Posts tagged with "Frank Zappa"
DANA COOPER Video Premiere “The Ghost of Tucumcari”
VIDEO PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: DANA COOPER
Video Premiere: “THE GHOST OF TUCUMCARI”
DANA COOPER—AMERICANA’S COOL HAND LUKE RESURRECTS THE GHOST OF TUCUMCARI
by Rodeo Marie Hanson
Tucumcari is believed to have come from the Comanche word tukamukaru, which means to lie in wait for someone or something. Dana Cooper’s visual imagery of “The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes the listener...
String Wizard JOHN McEUEN Premieres “I’ll Be Glad (When They Run Out of Gas)” Track Video
JOHN McEUEN “I’LL BE GLAD (WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF GAS)” Track Video
Musician: JOHN McEUEN
Track Video Feature: “I’LL BE GLAD (WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF GAS)”
JOHN McEUEN’S TRANSFORMATION FROM “STRING WIZARD” TO MAN OF RECORD WITH SPOKEN WORD ALBUM THE NEWSMAN
by Rodeo Marie Hanson
Inside the sanctuary of anonymity, offered by a luxury hotel, a figure shrouded in mystique rhapsody is perched comfortably at a piano....
Video & Web Exclusive Interview MITCH GALLAGHER
Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview
Musician: MITCH GALLAGHER
Album:Foundation
Mitch Gallagher is a guitarist and composer. The tone on his new album Foundationis exceptional—a thing of beauty. But this is not simply another guitar album. He has combined guitars and piano with an amazing rhythm section and stellar horns.
Gallagher was introduced to music as a child by his mother—who was herself a child recording artist with her siblings,...
Sweetwater’s GearFest
Sweetwater’s GearFest 2017 Draws Record Crowds and Sales
Free Music and Pro Audio Trade Show Continues to Grow
GearFest completely takes over the Sweetwater campus with parking, camping sites, gear tents, a performance pavilion, the retail store, and the massive interior of the Sweetwater building.
Sweetwater Sound announced that GearFest 2017 was a bigger success than ever, breaking every record established by previous GearFest events. Launched...
JOE CHICCARELLI
JOE CHICCARELLI
Rock, pop, country or jazz, it’s all about serving the music
By Michael Gallant
In more than three decades, Joe Chiccarelli has amassed an impressive roster of production and engineering credits—from Alanis Morissette, My Morning Jacket and the White Stripes to Jason Mraz, Elton John, Christina Perri and the Shins. But it all began humbly for the multiple Grammy winner. “I started in music as a bass player in rock bands,...
STEVE VAI
STEVE VAI
The legendary shredder crosses boundaries to deliver the unexpected
By Russell Hall
Steve Vai is mulling over his process to get songs ready for the stage. “I don’t write my songs and then record them,” he muses. “I build them as I record, which means I have to learn them after they’re finished. My first reaction when I’m getting ready for rehearsals is anxiety and fear. It’s like, ‘Do I really have to learn all this...
FRANK ZAPPA
PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF ALREADY KNEW HE was dealing with a unique artist when Frank Zappa arrived at his L.A. studio for this 1976 session. “Frank was very different from other people I photographed,” recalls Seeff. “Many artists are imaginative, but they aren’t conceptual. Frank was both.” Seeff remembers that Zappa seemed at first to be improvising, but soon made clear he had a direction in mind. “Without my telling him anything,...