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Eastwood Guitars Releases New Warren Ellis Signature Tenor 2P

Innovative retro guitar maker partners with Grinderman guitarist to produce uniquely new stringed instrument

 

By Alex Baker

 

Eastwood Guitars has released a new two pickup version of their Warren Ellis Signature guitar. Ellis, who’s played with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, and the Dirty Three, previously… Read More

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Dom La Nena: exclusive interview with French-Brazilian world music sensation

Lovely and talented Dom La Nena is a cellist, singer, songwriter with a new album on Six Degrees Records

 

Interview by Alex Baker

 

Even a novelist would be hardpressed to devise as exotic a background for a singer as that of Dom La Nena. Born in Brazil as Dominique Pinto, she studied cello in Buenos Aires, where she earned the nickname “La Nena,” before launching her musical career in

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Blaudzun: Holland’s Answer to Bon Iver?

Exclusive performance and interview with the Netherlands acoustic rock/folk singer

 

By Alex Baker

 

Blaudzun is in fact Dutch singer-songwriter Johannes Sigmond, who after adopting the name of famed Danish Olympic cyclist Verner Blaudzun, began performing on the local music scene in Utrecht around 2007.

 

In the half decade or so since then,  Blaudzun has made something of a name for himself in the Netherlands; playing… Read More

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Allman Brothers Band Announces March NYC Residency

Legendary Allman Brothers set for a 10-show stint at Beacon Theater

 

By Alex Baker

 

The Allman Brothers Band have announced that they’ll be playing a 10-show residency at New York’s Beacon Theater this March.

 

The residency, which has become something of a tradition in recent years, will kick off March 1st and run through… Read More

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Allman Brothers Singer/Guitarist Scott Sharrard: Live at Red Lion NYC

Seasoned guitarist strikes out on his own with blazing soul-rock sound

 

By Alex Baker

 

He’s been labelled as “Greg Allman‘s secret weapon” by Glide Magazine and called “one of the best guitarists in the country” by Billboard. Scott Sharrard is fairly well-known as a lead vocalist and guitarist, who’s played not only with The Allman Brothers, but also the likes of Read More

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Ana Popovic: GSTV’s Exclusive Interview with Female Blues/Rock Sensation

Serbian blues/rock guitarist talks to Guitar Shop TV backstage at the Iridium in NYC

 

Belgrade-born Ana Popovic was introduced to the blues at an early age by her father. Taking up the guitar as a teenager, Ana began performing on the European blues circuit in the mid 1990s. By decade’s end, she’d recorded an album with her band Hush and relocated to Amsterdam to study at… Read More

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