When I met the remarkable Hughes family in Branson, Missouri, I was intrigued by how talent seems to run in the family. They were one of the closest families I’ve ever met, and they say that performing together brings them closer. It made me wonder how many families around the country have had that same […]
Bill Curreri spent most of his career outside of the music industry. After 30 years in marketing and advertising, he released his debut album, Long Time Gone, at age 63. The self-taught guitarist grew up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, where he played in garage bands as a teenager and through college. After college, […]
How do I know if a piano is worth restoring or not? We posed this, and other questions, to a piano restoration expert.
Father’s Day is coming up in just a few days, and we’ve compiled a short list of new gifts and gadgets that would make any music-loving father happy. From personalized picks and pads to a new vinyl record converter, here are some gifts that are sure to please any rockin’ pop. Personalized drum pad, so […]
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In 1972, Dixie Peach was a full-time band, touring all over the East Coast, from Ohio to Florida, and all points in between. Comprised of Ira Stanley (lead and slide guitars, vocals), Mike Rousculp (bass), Steve Williams (keyboards), Tony Paulus (keyboards and guitar), and Jerry Barnhart (drums), the group released their debut album on Raintree […]
When Lita Ford took the music world by storm in 1975 with the all-female rock group, The Runaways, she didn’t have female role models to look up to.
David Hunt grew up in a poor family in Lexington, North Carolina. Like many teenagers of the 1960s, he picked up the guitar and became a songwriter and singer in a band. “When I was 15 or 16 we recorded an album,” he recalls. “We used to do all the college tours, and I’d sing […]
Notes on a page are not music. We musicians sometimes need to be reminded of this. It’s easy to lapse into an autopilot practice regimen, in which you sit down and play your sheet music for a half hour without ever really hearing the sounds you’re making.
Denton, Texas, is a city that lives and breathes music. Stay here a few days, and you’ll see that it’s a community-wide phenomenon. Every other person you meet is a musician, and those that aren’t, have a love and respect for music that borders on obsession.