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[caption id="attachment_48330" align="alignleft" width="800"]St. Blues’ Tom Keckler (luthier), Jeff Cox (VP Operations), Bryan M. Eagle III (President) and Greg Mitchell, (Luthier)[/caption]The veteran guitar outfit (which celebrates its workshop’s 30th anniversary…
Guitar aficionados may recognize Electra Guitars as the defunct brand of handsome guitars endorsed by artists like Peter Frampton and Leslie West back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. This spring,…
[caption id="attachment_48326" align="alignleft" width="1567"]JHS managing director Dennis Drum[/caption]This past spring, John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. (JHS) entered into a distribution arrangement with LPD Music International. The new partnership promises…
[caption id="attachment_48324" align="alignleft" width="800"]Showtime's Jimmy Lennon, Jr.[/caption]Since 2001, ShoBox: The New Generation, a television series produced by the Showtime® network, has been recognized as a premier show for up-and-coming boxers.…
[caption id="attachment_48322" align="alignleft" width="800"]Ian Bousfield[/caption]International trombone soloist Ian Bousfield has joined forces with instrument manufacturer and specialist brass and wood wind publisher Warwick Music. This new long-term partnership launches with…
Casio America, Inc. is proud to announce that Wittenberg University, located in Springfield, Ohio has just equipped their piano lab with 16 of its newly launched Privia PX-350 digital pianos for educational use.“Music education…
[caption id="attachment_48318" align="alignleft" width="800"]DJ superstar Luciano behind the decks with the new HD 25 ALUMINIUM.[/caption]Iconic, cult, legendary: only a product that inspires passion and remains in demand after 25 years…
Zildjian announced that Ethan Ahmed from the University of Southern California is the winner of the 2013 Kerope Zildjian Scholarship. Ethan is a student of Jim Babor. Ethan will receive…
In conjunction with the premiere episode of the The Queen Latifah Show, which aired on September 16, 2013, Yamaha Entertainment Group donated $45,000 worth of musical instruments to the James…
The Deering Banjo Company raised $25,777.68 for charity this summer through the auctioning off of one of a kind Deering Goodtime Gentlemen of the Road banjos signed by Mumford and…
Korg USA has announced new hires to its artist relations area. Mike Bigel has been hired as a Korg USA Artist Relations Specialist. Bigel comes to Korg USA with extensive experience…
Jo Edstrom died on Tuesday, September 10th in Winona, Minnesota at the age of 102. She was the widow of Harold “Hal” Edstrom, who co-founded Hal Leonard Corporation in 1947…
