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There comes a time in your teenage years when image is everything. You’re searching for someone to emulate – you’re looking for a hero. Your parents aren’t heroic anymore – quite the contrary --  so you’re spending...

During the 30A Songwriters Festival in South Walton, Florida, the sounds of music — not ambulance sirens — usually fill the air, which is why the prolonged shrieks piercing the night sometime around 8:30 p.m. Saturday were...

Fifty years ago this past December, the Rolling Stones solidified the bluesy rebirth they had begun on Beggars Banquet with Let It Bleed. It was an album which found them in transition, with Brian Jones playing on...

“Serving the song and a life sentence.”    That’s been David G Smith’s catchphrase for over two decades, since he left a life of 9-to-5 desk labor and playing keyboards in other peoples’ bands and...

Los Angeles-based duo, Mapache, wrapped their latest single release, “Life on Fire,” with a sun-drenched music-video that captures both wistful sentiment and wanderlust.  This track is the opener for their anticipated album, ‘Liberty Street,’...

On Tuesday evening we sat down with hit-maker Brett James before he performed for the 2nd Annual ASCAP Experience ‘In The Round at the Bluebird Café’.   James has a laundry list of No. 1 tracks, including “Blessed”...

The Story Behind the Song: "Change the World" Written by Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick Recorded by Eric Clapton A Q&A with Gordon Kennedy When and where did you guys write “Change the World?"     It began in Nashville’s Omni Studio A in 1991....

All New Fullerton Series Ukuleles Bring Iconic Fender Electric Guitar Body Shapes, Colors to the Ukulele Community HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (January 16, 2020)—Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today celebrates the release of the newest model in the...

Canadian singer-songwriter Lynne Hanson shares a first glimpse of her new video for the track “Long Way Home” from her upcoming record 'Just Words.' The new album is out via independent release February 7 and you can catch...

The Kinks "Days" Behind the Song