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Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp announces new masterclass season with Alice Cooper, Joey Kramer (Aerosmith), Kathy Valentine (The Go-Gos), and more

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp (RRFC) – the longtime rock ‘n’ roll institution where students learn from real-life rock stars – announces its new 2020 Masterclass online season. Guest musicians include Alice Cooper, Joey Kramer (Aerosmith), Kathy Valentine (The Go-Gos), Steve Howe (Yes), Nels Cline (Wilco), Sebastian Bach, music industry leaders Jason Flom, Eddie Trunk, Shep Gordon and songwriting […]

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New Listen: Pretty Awkward Share Hopeful New Song and Lyric Video “Misfits”

Posted on August 28, 2020September 1, 2020

New Listen – Pretty Awkward Share New Song and Lyric Video “Misfits” Have you ever come across someone that does not care much for music? I have found a few in my lifetime and I am always left wondering, “what is their human disconnect, do they even feel?”. To me and many others, music makes […]

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New Listen: Candlebox – Let Me Down Easy

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Legendary Alternative Rock Band Candlebox have released their brand new song entitled “Let Me Down Easy” via Pavement Entertainment. This will be the first glimpse of new material since Candlebox’s 2016 critically acclaimed album, Disappearing in Airports, which delivered the chart-topping single “Vexatious” and found the band touring for over 2 years in support of the […]

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“Of Bird & Cage,” Metal Video Game Featuring Some of Your Favorite Artists, Releases Trailer — WATCH

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

OF BIRD AND CAGE METAL VIDEO GAME, FEATURING SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS, REVEALS OFFICIAL TRAILER + 2021 RELEASE AT GAMESCOM 2020 Capricia Productions, a games studio, announced during Gamescom that Of Bird and Cage, a metal music-driven adventure game featuring artists from some of the biggest rock and metal bands, developed by Capricia Productions and published by All […]

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Interview: Joe Satriani – Flying In A Blue Dream

Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020

Joe Satriani – Flying In A Blue Dream One of the most important guitar records to have ever been recorded came out on October 30, 1989. “Flying In A Blue Dream” remains one of the albums that has inspired and spawned several generations of guitar shredders. Seriously, go ask almost any mainstream guitarist today and […]

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New Listen: Jordan Red – Hands That Built The World

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

The last time we heard from Jordan Red they unleashed the song “Don’t Let The Heavens Fall.” They are back with a new song, “Hands That Built The World“, that has all of those things that fans of the band like so much. Soaring vocals, tightly mixed drums, complex guitar tracks and one hell of […]

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New Listen: Last Letters – You Swore

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

Last Letters has released the brand new track – “You Swore” out August 21 via Old Sport Records (Brooklyn, NY). This energetic track has a few layers that my ears were happy to explore. Flanked by a couple of great sounding guitars, the song gets set in motion when the drums played by Aaron Gillespie […]

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Interview: Janet Gardner and Justin James

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020

Former lead vocalist of the legendary female rock group Vixen, Janet Gardner and guitar virtuoso Justin James have released their new album “Synergy” via Pavement Entertainment. The eleven track album showcases Gardner’s soaring vocals and the guitar wizardry of James. As the listener goes deep in to the album the duo’s songwriting prowess is apparent. […]

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Review: Dan Croll – Grand Plan

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

In February of 2018, singer-songwriter, Dan Croll left his home in Liverpool and moved to LA. shaking things up leading to the new album “Grand Plan” released August 21 on Communion Records. “Grand Plan” was written in LA then recorded in Richmond, VA and produced by Matthew E. White all over the last two years. […]

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ROOSEVELT SHARES NEW SINGLE “ECHOES”

Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

After causing a stir in June with “Sign”, his first new studio recording since 2018 which Stereogum called “a thumping house-pop jam with an emotional ballad at its gooey center”, acclaimed artist and producer Marius Lauber AKA Roosevelt today shares the follow-up single “Echoes”. This late summer special showcases a totally different side of Roosevelt – a […]