The Doheny Blues Festival has a long tradition of offering top-quality entertainment. This year should be no exception when the festival returns May 22 and 23 to Doheny State Beach in scenic Dana Point Harbor, California with 26 acts on three stages.… more »

By the third day of NAMM 2010 everyone is either hung over, exhausted, or so chipper way too early in the morning that you just want to smack them.  Suffice to say I was not the chipper guy and I was seriously looking for a coffee fix when I walked throug… more »

In addition to the thousands of heirloom and hand-crafted instruments on display, MIM will also present instruments that guests can touch and play… more »

The first rule being a radio jockey is to keep talking. It doesn't matter what the hell you say. Dead Air Kills. more »

Part Three starts with the amazing D-100...the new wood models... the David Crosby 12-string, Marty Robbins guitar, the Laurence Juber and the ukeleles … more »

I'm surprised that I did not topple from the ladder as I realized that I held in my hands a map of the heart and soul of Godzilla's many-colored coat. more »

The former lead vocalist for Poison, Bret Michaels, was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after suffering a massive brain stem hemorrhage, his publicist said Friday. He was rushed to intensive care late Thursday after a severe headache. The report sa… more »

A concert featuring Tallan Noble Latz, among others, will be held April 23 at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. The concert will benefit Guitars For Vets, and the donation of a guitar in any condition earns free admittance.Guitars For Vets… more »

Rock4Life, scheduled for May 1 at Whiteness, near Ardersier, was expected to attract a crowd of about 20,000 and was to benefit the Highland Hospice. Veteran rockers Status Quo were among the acts due to appear at the event.… more »

It is only 9 days until the Beale Street Music Festival.Billed as the Mardis Gras of the Mid-South, it offers over 60 acts on 4 stages in scenic Tom Lee Park, and what acts they are! Alice in Chains; Flaming Lips; Earth, Wind and Fire; Limp Bizkit; G… more »

The Mountainside Theater in Cherokee, N.C., has completed a $2.4 million renovation in time to showcase some of the best bluegrass talent in the region as it hosts the first Mountainside Art and Music Festival Saturday, May 1. Seven bands will perform th… more »

For the first time, NAMM is welcoming students and music enthusiasts to their first "Wanna Play Music Sunday" at 2010 Summer NAMM, one of the largest musical instrument and product trade shows in the country, usually reserved for trade only. Come and see… more »

This is Part Three in our series on Drum Circles, the people who lead and equip them, and the healing and uniting effects of rhythm … more »

Hip hop is politics. It is amazing what changes have come in the US in only 50 years... and how few things have really changed. The issues of one are related to those of another, and we can't forget we are all still in this together. It would be a sham… more »

We had this idea about rounding up some musicians for the BareFootMusicNews "house" blues band that is known as Call For Info. Dan Grigor and I sat around talking about a plan to put it together as a reality-type series of video clips for BFMN.… more »

Under the category of useful software tools for musicians, you should definitely put a star next to Roni Music's "Amazing Slow Downer."  Here's what it's good for and how it can help you.… more »

Wow, what a month I’m having. Lining up gigs, interviews, new photogs and writers coming on board soon and I have been madly editing video. Coming up we have the Martin tour #3 that has the Cool David Crosby 12-string in it, it’s gorgeous.We are workin… more »

My buddy Catfish and I were sitting at a dive bar listening to a really good, young band crank out the hits and were wondering why they were playing there. Why not a bigger house with imported beer and maybe some girls in the crowd that wouldn't scare… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois This space is usually occupied by a great post from our friend from Finland, Paul. Unfortunately I fragged his post and he is busy this week molding (or should I say moulding) young minds. So I thought I would take h… more »

by Frank Butler I was noodling around on a Schecter Solo-6 Custom at Namm 2010. Wow! What a sweet guitar. We have the standard “it played like buttah” saying around here for nice axes — this one was one of those that really did. It kind of was a singl… more »

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus brings Rockin’ Roland Battle of the Bands to Washington DC and New England. If your rockin' band has a maximum of five members, and ALL are currently enrolled in middle school or high school, you can enter your ban… more »

I found another take from a JAM with Ed and Shane. We were all done with a video shoot and just hanging around drinking bud from a can and playing some blues. I love that little Republic guitar of his. I covet it. Not one like it. It. Sweet little gitbox… more »

Take It From Me by Edward Lapple Well time to pull up the rocking chair, break out the pipe and sit next to the cracker barrel… What the heck is a cracker barrel anyway? I can’t find one at Costco and it doesn’t sound as though it would be good for you… more »

While at the gig-fx booth at NAMM2010 with HeXx Henderson we heard that Cisco Robles was going to be there. Catfish and I couldn't resist hanging around. A stunning guitar player, he plays a great set and is as knowledgeable as he is stylish in an interview with Frank Butler.… more »

I just had this discussion with one of my students, a girl from Detroit, and she told me I couldn't know much about hip-hop because I am a white Canadian, and she's right.… more »

Be prepared to present your music in the very best way that you can. Then you will be ready for your lucky break.… more »

Look at you, 16 years old, pretty as a peach, making music, making people smile and reaching for the stars. Where do you get your drive? What makes you work so hard? … more »

I wanted to explain how the pentatonic scale is an innate aspect of our beings. I wrote and rewrote 500 words. OK, who are we kidding? It was more like 800 words or so about this scale and how it has become a part of us. Then I found this… more »

Live from the gig-fx booth at Winter NAMM 2010. HeXx Henderson plays the National Anthem using his Custom Asher Guitar and the Kilo-Wah and V.O.D. pedals from http://gig-fx.com Wait til you hear this! … more »

From the main stage at the NAMM Show, Anton Oparin. We couldn't get through the crowd to talk to him but this video speaks for itself.… more »