Concert review: Rodrigo y Gabriela at Chicago Theatre
it led to a performance saturated in the duo’s hallmark virtues: speed, virtuosity, and more speed. Notes were packed in ever-tinier spaces as bass, drums, keyboards and horns competed for room alongside the acoustic guitars wielded by the stars. the duo met in Mexico in the late ‘90s while playing in a thrash-metal band influenced [...]
Young Country To Perform On April 20 :: Trenton Republican-Times :: Serving Trenton
Topic: Headline NewsArea News: Young Country To Perform on April 20Published Online Apr 06, 2012 – 11:51 AM If you enjoy listening to a variety of great music, you will want to check out the April 20 performance by Young Country at the North 65 Center in Trenton. Presented by the Grundy County Friends of [...]
From Wylie, an Old Law School Pal Who Played an Acoustic Guitar…
By GLloyd Rowsey (about the author) become a Fan (37 fans) — Page 1 of 1 page(s) In law school, I was a real masochist and tried to play a 12-string Gibson, which I found impossible to do anything with but strum, but that was okay: in college, that is, strumming had been good enuf when [...]
Abimaro & The Free to perform songs about women and encourage girls to get musical (From News Shopper)
Abimaro & the Free to perform songs about women and encourage girls to get musical 3:10pm Tuesday 28th February 2012 in Freetime latest news By Nikki Jarvis Band to celebrate women at a special girl-power show An inspirational band has composed a collection of songs about women and unspoken relationships to celebrate feminine influence on [...]
Kidderminster musician to open guitar store in town (From Kidderminster Shuttle)
Kidderminster musician to open guitar store in town 8:00am Tuesday 14th February 2012 in Local By William Tomaney A MUSICIAN from Kidderminster is rocking into town with his guitar business. Phil Preece will open Beryl Guitars at Mercian House, Coventry Street on Saturday. mr Preece, who studied music at Kidderminster College, started designing and manufacturing [...]
New Nashville Part 3: BERRY HILL
Berry Hill Just a few more streets over from the 12 South area near the 100 Oaks Mall is the Berry Hill neighborhood, a growing area that contains a mix of businesses, shops, music studios, and eateries, all within a stone’s throw of each other. This quaint neighborhood is home to Blackbird Studios, Martina McBride [...]
Linkin Park Edges Out Trey Songz for Top Spot on Album Chart
Linkin Park and the R&B singer Trey Songz lead a wave of new releases on the latest Billboard album chart as the music industry gears up for its all-important fall sales season. Linkin Park notches its fourth No. 1 with “A Thousand Suns” (Warner Brothers). it sold 241,000 copies in the United States, according to [...]
Intimate exchange
SHOW: Wonderboom – up Close and Personal VENUE: Old Mutual Theatre On The Square, Sandton IN a recent CitiVibe interview, Wonderboom frontman Cito explained how these up Close and Personal concerts (this past Sunday and Monday) would draw a line under the 15-year history of the band to date and allow them to move on.The [...]
Grammy noms yield some surprises
Adele scored six Grammy nominations. Photo credit: Courtesy Sony Music Careful, Grammy…you might hurt yourself trying to demonstrate your hipness this year. Bon Iver? Mumford & Sons? Skrillex? All nominated in major categories instead of the usual niche pockets (if at all)? Wednesday’s “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!” (yes, two exclamation points officially required) marked [...]
Guitar potpourri served up to locals
Participants learned a lot about guitars at the Guitar fair and Care workshop at the Fort Morgan Museum and Public Library Saturday. O.J. Metzgar, who teaches classes at Downtown Sound, and library employee Lanny Page brought some of their own guitars and some from the store to show people the different kinds of instruments available [...]