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Clare Free Interview
I recently had the opportunity to interview UK blues sensation Clare Free ahead of the release of her new record ‘Dust & Bones’. I got to ask about her early influences as a guitarist, the inspiration behind the new record and some the guitars that she is using on the road and in the studio.
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Free Simon McBride Download of Unplugged Version of Rich Man Falling
Simon McBride has released a video and free download of an unplugged version ‘Rich Man Falling’ which is the title track of Simon’s 2008 debut album, Rich Man Falling.
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Reb Beach Has Two Suhr Guitars Stolen
Reb Beach has had two of his Suhr guitars stolen from his garage in Pittsburgh. One is his Suhr “modern” with the sunburst quilted top (Serial #8370), and the other is his Suhr strat with the green/purple color paint and mirror pick guard (Serial #2653).
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Dust and Bones By Clare Free Album Review
Dust and Bones (released on 23rd March) is the new album by blues guitarist, singer/songwriter Clare Free and is the follow up to her debut CD ‘Be Who You Are’ and the EP ‘How It Is’. Check out our review!
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Marshall Celebrate Anniversary with ’50 years of Loud’ Concert at Wembley Arena
For those of you that don’t know it’s Marshall Amplification’s 50th anniversary this year and to celebrate Marshall are taking over Wembley Arena with for night of full rock mayhem on Saturday 22 September.
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Eric Johnson ‘Up Close’ UK Tour July 2012
UK Eric Johnson fans are in for a real treat this summer as the man himself will be coming to the United Kingdom in July for the first time! The 5-date mini tour will showcase material from his current album “Up Close”, as well as from his rich back catalogue.
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Myke Gray Interview
The future is looking bright for the Red White & Blues. The band which feature’s Skin and ex Jagged Edge guitarist Myke Gray with Matti Alfonzetti on lead vocals has just released their first record SHINE and is fresh off …
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Joe Satriani’s Satchurated Live In Montreal in Cinema’s this March
Joe Satriani, one of the most respected and innovative guitarists in the world today, will release his live-concert film, Satchurated: Live in Montreal in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on March 6th, for one night only. The film will also be shown in both 2D & 3D HD.
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Walter Trout to Release New Album Called Blues for the Modern Daze
Critically acclaimed American blues rock guitarist, Walter Trout, today announced the release of his new studio album Blues For The Modern Daze. The album is released by Provogue Records in the UK on Monday 23rd April, followed by US release on 24th April.
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Ivan Mihaljevic Interview
An exclusive Fretpoint.com interview with Ivan Mihaljevic. Ivan’s talks about his new record Counter Clockwise, opening up for Paul Gilbert and some of his musical influences
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Exclusive Clare Free Blues Guitar Lesson
Clare Free is one of the fastest rising stars on the UK Blues circuit and is an artist who is redefining the blues for the modern world. Her roots lie in the blues but her influences go way beyond the …
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Gibson SG Diablo Tremelo Review
Gibson, much like Fender, are continuing to update their guitar range and the latest model to undergo a makeover is the trust old workhorse, the SG. Since it’s introduction in 1961 when it replaced the Les Paul for a little …
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TRACER Kick off their First Nationwide Headline UK Tour
Due to popular demand, Australian power rock trio “TRACER” kick off their first nationwide headline UK tour at London’s Islington O2 Academy on Tuesday 24th April. Planet Rock (www.planetrock.com) will start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale for Planet Rock listeners from …
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Want to Meet Richie Kotzen on his 2012 European Tour?
Richie Kotzen is coming back to Europe for a 4 week live tour with his band to support his new album, ’24 Hours’! The tour starts February 29th 2012 in Luxemburg and ends March 24th in Turkey including March 5th …
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Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG 61 Review
The Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG 61 is one of several impressive signature guitars unveiled by Gibson at NAMM 2012. The famous Wilco front man took the leading role in making this is a signature guitar to remember giving Gibson a …
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New ‘In the style of Joe Satriani’ Guitar Package
Learn to play like Joe Satriani with this exclusive video guitar lesson From Fretpoint.com. Taught by the incredibly talented Mike Baugh, this Joe Satriani inspired guitar solo takes you through many of Joe’s signature licks and comes with a superb jam track and full guitar tab. Available to purchase for $14.99.
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Andy Timmons Interview Part 3
Part 3 of my interview with Andy Timmons. In this section of the interview Andy discusses his signature Ibanez guitars, the AT300 and AT100 as well as some of the other guitars in his arsenal.
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Frepoint Launches First Product With In The Style of Andy Timmons HD Video Guitar Lesson
Fretpoint.com is proud to announce it’s first ever product! As the first installment of a 5 part “In the style of…” series that Fretpoint will be producing over the next few months, this downloadable video guitar lesson is now available …
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Andy Timmons Interview – Part Two
Part two of an audio interview recorded with Andy Timmons in October 2011 ahead of his Italian tour. Andy discusses how he recorded his new album ‘Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt Pepper’ mostly from memory and how he has managed to capture such a killer guitar tone on the new record.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor at Princess Pavilions Falmouth – Gig Review
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Joanne Shaw Taylor since I interviewed her back in September . Both her records are full of classic soul drenched blues and her playing has a maturity rarely since of guitarists her age. However live Joanne is on a different level altogether and the quality of her guitar playing is at times breathtaking.
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