If you consider the songs on Voodoo Circle’s new album Raised On Rock to be an indicator of the current emotional condition their most important protagonists find themselves in, there seems to be no reason to worry about band founder, guitarist and main composer Alex Beyrodt in particular. Thanks to Beyrodt’s excellent songwriting – as usual inspired […]
The Prague premiere of Music-Memory-Metamorphosis, a multimedia and live performance of the composer Viktor Ullmann’s melodrama The Song of Love and Death of the Cornet Christopher Rilke will take place at the famous Archa Theater in Prague, Czech Republic on 18 January 2018 at 5:30 PM(https://www.divadloarcha.cz/en/program-browse/show/music-memory-metamorphis/2018-01-18/1016). Produced and directed by Dr. Gwyneth Bravo (Assistant Professor of Music, NYU-Abu Dhabi), Music-Memory-Metamorphosis was developed with initial support from the Orel Foundation (http://orelfoundation.org/) and […]
Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers announced today their co-headline North American 2018 summer tour kicking off May 10 in Charlotte, NC and wrapping July 14 in Bethel, NY. Promoted by Live Nation, the legendary bands will travel to 30+ cities across the U.S. and Canada including Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, and Toronto. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, January 12 at 10am local time in most cities […]
(Winter NAMM, HALL D Booth 5602) – C.F. Martin & Co.® (Martin Guitar) introduced their reimagined Standard Series guitars at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California. Collectively, this will be the most significant update to the company’s flagship line of guitars in its 185-year history. The guitars in Martin’s reimagined Standard Series, from styles 28 to 45, have been the guitars of […]
For fans of Classic Rock from the members of Sweden’s Black Trip! With “Goin’ Under” and “Shadowline” the Swedish band Black Trip had released two classic metal albums to great critical acclaim. When drummer Jonas Wikstrand was replaced by Anders Bentell, the band,now consisting ofJoseph Tholl (vocals and bass), Peter Stjärnvind (guitar) and Linus Björklund […]
Punk legends such as Rise Against or The Offspring can’t be all wrong: Templeton Pek are among the most exciting political melodic hardcore bands of our time. Following countless world tours as support act playing in front of tens of thousands of music fans, the trio are set to release their latest album “Watching The World Come […]
In the firmament of rock ‘n’ roll’s first-generation creators, no artist looms larger than Chuck Berry. In a consistently innovative recording career that spanned more than 60 years, the iconic singer-songwriter-guitarist, who passed away on March 18, 2017, laid much of the groundwork for modern rock ‘n’ roll, while creating some of rock’s most distinctive and enduring […]
Winners in 31 technical and creative achievement categories were announced at the 33rd Annual NAMM TEC AWARDSpresented annually by the NAMM Foundation and held Saturday, January 27 in Anaheim, CA. The annual event recognizes the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games and multi-media. Comedian and multi-instrumentalist Demetri […]