Guitar World
DO THE MONKEY!
TONY IOMMI takes you inside his new signature guitar, an extremely limited replica of his classic-era BLACK SABBATH axe, a cherry red 1964 Gibson SG Special known as the THE MONKEY. The Godfather of Metal also discusses the horde of new riffs he’s stockpiling, the prospect of new music (with or without BRIAN MAY) — and a recent airport encounter with ROBERT PLANT
10+ min |
April 2020
Guitar World
Cave In's Heartbreaker
SINGER/GUITARIST STEPHEN BRODSKY TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOSTON ROCKERS’ BITTERSWEET MASTERPIECE, FINAL TRANSMISSION
2 min |
April 2020
Guitar World
Bumblefoot to the MMaXX
RON “BUMBLEFOOT” THAL EXPLAINS WHY SONS OF APOLLO’S NEW ALBUM — MMXX — LETS HIM TAP INTO HIS “INNER ALLAN HOLDSWORTH”
2 min |
April 2020
Guitar World
John Paul & George's Guitar Revolution
Fifty years ago, amid the Beatles’ noxious breakup, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took six-string matters into their own hands just as George Harrison was reinventing himself as a slide guitar deity. Below, Guitar World drops in on 1970, a truly unique year in Beatles history.
10+ min |
April 2020
Bass Player
Winter Of Sam
Sam Bean has played bass in a lot of spooky bands—the Antichrist Imperium, the Senseless, the Berzerker, and Mithras among them—but Werewolves may be his most demanding yet, he tells us
3 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Travelling Man
While his main band Megadeth is enjoying a break, bassist David Ellefson has plenty to keep him occupied. We catch up with the bassist who can’t be stopped...
4 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Piano Man
Leon Lee Dorsey returns with MonkTime, an accomplished new album of Thelonious Monk compositions. Joel McIver hears how Dorsey paid tribute to the jazz icon
7 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Miked Up
Jazz maestro and record label owner Michael Janisch digs deep
4 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Heavy Weather
How does a classic band, two decades past its biggest sales, suddenly start selling out shows and achieving major success? Let’s ask Andrew Levy of the acid jazz legends, Brand New Heavies
6 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Charli Says
Fast-rising bassist Vicky Warwick considers the way forward
2 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
BROTHERS BEYOND
Are the Wooten Brothers the most accomplished musical family in history? After a sit-down with Victor Wooten and his siblings, Ellen O’Reilly makes that very case
8 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
SIMS Enfield Lionheart Standard Air 4 and 5
A newly-designed Enfield Lionheart, they said... Do we want to take a look? Of course we do, says Mike Brooks
3 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Squier - Classic Vibe '60s Jazz
‘Not another Jazz’, you may be thinking. Well, looks can be deceiving, as Mike Brooks discovers
2 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Going To California
The Winter NAMM Show is the biggest, loudest event since that meteor wiped out the dinosaurs a while back. Joel McIver heads west, and returns with tales of the bass gear that will be kicking off the new decade...
6 min |
March 2020
Guitar World
Tone Temple Pilots
We recently caught up with Stone Temple Pilots’ DEAN and ROBERT DeLEO — and their luthier extraordinaire, BRUCE NELSON — to dissect the venerable rockers’ tonal recipe
9 min |
March 2020
Guitar World
POP ART
LADY GAGA GUITARIST TIM STEWART — WHO’S ALSO PLIED HIS TRADE WITH RHIANNA, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JANET JACKSON, MARIAH CAREY, MILEY CYRUS, ADAM LAMBERT AND THE AMERICAN IDOL HOUSE BAND — DISCUSSES LIFE IN A HIGH-PROFILE BACKING BAND AND OFFERS SOME SOLID GIG-LANDING ADVICE BY JOE BOSSO, PHOTOS BY KYLE MURPHY
10 min |
March 2020
Bass Player
Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal
This hypnotic distortion pedal is pure witchcraft. Actually it’s xenon, but it’s much the same thing, says the editor
2 min |
Holiday 2019
Guitar World
FLOWER POWER
In this exclusive interview, STEVE VAI takes you inside his brand-new signature guitar, the Ibanez PIA
8 min |
March 2020
New York magazine
Everybody's Gotta Live
Mac Miller’s posthumous album consolidates his musical identities into a unified whole.
5 min |
February 3 – 16, 2020
Halftime Magazine
VARSITY SPIRIT
A major new player has entered into the marching arts activity. See how Varsity Spirit, known for cheerleading apparel, competitions, and camps, has already made an impact to elevate the student experience.
7 min |
January/February 2020
Halftime Magazine
THE AMBULANCE ARENA
Know how and why to activate the Emergency Medical Service for your event.
2 min |
January/February 2020
Halftime Magazine
KEEP IN TOUCH
Group management tools help band directors communicate information, share photos, videos, and files, and even manage finances at their fingertips.
6 min |
January/February 2020
Halftime Magazine
Captain Of Her Own Destiny
During my first season of high school marching band as a freshman trumpet player at Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, I hardly noticed the four girls twirling flags at the back of the field.
3 min |
January/February 2020
Halftime Magazine
Vandegrift High School
When Mozart composed “The Magic Flute,” he likely didn’t envision a 386-member marching band and dance company performing the famous opera.
4 min |
January/February 2020
Globe
Aretha's Son's War Over $80m Will Eating Up Cash!
Lawyers are BIG winners – for now
2 min |
February 3, 2020
The Weekly Packet
Bagaduce Chorale Presents Christmas Extravaganza
Just in time for Christmas, the Bagaduce Chorale will present a program of holiday music.
2 min |
12/12/2019
New York magazine
Doing Diplo
The DJ-mogul-cowboy-dad is all grown up and ready to party.
10+ min |
December 9-22, 2019
Guitar World
Punk In Theory
PUP’S STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI TALK BIZARRE TIME SIGNATURES AND MORBID STUFF, ONE OF 2019’S BEST PUNK ALBUMS
2 min |
January 2020
Guitar World
Perpetual Motion Machine
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE REMAIN A FORCE FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED DESPITE A NEW DISGUISE
3 min |
January 2020
Guitar World
Orchestral Manoeuvres
While You’re Hanging Your Stockings By The Chimney With Care, Trans-Siberian Orchestra Are Criss-crossing The Country With Their Deluxe Yuletide-themed, Prog-rock Extravaganza. In This Exclusive Interview, Guitarists (And Musical Directors) Chris Caffery And Al Pitrelli Talk Tso And Touring Christmas Eve And Other Stories
8 min |