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Chicago’s Riviera Theatre first opened in 1917 as a lavish French Renaissance Revival-style movie palace for the Balaban & Katz chain. But the historic Uptown venue took on a new…
California Indie-pop group TV Girl started as a casual side project between friends Trung Ngo and Brad Petering in San Diego. They later blew up through major social media success…
PRS Guitars today announced a one-off model collaboration with global music sensation Ed Sheeran. The guitar is featured in the video for Sheeran’s new song “Drive,” written exclusively for the…
Pearl River Guitars once again struck a chord with music lovers, movie buffs and vintage TV fans at this year’s MidSouth Nostalgia Festival, held June 5–7 at the Whispering Woods Hotel…
Roland Corporation, a world-leader in music creation and musical and multimedia product manufacturing, has been recognized by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBT initiative*1) for setting greenhouse gas emission reduction…
V-MODA has added two models to its respected lineup of DJ headphones used by top artists around the world. The M-100 PRO is the new flagship in the long-running M-100…
There was royal recognition for John Packer Musical Instruments, the UK-based musical instrument manufacturer, distributor and retailer, recently as the company’s managing director met with His Majesty the King. Rob…
Yamaha has announced a landmark partnership with the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the oldest conservatory in America. This collaboration includes a record-breaking institutional sale of the Yamaha SX…
Alfred Music, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, proudly announces the release of Sound Innovations Soloist for Intermediate Musicians, a collection of original solo repertoire for winds,…
To honor the legacy of the Allman Brothers Band, godfathers of Southern Rock, the musical supergroup known as The Brothers recently returned to New York City’s storied Madison Square Garden…
When your career spans commercials, documentaries, sports, and news across the gulf south, the unpredictable nature of these productions demands gear that is not only flexible but undeniably durable and…
Gibson is proud to release Marcus King’s second signature guitar, the Gibson Marcus King ES-345 electric guitar in Sixties Cherry. The Marcus King ES 345 guitar is based upon an original…
