When Glenn Kurtz was a kid, he wasn’t just a guitar player, he was a child prodigy who went from simple folk songs and Beatles tunes to playing complex classical compositions at the New England Conservatory.

The Stones just wrapped their European tour last week in London and now there are reports that the band will be back on the road as early as February 2008 for dates in India, Dubai and Bangkok

Tom Waits, Nelly Furtado, Ray Davies (The Kinks), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Robert Smith (The Cure), Loretta Lynn, Weird Al, Cassandra Wilson, And Many More Celebrities Team Up With Dozens Of Top Music Industry Executives To Choose This Year’s Winners

Amid the sheer pleasure of hearing rock in Thailand be reborn in front of my very ears, my head was reeling trying to take in the subtle shifts in melody and chord changes that the genius Toe has delivered yet again.

Meantime go here… myspace.com/toexsilly and remind yourself of the power of the MONSTAMIXA/Toe Axis…and be prepared to be magnificated because magnificent they truly are!

Joe tells us as soon as it’s mastered by the legendary Alex Boyesen (who used to play with John Martyn and has mixed or mastered Elvis Costello, Kings of Leon and others) then plastered, pressed and packaged, the band heads down to Bangkok and host a launch party and do a few CD promo gigs, most likely in November or December.

Soul superstar Stevie Wonder is set to embark on his first U.S. tour since 1995 after announcing a 13-city trek, which begins at the end of August.

A raft of releases from the Zeppelin stable have given rise to fresh speculation that Plant, Page and Jones might reunite to perform at a tribute in London later this year for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun .

At the opening of the spanking new Overtone Music Cave on RCA Friday 27th, local blues singer, guitar player and band leader Mekong Doctor Blues took along his recently purchased Fender Squier Olarn Signature Model, a Fender instrument endorsed by Thai guitar legend Olarn Promjai, and at the jazz club asked Olarn […]

The “Buzz in the Biz” by Benny White
“You get one chance to make a first impression, so don’t be in a hurry to send your demo in. Take your time and make sure it’s your absolute best.”
— Steve Smith — Vice President — A & R — Aware […]

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The “Buzz in the Biz” by Benny White

Rockers Waking Ashland has been signed by Tooth and Nail Records. They managed to get signed in less than 18 months after forming in college. Jonathan Jones attributes his band’s unusual success to the lucky turn of events that got the act noticed by manager Darren Lewis (Ataris, […]