Steve Morse to sit in with the Les Paul Trio

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 5, 2010 at 9:17

NEWS FLASH: Steve Morse will be sitting in with the Les Paul Trio at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC on Oct 4th (Morse will also play the Iridium with his own band on Oct 2nd and 3rd). Stay tuned...

Videos: Wayne Krantz, John Patitucci, Cliff Almond - Live at the Iridium 9/4/10

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 5, 2010 at 7:41

Two cool videos of Wayne Krantz, John Patitucci and Cliff Almond at the Iridium in New York last night. The first clip is from the soundcheck. Krantz will be playing the Iridium through Monday. Soundcheck

Charlie Hunter Interview for Premier Guitar

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 4, 2010 at 6:51

Premier Guitar has a great new interview up with Charlie Hunter. Hunter discusses his latest album Public Domain, which will be released September 14th. Premier Guitar Interview: Charlie Hunter - Life in the Pocket

Vox Amplug Joe Satriani Signature Model

Posted By: Jon on September 3, 2010 at 21:55

Joe Satriani has been working with Vox for a while now on his signature series of effects pedals such as the Ice 9 Overdrive and Time Machine Delay so it makes sense that Vox enhance the range of already great Amplug’s with a Joe Satriani signature model. It sounds like... more

New Bombastic Meatbats Album Coming Oct 19th

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 3, 2010 at 18:10

Spotted this on Mark McGuigan's site: The Bombastic Meatbats featuring Chad Smith will release their long-awaited new album More Meat on October 19th. The Meatbats feature Jeff Kollman on guitar, Ed Roth on keys, Kevin Chown on bass, and (of...

Upcoming Ranjit Barot Album to include John McLaughlin, Wayne Krantz, Matthias Eklundh, and others

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 3, 2010 at 17:50

Indian drummer Ranjit Barot has a new album entitled Bada Boom coming November 16th on the Abstract Logix Label. Special guests on the disc include guitarists John McLaughlin, Wayne Krantz, Matthias Eklundh, and Amit Heri, bassist Matt Garrison, and keyboardist...

Alex Machacek Interview for Performer Magazine

Posted By: Rich Murray on September 3, 2010 at 17:34

Performer Magazine has published a new interview with Alex Machacek, courtesy of writer Joe Lang. Machacek discusses his latest album, 24 Tales.Performer Magazine: Alex Machacek Interview See Also: Interview: Alex Machacek (2010) Review: Alex Machacek featuring Marco Minnemann -... more

ALBUM: Bombastic Meatbats new album ?More Meat?

Posted By: mark on September 3, 2010 at 17:20

w00t! Great to see that the Bombastic Meatbats will be releasing a new album on October 19th called ‘More Meat’: Remember the good old days, when jazz-fusion wasn’t all about showing off your chops, and was more about creating sweeping moods, and the... more

Real Discipline

Posted By: Christopher Davis on September 3, 2010 at 9:00

Real discipline is not sticking to a practice schedule or spending xx minutes on scales and xx minutes on arpeggios every day. Real discipline is also not practicing a certain number of hours each day or playing a hard section 20 times straight. Real discipline is knowing when... more

Lashing Guitars "Blackie" - Friday Strat #184

September 3, 2010 at 8:28

Custom order replica guitarsI discovered Lashing Guitars in a recent post at Billy Penn's 300Guitars.com where Billy featured Lashing's aged cellulose nitrate pickguards. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.A browse through Lashingguitars.com reveals some very cool custom... more