Monthly Archives: December 2013
Jim Hall, Legendary Jazz Guitarist, Passes
Renowned jazz guitarist Jim Hall passed away December 10 at his home in New York City's Greenwich Village. He was 83 and suffered heart...
Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale has had an amazing career playing the music he loves. From being the go-to guy for sweep-picking, and later replacing Al DiMeola...
Robert Hilburn
From Cash’s hard-scrabble childhood through his Air Force stint, Sun years, hazy ’60s, largely forgettable ’70s, ’80s relapse, and second redemption in the ’90s,...
Fenders American Vintage Series
Fender American Vintage Series
Price: $2,400 retail/$1,999.99 street ('52 Telecaster); $2,874 retail/$2,299.99 street ('59 Stratocaster); $2,874 retail/$2,299 street ('65 Jazzmaster and '56 Stratocaster)
Contact: www.fender.com
When it...
ESP Set to Expand Campus Hollywood
The ESP Company, LTD, has unveiled plans to expand its Campus Hollywood complex of schools in Los Angeles. Over the last three years, the...
Yamaha THR10
Yamaha THR10
Price: $299
Contact: usa.yamaha.com
As a rule of thumb, practice amps are a compromise. Blissfully portable, they typically lack tone and features. Yet whether in...
Jeff Golub with Brian Auger
Two years back, touring pro and studio ace Jeff Golub’s optic nerves collapsed, leaving him permanently blind. Now he’s back, with a twelfth solo...
Perry Beekman
Perry Beekman’s solo debut, subtitled Sings And Plays Cole Porter, offers 15 examples of why Porter’s catalog has outlived passing fashions and fads. The...
Eddie Van Halen to Young Musicians: “Go After It, Pursue It”
Eddie Van Halen, the iconic, influential guitarist and co-founder of the band that bears his name, recently made a surprise visit to 27 music...
Luther Dickinson
When Luther Dickinson isn’t writing and performing with the North Mississippi Allstars or on the road with The Black Crowes, he plays the acoustic...