sweden’s Oxygen debuts with Final Warning

Posted February 4, 2013 at 6:16 am | No comments

One of the latest AOR revival bands to come out of Sweden, Oxygen, brings back that signature synthesizer-coated rock goodness to the 21st century with their dynamic debut album, Final Warning.

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Veteran Rock Author Talks About Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company

Veteran Rock Author Talks About Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company

Posted February 4, 2013 at 5:00 am | 2 comments

Author, Steven Rosen, captures the essence of two legendary groups in his book, Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company.

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Rock Writer Steven Rosen Releases Ebook Edition of Free At Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company

Rock Writer Steven Rosen Releases Ebook Edition of Free At Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company

Posted February 4, 2013 at 3:13 am | One comment

We’re pleased to announce that for the first time in digital format, veteran rock author Steven Rosen presents his exciting book, Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company, that covers the legendary blues and rock artists, when Free rocked the airwaves with their blues-drenched rock, followed by the genesis of Bad Company.

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