Music reviews
May 19, 2012
The art of the Portugese Fado guitar Custodio Castelo is a master of the Guitarra Portuguesa – Portuguese Guitar – a twelve stringed, six course instrument – notable for it’s unique “watch key” tuners. Backed here primarily by a
Music reviews
May 18, 2012
A Different Blues Indian master musicians Chitravina N. Ravikiran and Vishwa Mohan Bhat join veteran blues ambassador and genre ‘mixologist’ Taj Mahal for an exciting fusion of Indian instrumentation and the Blues idiom. Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahal’s Indian flavoured blues
Gear
May 16, 2012
Eric Clapton – Brian May – Ritchie Blackmore – Toni Iommi & Billy Gibbons When it comes to legendary British guitar tones few pedals can compete, historically, with the Dallas Rangemaster. Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Marc Bolan, Ritchie Blackmore, Rory
Gear
May 10, 2012
Unique Guitar Tone Everybody is searching for that elusive and unique guitar tone and sound. Smooth, fat, responsive, warm, crisp, sparkling, modern, vintage… Josh Fiden started Voodoo Lab in 1986 – they build and design rugged and reliable handmade guitar
Gear
May 09, 2012
After Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds in 1966 he joined John Mayalls Bluesbreakers for a single album release on Decca. Clapton had already become a “phenomenon” and Mayall’s original idea to record the album at the Flamingo Club, to capture
Music reviews
May 09, 2012
A pimped out trip with Street Walkin’ Cheetahs Dr John looks like the rightful inheritor of Baron Samedi’s voodoo trinkets, festooned with hoodoo beads, teeth and bones, feathers and turquiose: he probably carries the snake oil distillation of the secrets
Gear
May 07, 2012
Biffbox is a new and unique builder of boutique / custom guitar effects pedals based in the U.K.. As of May 2012 only 20 have been produced. Biffbox pedals are individual, one of a kind guitar pedals housed within handbuilt
Gear
February 08, 2012
Johnny Marr Guitar Style and Sound Johnny Marr rose to fame with The Smiths in the 1980′s. Marr’s guitar playing not only became an instantly recognisable and key colour in The Smiths sonic palette but one of the
Gear
February 07, 2012
If there was one final nail in the slick, polished coffin of mainstream 1980′s music it was probably driven the deepest by the filthy, dirty, rock and roll hammer of the Grunge carcinoma. At the same time the Madchester scene
Videos
November 06, 2011
Country Gent “We were so poor and everybody around us was so poor that it was the forties before anyone even knew there had been a depression.” Chet Atkins grew up in Tennessee starting as a ukulele player, moving to
Gear
November 01, 2011
Vintage Guitars Based on late 50’s and 1960’s design Eastwood’s radical vintage guitars blend retro kitsch and rock n roll cool with high quality technology and a completely modern playing experience. They make some of the coolest vintage replicas
