The 14th annual festival of Americana, folk, country and bluegrass music, Suwannee Springfest, is in swing until the 28th at the scenic campground, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, in Live Oak, Florida. Springfest is sister to the fall’s Magfest… more »

Recently I wrote the first part in this mini-series about getting decent sound from a third-party sound crew. In Part 2 I’ll show that, in my experience, the way to have the best sound at the lowest volume is to let the sound guy control the mix.… more »

From the story of Robert Johnson to groups like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Label Society and Anthrax, there is a line. I’m not really a metal-head.   Eventually we will get around to Leadbelly, Howling Wolf and Chess Records,… more »

A couple of weeks ago we ran the story about the French artist who placed a Gibson Les Paul in an aviary. The video is mesmerizing. You can see the story here: 40-wild-birds-play-a-gibson-les-paul-guitar From the moment I saw this I knew I had to try… more »

  I recently held a big party in my back yard, a two-day “JAM at the CAM.” I invited several bands and friends to spend the weekend playing music in the Southern California sun. It was as awesome as it sounds. We entertained my entire neighborhood and… more »

BFMN Exclusive! I caught Orianthi’s show at NAMM2010. The crowd was deep and they kept bumping me but this is too good not to share. I edited around the worst of the camera jiggles. Look past the video. Watch this girl play the guitar. Shredding… more »

by Dan Grigor  On Thursday I got to talk face to face with one of my real-life guitar heroes, Jorma Kaukonen, founding member of two legendary bands, The Jefferson Airplane and the still-touring Hot Tuna. One of my real-life guitar heros, Jorma and I… more »