2016 NAMM Top 100 Dealers
Winners were announced on Friday night for the annual "NAMM Top 100 Dealers." Contemporary Music Center (Chantilly, Virginia) - owned by longtime, valued MMR contributor Menzie Pittman - got top nods…
Taylor Guitars Debuts New 700 Series @ SNAMM
Andy Powers goes over the features and upgrades on the newly redesigned 700 Series from Taylor Guitars... Watch it here!
Floyd Rose's Alan Cabasso @ SNAMM 2016
Alan Cabasso shared details on the new Floyd Rose line of headphones on display at Summer NAMM this year... Watch here!
D’Addario LIVE Event Hosted in Nashville for International Jazz Day
On April 30, D’Addario hosted an event at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in celebration of the famed International Jazz Day. D’Addario artists Jeff Coffin and Roy…
Peter D'Addario in Nashville @ SNAMM 2016
D'Addario's Peter D'Addario brings us up to speed on the new line of acoustic strings... Watch here!
Blackstar Amplification @ Summer NAMM 2016
Check out new amps from Blackstar! Click here to see.
Ernie Ball 'Picker's Paradise' @ Summer NAMM
Ernie Ball made a welcome -- and loud! -- return to the industry's annual summer gathering in Nashville... not only by exhibiting and highlighting new and recent gear introductions, but also…
Levy's Leathers Donates to Guitars for Vets
On the morning of the first day of Summer NAMM 2016, Levy's Leathers made a generous donation of $10,000 to Guitars for Vets, a program which provides guitars and lessons…
With Navajo Craftsmanship, Cloud Microphones Receives Presidential “E” Award
On May 16 of this year, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Tucson, Arizona-based Cloud Microphones with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.…
Musical Innovations Adds Staff, Affiliate Stores
Musical Innovations, NAMM’s 2015 Top 100 Dealer of the Year, is expanding, in order to continue providing its trademark exemplary service to schools and families in the Southeast. Four new…
Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory Merger
Berklee College of Music disclosed that its merger with The Boston Conservatory is official and they are effectively one institution as of June 1, 2016. Berklee announced a memorandum of…
John McGuinness Creates Intense Club Atmosphere at Belfast Cream Event
For the latest incarnation of the Cream series, which featured DJs John O’Callaghan, Bryan Kearney and Will Atkinson, Justlite’s John McGuinness turned the cavernous T13 urban sports complex into a…