and make it a good one
Our critics give you the lowdown on some local notable discs. Acoustic guitar virtuoso Darrin Kobetich has traveled quite a few miles both figuratively and literally since he first mixed folk and bluegrass with his metal back in the early aughts as a member of Amillion Pounds.
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Killer or Filler?
Creed's 20-10 tour kicks off next week. Dawn Marie caught up with Mark Tremonti as he prepared to hit the road. Check out the great interview that conversation produced. Some of your preconceived notions about Creed may just be shattered.
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MP3: Marnie Stern: "For Ash" Guitar wizard Marnie Stern famously titled her BNM'ed 2008 sophomore album (deep breath) This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That . So copy editors everywhere will breathe a sigh of relief to learn that Stern's newest album is named simply Marnie Stern . That self-titled album is due October 5 ...
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Marnie Stern Announces New Album
The incendiary device that ignites a musical awakening is generally a song, album or artist: you hear tired of Being alone or Prayers on Fire or Bikini Kill and your life is never the same.
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Fuzzy, Buzzy, Big and Bouncy
After years of axe-for-hire adventure in far-flung guitar camps, John Jorgenson has settled down as a Gypsy.
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Taken by Gypsies
Great news for fans of the legendary Johnny Winter, MVD Visual has announced the release of Johnny Winter Live Through the '80s
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New Johnny Winter DVD Coming Next Month
LEXINGTON - With a mouth cut for pie and knowledge of life in the 1800s, folksinger and storyteller Adam Miller was at the Lexington Public Library Saturday afternoon to take his listeners back to a time when the "Wild West" was as untamed as the men who set out to tame it.
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On July 25th, following the induction ceremonies for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, John Fogerty will have his legendary baseball bat-shaped guitar put on display and be part of the exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.
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John Fogerty's Legendary Baseball Bat-Shaped Guitar Restored After Surviving Tennessee Floods
He wouldnt realize it until much later, but one day in 1961 Paul Johnson created a new musical genre. Hed been playing guitar for only a year. Johnson was a freshman at Bishop Montgomery High School, and in the process of messing around with his new Stratocaster, he wrote a song called Mr. Moto.
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Jay Slim, singer of popular Tallahassee rock band Presence, formed West Palm Beach metal-rock band Dharmata in 2007. In Buddhism, Dharmata is the first of three stages of death, signifying the transition to the afterlife.
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Dharmata with TBA Friday, July 9, 7 p.m. at Big Daddys. Admission: TBA