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Moura’s new video for “You” will have you wanting more of their great music!

August 29, 2013

Sonoma County tends to have you thinking about the vineyards and spas at first thought. After you take a listen to the young talented musical work of Evan Donaldson or as his solo project is called, Moura you will have something more than just grapes to appreciate from the North Bay. Evan has recently released his second EP The Leaving and is currently available on Tunes, Amazon MP3, Bandcamp, and Spotify if you prefer to stream exclusively. His other EP, Sink, is there as well. His music reminds me of a young Matt Nathanson but yet Evan has his own refreshing style that will soon have you hooked. Evan has recently released a wonderful video for the song, “You” from the EP and it was filmed by Colin Goheen of Mark of The Bear Media. You can check out the video here: We had asked Evan about the history behind this beautiful song and he tells us, “Long story short: I wrote it about a girl who was leaving for college and I didn’t want her [Read More]

Legendary Leslie West to release “Still Climbing” in October!

August 16, 2013

Leslie West is set to release new CD “Still Climbing” on October 29th through Provogue Records. The legendary guitarist will be joined with Jonny Lang, Mark Tremonti, Johnny Winter and Dee Snider on this album. This is one album that you are not going to want to miss! Leslie explains, “What’s different on Still Climbing is that I wanted my guitars to sound as big as I look. So I used four of my Dean signature model guitars with my Mountain of Tone humbucking pickups. I plugged them into my Blackstar amps — no pedals — and turned them up loud and raw, and what you hear is exactly what I did in the studio. These Blackstar amps deliver everything I need without ‘confidence’ pedals. I played one of the early tracks we recorded for Slash, and he said, ‘That is as heavy as it gets.’” Still Climbing is being co-produced by West and Mike “Metal” Goldberg, who engineered all of the sessions. One incredible song we are looking forward to is one where West and Winter on dueling [Read More]

Solo Artist and Eddie Money drummer needs your help in his fight against cancer!

May 7, 2013

Glenn Symmonds I recently got the news that a long time musician/friend has been diagnosed with cancer and is to start undergoing treatment. If that isn’t bad enough, he is without insurance during this ordeal and will have to personally take care of all of his medical expenses which can be quite costly. Please join me in helping this great musician who you know as Glenn Symmonds – long time drummer for Eddie Money and has an extensive catalog of his solo work. Here is the information from Glenn’s page: Glenn was diagnosed with bladder cancer on April 23rd. He had surgery to remove a tumor from his bladder on April 29th. He is scheduled to begin a 12-week round of chemotherapy on June 3rd. He will have another surgery after the chemo treatment. Like many professional musicians, Glenn is uninsured. Cancer is expensive…. please help in anyway you can. Big Love from Team Symmonds! Glenn has been a musician most of his life, recording and touring with artists like Coke Escovedo, Dave Mason, Juice Newton, Duncan Sheik and [Read More]

Jeff George talks about Harlot, Bach & Nothing but a Good Time for 2013!

January 5, 2013

Jeff George The guitarist/composer extraordinaire, Jeff George has a busy year planned ahead of him. He was hand picked by Sebastian Bach to be his new guitarist in September of 2012 and is also currently in Harlot with Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria. We had a chance to check in with Jeff and get the full scoop on Harlot and what else he has in the works. We are very excited for the year ahead and can’t wait to hear more from Jeff. ~ Interview with Jeff George ~ Music Junkie Press: Thank you Jeff for taking the time from your busy schedule to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. We appreciate it and look forward to sharing it with our audience. Jeff George: Hey Mari.. Hey everyone.. Thanks so much for having me! Music Junkie Press: How did it go with your tour with Sebastian Bach and will you be staying on as his guitarist for the new year? Jeff George: It’s been incredible. Baz and I have known each other [Read More]

Learning Guitar from a Rock Star!!

October 8, 2012

So you want to learn how to play guitar? Or do you want to perfect your finger tapping? Or do you want to bust out some blues licks? Or how about just improve your guitar style? Well all these things can be achieved by taking classes from a Rock Star. I am not talking about plugging your plastic guitar into your XBox or your Wii set.. I am talking about the real thing! How about taking Skype lessons from the very talented awesome guitarist of Art of Dying, Tavis Stanley? Tavis Stanley plays for the incredible band Art of Dying and has been playing and touring for the past 15 years. What great experience you will get by learning from this teacher. He is offering online courses via Skype and fits them within his busy touring schedule. This is a gem that you have to enjoy. Several months ago, my son started taking guitar lessons from one of my favorite guitarists, Tavis of Art of Dying. As many of you know that band’s music had kept me [Read More]

Make sure to get your Tickets to this Tribute Concert

March 29, 2012

As you may know, we lost our Bay Area music legend last month. The great musician and guitarist Ronnie Montrose. Well tomorrow (Friday March 30th) at 10 am Pacific Time Tickets to an incredible Tribute Concert to celebrate Ronnie’s life will be going on sale. Believe me, with the line up they have planned, you will have to rush to get your tickets. It will be a sold out show! So make sure to head over to axs.com AXS.COM or GoldenVoice.com The Tribute Concert entitled, “a concert for Ronnie Montrose, a celebration of his life in music” and is scheduled to take place Friday, April 27th at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. So far, the line up includes: Sammy Hagar, Denny Carmassi and Bill Church from Montrose, Joe Satriani, the Ronnie Montrose all star band with special guests: Neal Schon – Journey, Steve Smith – formerly of Journey, Ricky Phillips – Styx, Eric Martin – Mr. Big, Eric Singer – Kiss, Tommy Thayer – Kiss, Jimmy DeGrasso – Y&T, Members of Tesla and [Read More]