Elektric Voodoo: Elektric Voodoo
With their ricochet rhythms and swooping soundscapes, San Diego’s Elektric Voodoo have officially arrived with their self-titled debut. The band’s percussive underbelly is the main element that informs the music,…
Read more » Ryan Adams at The Beacon
Photo Credit: Carl Scheffel/MSG PhotosRyan AdamsBeacon Theatre, New York, NYMay 3, 2017 Sometimes a venue and an artist just seem to fit together. Though it’s a seated theater with opera-house…
Read more » Jazz Fest Week Two: Saturday (A Gallery)
Jazz Fest rolled towards its finale over the weekend with Saturday performances from Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Dumpstaphunk, Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, The Soul Rebels and many more. Dino Perrucci…
Read more » Watch the Grateful Dead Team with Hall & Oates for Marvin Gaye Cover in 1988
In 1988, Madison Square Garden welcomed an all-star lineup for a show that benefitted Greenpeace and the Rainforest Action Center headlined by acts like the Grateful Dead and Hall &…
Read more » Watch Ryan Adams Lead Whiskeytown Through Early 1997 Set in St. Louis
Last week we told you about a 2006 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals set posted to YouTube and now the account niebuhrsongs is going way back into Adams’ career with footage from…
Read more » Spotlight: Pegi Young
Pegi Young is smiling and laughing. Given the crucible of the past few years, she appears happy to be happy again. In the fall of 2014, her 36- year marriage to…
Read more »Relax the Thumb for More Picking Speed
Over the course of several years teaching students how to alternate pick, I’ve noticed a lot of issues arising from the way many of them had been holding their pick….
Read more »A Brief History of Tapping—Plus a Tasty Natural Harmonics Lick
Tapping is one of the coolest, most impressive-sounding techniques in guitar playing. Not surprisingly, it’s also one of the most difficult and least understood. Tapping, unlike other styles, uses the…
Read more »Forgotten Guitar: Joe Satriani’s Saturday-Morning Jam on Australian TV
Joe Satriani’s second studio album, 1987’s Surfing with the Alien, was a game changer for Instrumental rock. The album, which features such instro-guitar classics as “Always with Me, Always with…
Read more »Jensen Shares Tornado Stealth Speaker Video Demos
Well-known musical instrument speaker manufacturer Jensen has shared a few video demos showcasing its Jet series Tornado Stealth speakers. As the company’s newest addition, the Jet series shares the same…
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