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• CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Moog Music Presents Garaj Mahal's "Discovery", Showcasing the Moog Guitar (All About Jazz)DISCOVERY: Garaj Mahal and Fareed Haque Present The Moog Guitar When top musicians play innovative instruments, magic happens ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March, 2010) - Take the guitar considered by many to be the most innovative instrument of the decade; put it in the hands of a musical visionary and you're sure to embark on a voyage of discovery. Moog Music did just that and the soundtrack to this ...
• Harmonix Releasing Green Day: Rock Band This June (Gamasutra)Harmonix and MTV Games revealed Green Day: Rock Band, a new standalone title from their popular music game franchise, releasing worldwide on June 8th for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The forthcoming music game allows players to take on the role of rock trio Green Day, which includes Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tre Cool (Drums). As players advance through the ...
• More info (The Post and Courier)MEMBERS: Ryan Bonner (guitar, vocals), Josh Smoak (keys), Malin Wagnon (bass, vocals), Cory Jarrett (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Jack Friel (drums). ORIGINALLY FROM: Charleston (Bonner and Smoak); Birmingham, Ala. (Wagnon); St. George (Jarrett); Rochester, N.Y. (Friel). WEB SITE: ...
• Charleston's Ryan Bonner releases his inner 'Monster' (The Post and Courier)After four years of playing gigs in Clemson, Ryan Bonner returned to Charleston to further pursue his musical career in 2008. Since then, Bonner, a seasoned veteran on mandolin, guitar and bass, has been collaborating with producer and pianist Josh Smoak to arrange and record his first re...
• The Besnard Lakes (Hour.ca)"Jace [Lasek, bass/vox] and Olga [Goreas, guitar/keys/vox] demoed some loose ideas, more minimal, loose rhythmic ideas to expand on. Same for Richard [White], and actually, this time around there was a real effort to showcase his awesome guitar playing."
• One of a kind (The Coast)That 1 Guy will boggle your mind with his seven-foot Magic Pipe and his Vegas magic tricks. by Alison Lang Halifax is no stranger to the one-man band. BA Johnson comes to mind, leaping beer-soaked and shirtless from Casio to guitar, or Shotgun Jimmie, who sings like an angel while strumming away and pumping a bass drum with his feet. Then there's Mike Silverman, AKA That 1 Guy. Though Silverman ...
• CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Garaj Mahal's "More MR. Nice Guy" Released on Owl Studios (All About Jazz)There is always something new and progressive coming from Garaj Mahal. Featuring guitar and sitar virtuoso Fareed Haque, world-renowned bass master and educator Kai Eckhardt, gospel-inspired funky jazz keyboardist Eric Levy, and newly-added drummer/vocalist Sean "the Rick" Rickman, Garaj Mahal creates a sound that's always growing and always smoking hot...
• DR Strings Announces New Drop-Down Tuning Guitar and Bass String Sets (Harmony Central)DR Strings is pleased to announce their new line of electric guitar and bass strings specifically designed for players who employ drop tuning, named DDT.
• Hendrix tribute show in Mesa is solid (The Arizona Republic)Guitar god Jimi Hendrix died four decades ago, but his music lived on through three hours of passionate performances at the Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theatre
• The funny side of rock (The Toledo Blade)By ROD LOCKWOOD BLADE STAFF WRITER Klip Calhoun looks an awful lot like Kyle Gass, one-half of the comic rock duo Tenacious D. Same way of holding an acoustic guitar tight against his ample belly. Same devilish gleam in his eye. Klip's got a full head of hair compared to the bald dome of Gass - aka KG - but they still have more than a passing resemblance. They're kind of like twins who ended up ...