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andrew leahey, drops
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Fender Makes Andrew Leahey First Artist to Receive New “Deluxe Nashville Telecaster” For 70 years, Fender has inspired countless musicians to pick up its electric guitars, from Stratocaster players like Mark Knopfler to Telecaster pickers like Laur Joamets. This week, Fender’s Nashville-based A&R team hand-picked American rock & roll songwriter and guitar player Andrew Leahey […]
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drops, jorn, Reviews
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One of the greatest rock singers of our time, Jorn Lande returns with a unique album of covers of classics from artists and bands that have meant something special to him, and helped forge this talented man’s own unique style. Through Jorn’s extensive career, which includes more than 40 albums of mostly original songs, he […]
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drops, Reviews, vega, who we are
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If you’re very lucky, there may be occasions in your life when you find a band and you realize you’ve discovered something a bit special. Sure we’ve all heard ‘great’ bands who release ‘great’ albums, but VEGA is indeed a band that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and give […]
By Big Jon on
buffalo summer, drops, Reviews
Featured 4 - News, Ticker
My “Discover Weekly” playlist started playing Black Keyes…wait, that’s not Dan Auberbach’s voice piercing above that grungy and dirty guitar. Hmm…I investigated to find a band called Buffalo Summer graced my ears with a song that made me remember the music industry is swarming with greedy people who make money off of others…”Money” is the […]
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drops, dust and bones, gary hoey, Reviews
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Borrowing from a favorite phrase from our beloved editor, “this may be the best album I have heard all year!”..and this one actually may be………. Boston born, instrumental rock icon, Gary Hoey, releases his 20th album on July 29, 2016, through Mascot Label Group and takes the blues to a whole new level of “WOW”! […]
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drops, Greatest Hits, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits collection will be available on vinyl for the first time in North America on July 29 as a double LP on 180-Gram Black Vinyl. The album is the biggest selling in the band’s illustrious catalog, with sales surpassing twelve million copies since its 1993 release. The album contains […]
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drops, Reviews, unforgiving road, withem
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Withem is an upcoming Progressive Metal band hailing from Norway inspired by the likes of Symphony X, Pagan’s Mind, Dream Theater and Circus Maximus. The band had its inception in 2011 when Øyvind Voldmo Larsen (guitars) and Ketil Ronold (keyboards) met the remarkable drummer Frank Nordeng Røe. Shortly they were joined by the voice talent Ole Aleksander Wagenius. […]
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drops, phantom v
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Born as “Supremacy”, the new German Melodic Rock alliance, started when Michael Voss (Casanova, Bonfire, Mad Max) and Claus Lessmann (Bonfire) decided to approach the Frontiers label about making a new record together. Frontiers’ President Serafino Perugino loved the idea and suggested the guys should go ahead and involve some of the talented musicians that […]
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crash, dave matthews band, drops
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RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrate Dave Matthews Band’s 25th anniversary with the first-ever vinyl release of Crash, DMB’s best-selling second studio album, on Friday, July 15. Newly re-mastered from the original flat analog tapes, Crash will be available as a 2LP set, pressed on 180g 12″ vinyl […]
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daniel green, drops
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ISRAELI BLUES ROCKERS THE DANIEL GREEN SHOW ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUM BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, FEATURING GUITARIST MARC FORD, ON AUGUST 19; FIRST SINGLE/VIDEO “HERE COMES THE SILENCE” DUE OUT JULY 15 Tel Aviv native DANIEL GREEN is proud to announce the release of his debut album with his band THE DANIEL GREEN SHOW […]