Nashville, Tennessee: Gibson Guitar and Epiphone dealers across the globe are hosting Gibson Days. Every last Saturday of the month, fans of the guitar giant are invited to enter to win a Gibson guitar, earn a free Gibson âfanâ shirt … Continue reading →
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 3, 2009) â Due to the increasing growth of traditional music, The Academy has split the category Best Contemporary Folk/Americana into two categories: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album. Additionally, the Folk Field has … Continue reading →
Performing Songwriterâs June 2009 issue, sent to subscribers and newsstands this week and featuring Pink on the cover, will be the final edition of the 16-year-old publication, Editor & Publisher Lydia Hutchinson announced today. âAs sad as change and letting … Continue reading →
Stanton Studio, LLC is pleased to announce the release of ToneTune 1.1, available on the iPhone App Store (http://itunes.com/appstore/tune). ToneTune is a multiple tuning fork that helps you tune the strings on your stringed instrument to the correct pitch by … Continue reading →
Piedmont Folk Legacies (PFL), Inc., a non-profit group based in Eden, North Carolina, has received a substantial gift of property appraised at $510,000 as a donation from D.H. Griffin of neighboring Greensboro and James Klemic of Charlottesville, Virginia. Extending along … Continue reading →
ST. PAUL, MN â Celebrating Red House Recordsâ 25th Anniversary, Jorma Kaukonen, The Wailinâ Jennys and Robin & Linda Williams will be the featured guests on Garrison Keillorâs popular public radio show A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday, June 21st, … Continue reading →
The Gretsch Company, one of the worldâs most well-known drum and guitar manufacturers, will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2008. Throughout the year, Gretsch will celebrate by introducing new lines of limited edition anniversary drums, guitars, and other Gretsch products; … Continue reading →
SEATTLE, WA â No Depression, the bimonthly magazine covering a broad range of American roots music since 1995, will bring to an end its print publication with its 75th issue in May-June 2008. Plans to expand the publicationâs website (www.nodepression.net) … Continue reading →
Gibson Guitar and TC Group (which produces audio products including amplifiers, speakers, digital processors, guitar pedals and other pro audio and MI products) have announced that they are planning to merge. The announcement was made at the NAMM 2008 show … Continue reading →
In January, C.F. Martin & Co. announced several new additions to the Martin family of strings. These additions include FX Flexible Core strings, a high tuning Nashville style set, and Martin Light/Mediums. Martin is also making select strings available in … Continue reading →