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Roland LX700 Digital Piano Series Wins Red Dot Product Design Award 2019 and 2019 iF Design Award

The Roland LX700 series of premium upright digital pianos has won a Red Dot Product Design Award 2019 and a 2019 iF Design Award.

PRS Guitars Names Carl Langevin as Brand Ambassador for Canada

PRS Guitars has announced that Carl Langevin is now brand ambassador to Canada. In this new position, Langevin will be responsible for working with PRS and its retailers to grow…

The 2019 NAMM Show: Annual Gathering Maintains Momentum, Increases Global Reach

115,301 registered attendees visited this January’s gathering in Anaheim – up slightly from last year’s total of 115,085 – and the Show hosted over 2,000 exhibiting companies (also…

Roland and BOSS Present Fourth Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards

During the 2019 Roland International Press Conference, held Thursday, January 24, 2019, on the first day of The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, Roland and BOSS presented their…

Roland Press Event, Day One of NAMM 2019

Roland CEO Jin-Ichi Miki addresses the crowd at the company's press conference on Thursday, January 24 in Anahim.

Roland Establishes Partnership with the Featured Artists Coalition

Roland Corporation has announced their partnership with the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a UK-based non-profit artist advocacy group that provides support, advice and education in order to empower…

26th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards

While there are plenty of awards and accolades that organizations or publications hand out to specific instruments, brands, and music-related gear, the DCAs are uniquely significant. Unlike honors…

GC Holds Week-long Celebration for the Remodel of its Flagship Hollywood Store

In celebration of the unveiling of the newly revamped 30,000-square-foot flagship Hollywood store located on historic Sunset Boulevard, Guitar Center hosted a full week of events beginning October 29.

Tracktion Launches Retromod Sample Series

Tracktion has introduced the Retromod Series, a growing collection of synth plugins that "redefines iconic hardware synthesizers and pushes them into the future".

Innovate or Fade Away: Michael Ciravolo’s Balancing Act at Schecter Guitars

Michael Ciravolo began his career at a small music shop in New Orleans. In 1995, he decided to take a leap and move to Los Angeles.

Roland Offers Holiday Rebate

Roland is currently offering an exclusive promotion, whereby customers who purchase an RP102 or RP501R digital piano between now and December 31, 2018 are eligible to receive a…

ZOOM North America Hosts SUNY Potsdam Reception

With the assistance of the State University of New York at Potsdam and The Crane School of Music, ZOOM North America held a special alumni event at their…

Roland Honored with 2018 Good Design Awards  

The Japan Institute of Design and Promotion has honored the Roland Boutique series and the just-released LX708 Digital Piano each with "Good Design Award 2018" accolades.

Music China Kicks Off in Shanghai

Now in its 17th year, Music China has opened its doors in Shanghai with exhibitor sales up thanks to an increase in hall space.

ADJ Lighting Hires Resendiz as Product Specialist

ADJ Lighting has hired Southern California native, Raul Resendiz, as a Product Specialist.

Roland Opens New London Artist Centre

Roland has opened a new Roland Artist Centre London, located within Metropolis Studios in West London. 

New Faces For The Guitar Show

A raft of first-time exhibitors, including ESP Guitars and HiWatt amplification, have been announced for The Guitar Show 2019, to be held at Birmingham’s Bingley Hall on 23rd-24th…

Roland Professional A/V Expands Team

A/V announces two new appointments of key personnel: Lon Mass as director of Pro A/V, and Alan Ruppert as national sales manager – Pro A/V.

Dave Smith Returns to Sequential Brand to Mark 40th Anniversary of Prophet-5 Poly Synth

Dave Smith has announced that Dave Smith Instruments will rebrand itself as “Sequential” — reclaiming the mantle of Smith’s original company. Going forward, all products and services will…

Taking it to the Streets – and into the Store

The great thing about guitar players is that they’ll keep coming back to buy strings and picks. Now, as busking becomes more like a career choice than a…

Roland Appoints Hatem as Artists Relations Rep for the Nashville Market

Coinciding with the recent grand opening of its new Nashville Artist Relations Center, Roland has appointed James Hatem to serve as artist relations (A/R) representative, to be based…

Roland Announces Additional 808-Inspired PUMA Sneaker

Roland Corporation has teamed up with the global sports brand PUMA to unbox a second new TR-808-inspired sneaker, the PUMA RS-100 Roland.

Roland Announces 'Thomas Dolby Live in Roland Cloud'

Roland Teams Up with Depeche Mode, Hublot, and charity: water

Roland has partnered with legendary band Depeche Mode, the Swiss watchmaker Hublot, and non-profit organization charity: water in an effort that has raised $1.7 million to date to provide clean…

Roland Opens Nashville Artist Relations Center

On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, Roland held a grand opening celebration of its new Nashville Artist Relations Center, located within Love Shack Studios in Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.

The Guitar Show Returns

Returning to Birmingham’s Bingley Hall on 23rd-24th February 2019, The Guitar Show has already booked almost 90 per cent of its exhibition space to some of the world’s favourite…

Passing the Torch: NLFX Professional steps up as the MI dealer of Bemidji

Not all music retail stores can last forever, but they can pass the torch to the next shop suited to carry on the MI duties in their community.

Electronically Authentic: Roland Launches New Additions to Electronic Drum Line

Can electronic drums be authentic? For Roland, the answer is a resounding yes.

Roland Piano Featured on Animal Planet Program 'Tanked'

Animal Planet reality program "Tanked" recently aired an episode where Las Vegas-based firm Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM) built a fish tank that is also a working baby-grand piano…

UK Brands in Price-Fixing Investigation

Five leading UK musical instrument companies have become the subject of an investigation into alleged price fixing by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).