The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 966: Piano heroes
Rock’n’roll is built on the electric guitar. Well…mostly. And not really in the beginning. In fact, the electric guitar as we know it didn’t have much to do with the birth of rock
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Modern Guitar Heroes 2–The Women
[Hang in there. Another couple of weeks and we’ll be into brand new shows. – AC] It’s been a rough decade for the electric guitar. Sales of new instruments have dropped by a
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Modern Guitar Heroes 1–The Men
[Still in summer research mode. New shows starting up again next month. -AC] What, exactly, is a guitar hero? Yes, yes, it’s a video game that vaguely simulates playing a real guitar. What
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What, exactly, is a guitar hero? Yes, yes, it’s a video game that vaguely simulates playing a real guitar. What else? Yes, yes, it means someone who can rock the “expert level” on
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This doc looks at the music influential guitarists between 1929 and 1989
This week’s edition of The Ongoing History of New Music is the first of a two-parter on guitar heroes of the alternative era (i.e. 1990 and beyond). But what about all those who
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Random music news for Saturday, October 20, 2018
Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October 20, 2018. Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca. A blink-182 reunion
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