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Uli Jon Roth Presents the ‘Ultimate Guitar Experience’ Tour

January 27, 2016

ULI JON ROTH, whose musical career spans an amazing five decades, is a multi-faceted phenomenon with a unique set of artistic talents that have gained him an international reputation as a musical visionary and innovator. Throughout recent years, ULI JON ROTHhas toured the globe with several fellow music legends – sharing his talents and the talents of others with fans around the world. 2016 will be no different. ULI JON ROTH recently announced his upcoming “Ultimate Guitar Experience” tour featuring legendary guitar contemporaries Jennifer Batten (Ex-Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson) and Andy Timmons (Andy Timmons Band). The tour begins on February 26th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL – running for an impressive 36 dates – ending back in Melbourne, FL on April 8th. ULI JON ROTH‘s set will draw from a combination of all of his albums, including the latest, Scorpions Revisited, and Transcendental Sky Guitar, but will also emphasize selectElectric Sun songs in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the first Electric Sun album,Earthquake. These songs have not been performed live by ULI [Read More]

NAMM 2016 opens: More Creativity, more Technology, more global and a search for new business models.

January 22, 2016

(Anaheim, CA.) The largest NAMM ever opened today in the Anaheim Convention Center, across the street from Disneyland, and was as a packed as a Star Wars sneak preview at midnight. A NAMM staffer told me that he stopped counting the number of attendees at 90,000 – and that didn’t include media, security and many, many chocolate chip cookies. As usual, the convention center and surrounding hotels were awash with artists, producers, technicians and executives who were ready to play, party and market. It is no wonder that NAMM 2016 is the largest ever – the music industry is a growing again. Recorded music sales jumped to $17 billion in 2015, up from $15 billion in 2014. This is good news for an industry that reached 27.3 billion in 1999. Although most of that increase came from digital sales and streaming, the thousands of companies that provide musicians the tools to write, record, play and sell music competed to be at NAMM, which ran out of floor space for industry booths. While the highlight of [Read More]

Monster Truck premiere new song, Things Get Better

January 21, 2016

Check out the new song from Monster Truck, their brand new song titled Things Get Better can be heard here: The bluesy, soulful song is taken from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album SITTIN’ HEAVY which is set for release on February 19th on Dine Alone Records in North America, Australia and New Zealand and via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group in Europe. Of “Things Get Better” Monster Truck frontman Jon Harvey commented, “The song is about the current state of the world. There will be no future without radical change. Maybe Bono can help…” Guitarist Jeremy Widerman added, “It’s a message of hope in the real face of adversity that seems to be around the corner these days. Not just a reminder to take nothing for granted but also to be aware that through struggle and perseverance comes triumph.” Monster Truck global tour dates: FEBRUARY 17 Brooklyn, NY St. Vitus 23 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub 25 Vancouver, BC Commodore 26 Kamloops, BC CJ’s 27 Calgary, AB Macewan Ballroom MARCH 1 Edmonton, AB [Read More]

NORWAY’S AUNT MARY RETURNS WITH NEW DAWN ALBUM RELEASE OUT FEBRUARY 12

January 21, 2016

Check out the latest news about Aunt Mary as they announce the upcoming release of their new album: Norwegian progressive rock pioneers Aunt Mary have announced the band’s return with the release of the NEW DAWN studio album on February 12. The heavy rock icons approach this come back with a new line-up, and plans to stage select appearances across the globe. Pioneers on the Norwegian heavy-rock scene in the early 70s, Aunt Mary was considered among the absolute elite of European rock bands. Alongside Deep Purple, Ten Years After, King Crimson, Jethro Tull and others, the band shared the scene, at times overshadowing these cornerstone acts. They officially broke up in 1973 following the release of their heavily progressive oriented album Janus, and the successful tour staged to support the title. Over the next several decades, they sporadically staged appearances, and issued an album of Blues covers in 1992 titled Bluesprints. After a period characterized by both musical joy and personal profound grief over the last several years, Aunt Mary looks towards 2016 [Read More]

A sneak peek at NAMM 2016, the world’s largest music industry gathering, opening Thursday

January 21, 2016

(Anaheim, CA) The crazy, colorful annual celebration of all things music business, NAMM 2016, opens Thursday at the Anaheim Convention Center, across the street from Disneyland. Today was Press Day, a pre-opening day set aside for journalists to see demos of new music technologies and instruments, maybe catch a glance of a rock star (Dr. John was the only star in sight, hanging out in the John Lennon Education bus), and stroll the convention floors watching thousands of people working full tilt to have their booths open by tomorrow. There will be a lot of all-nighters, but they will make it. NAMM 2016 brings together about 90,000 musicians, manufacturers, instrument makers, retailers, and others in a giant trade show/concert venue dedicated to the $11 billion a year music industry. NAMM 2016 occupies all of the Anaheim Convention Center plus several hotels, filling them with booths, stages, event spaces, concerts and displays. There are dozens of performances all day long on the stages and at individual booths. Performers include Dr. John, the Young Dubliners, Chemical [Read More]

Milk Teeth premiere new song from upcoming album, Vile Child

January 20, 2016

Check out the new song from Milk Teeth off their upcoming new album Vile Child. The song, Swear Jar (again) can be checked out here: Their new album is set for a January 29th release and will be available digitally and physically. Vocalist and bassist Becky comments about the song, “This is one of the first tracks we ever wrote as a band and one that’s never left our set list. We are super excited for you to hear it for the first time on NPR. If you like what you hear head to one of our shows in the states with Citizen, Sorority Noise and Turnover.” The band is gearing up to hit the road with Citizen, Turnover and Sorority Noise this Spring. Shows kick off March 9th in Pittsburgh, PA at Altar Bar. A full list of dates can be found below. 3/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar 3/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom 3/11 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot 3/12 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door 3/13 – St. Louis, [Read More]

1. Get ready for NAMM 2016 Coverage by Music Junkie Press

January 20, 2016

Here we are at the end of our NAMM Countdown. Today we want to feature all the great coverage by Music Junkie Press of NAMM 2016. We have three teams this year at NAMM 2016. We will be bringing you coverage of gear to include all the amazing new products that are being unveiled this year, artist’s gear highlights and rig rundown, artist interviews, photographs, concert coverages. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media outlets so you can stay up to date on our latest news and coverage! If you are addicted to music, come and get your fix from Music Junkie Press! Website: https://musicjunkiepress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicJunkiePress/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MARIRICHARDSON Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockinryan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therockinryan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicjunkiepress/ NOTE: NAMM is an industry only event, see if you qualify for NAMM membership at https://www.namm.org/membership For more details on NAMM 2016, visit their website at https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016 About The NAMM Foundation The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 9,900 members. The Foundations mission is to advance active [Read More]