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Risky Classical Crossover – Sting’s Symphonicities Is a Hit; Renée Fleming’s Dark Hope May Be a Miss

July 16, 2010

Pop legend Sting has ventured into the world of symphonic music with the release of his album Symphonicities , while opera diva Renée Fleming explores rock/pop with her album Dark Hope . But while Symphonicities has garnered mostly positive reviews, Dark Hope has received a tepid reaction. This may be because Sting’s album is a [...]

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Please Help Support Free Music Lessons for the Fender Center’s “Kids Rock Free” National Music Education Initiative

July 9, 2010

Kids Rock Free (KRF)© is a music education initiative run by The Fender Center For Music Education, located in Corona, California. KRF provides free and low-cost music lessons to students ages 7-17. The program has serviced over 12,000 children and there are currently 800 waitlisted for the program. Students may study guitar, keyboards, drums, and [...]

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Album Review: Jace Everett – Red Revelations

June 29, 2010

Although I was raised on country music, I can’t say I am a regular listener of the genre.  I grew up in Texas, which made it difficult to avoid. Not all country music annoys me, but a great deal does.  However, there are a few exceptions I find worth giving the time of day, such [...]

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Album Review: “Stone Temple Pilots” by Stone Temple Pilots

May 24, 2010

When Stone Temple Pilots released Thank You, the music world thought the band had sung its last song.  The probability that the remaining band members could find a replacement for Scott Weiland was a dubious proposition.  Coupled with the fact that Weiland had joined Slash to create Velvet Revolver, this made the likelihood of a [...]

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Ratt Streams Entire New Album – Infestation

April 18, 2010

The renowned ’80s hair band, Ratt, is getting ready to release Infestation on April 20th.   The band has made the entire new album available for streaming until its release on Tuesday.  The album started streaming on April 14th, but I missed the announcement because of the sad news regarding Peter Steele.  Anyhow.. I’ve listened to [...]

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Hilarious Guitar Hero Spoof -”Violin Hero” Video by Judgment Day

February 2, 2010

While browsing the Mike Portnoy forum, I came across a link to a fantastic video by string metal band Judgment Day. The band consists of brothers Anton (violin) and Lewis Patzner (cello), and Jon Bush, (drums). The “Violin Hero” video was done to the single “Cobra Strike” from the band’s upcoming album, Peacocks/Pink Monsters. The [...]

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Album Review: Taking Dawn – Time to Burn

January 29, 2010

Taking Dawn, from Las Vegas, NV, is one of the new Roadrunner Record artists making their debut over the next few weeks.   Time to Burn was released earlier this week.  Thanks again to Roadrunner for sending me an early digital copy.  (Illness prevented me from putting this up sooner.) As soon as I hit [...]

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Can Aerosmith Thrive Without Steven Tyler?

January 25, 2010

Aerosmith was one of the first rock bands I got into when I was a kid, so it is hard for me to fathom how the members of Aerosmith can produce a record without Steven Tyler.  It would be like Metallica moving on without James Hetfield, or U2 recording an album without Bono or Iron [...]

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Album Review: Dommin – Love Is Gone

January 9, 2010

Last October, Viola and I had the pleasure of meeting Kris Dommin (singer/guitarist/lyricist of Dommin) and attending the concert thanks to Roadrunner Records.  Feel free to read our  interview with Kris as well as our  concert review of the show. Although, we were presented the opportunity to listen to the album well in advance, we [...]

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Rocked Out Christmas Jam

November 29, 2009

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the countdown to Christmas is well under way.  Viola found the following that someone posted in the Mike Portnoy forum a couple weeks ago, and we were waiting for the right time to share it with folks. Viola and I have been slacking a bit and enjoying the long holiday [...]

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