With more than 5,000 recordings to his name, he may be the most-heard guitar virtuoso you've never heard of
Janne Schaffer built a career in his native Sweden and America that saw the guitarist perform with the biggest stars in pop and jazz ...
Better than the real thing? Spark 2 packs 39 amp sims into $300 Bluetooth speaker
In other words, the Spark 2 is the latest example of the "software-ization" of music. Forget the old image of a studio filled ...
Aretha Franklin Was the ‘Queen of Soul.’ Peter Wolf Found Out Firsthand
In his new memoir, J. Geils Band frontman tells a wild tale of recording with Aretha Franklin. Read an exclusive excerpt ...
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Waiting for Trump in Havana – A report from the 40th annual Jazz Plaza Festival
I spent much of January in Havana. In truth I was waiting not for Trump but for the 40 th edition of Jazz Plaza, Cuba’s famed international jazz festival. But in Cuba as in many other parts of the ...
Smart audio mixing is one of my favorite, lesser-known smartphone AI features
Samsung has an even more nuanced Audio Eraser tool of its own for the Galaxy S25. This identifies a range of different sound types, such as crowds and car alarms, and lets you dial them in ...
Now Hear This: March 2025
Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music ...
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7 low-volume ways to play guitar without an amp
The electric guitar is a notorious loudmaker, synonymous with the ear-shattering walls of sound propagated by innumerable ...
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Denison Witmer Talks Channeling New Life Perspectives on Sufjan Stevens Collaboration ‘Anything At All’ (INTERVIEW)
Lancaster, PA-based Singer/Songwriter Denison Witmer recently released the album, Anything At All, through Asthmatic Kitty ...
Trailblazing Women: Zed Capital Founder and Dubai Bling Star Zeina Khoury
"I would like to come home before my kids' bedtime, at least half an hour before," says Zeina Khoury when asked about her ...
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Student Reflects On California Fire Devastation
The beginning of January in Los Angeles was sunny and dry, the polar opposite of Oberlin, where I had just traveled home from. In LA, I was excitedly preparing for my first Winter Term project. I ...
The Les Paul Recording Studio opens in Hollywood – bringing the innovator’s revolutionary gear to a whole new generation of musicians
Aside from his work revolutionizing the electric guitar, Les Paul helped modernize recording methods, and this new studio ...
Familiar looks with way more speed
Apple hasn’t changed much with the latest generation iPad Air, and for good reason. In 2024, Apple expanded the Air to two ...