Artist News

By Gabriella Steffenberg Classical cellist Tina Guo will release a new album titled Cello Metal on August 4. The album is unique in its format because it features five heavy metal classics as well as five original compositions. Each of the five...

Founding Fanny member and guitarist June Millington released a new book titled Land of a Thousand Bridges, which narrates the rise of the band Fanny to stardom. Now available for purchase online, the book tells the story of determined young women who...

 By Gabriella Steffenberg Toronto native singer-songwriter Jules released her debut EP Heart of Armor on June 4. Produced by Karen Kosowski, Heart of Armor is filled with insightful and emotional tracks, such as “My Little Soldier” and “Super Girl,” which have already won two...

By Gabriella Steffenberg Patty Griffin is set to release her 10th studio album, Servant of Love, in Europe on Sept. 11, and in the U.S./worldwide on Sept. 25. The Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter will be working with producer Craig Ross for...

L.A.-based Costa Rican singer Meli Malavasi launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of her third album, Girasol (Sunflower in Spanish). Malavasi was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, beating over 20,000 people, and was awarded "Best Female Dance Artist" at the...

You may not necessarily know Madonna rocks on the guitar. Well, she does - and real hard! Just see for yourself in this video the Queen of Pop recently uploaded to her Instagram page performing the iconic Jimmy Page guitar riff...

Lady Gaga offered a nostalgic and chill-inducing cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" on June 12 during the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. The singer took the stage to perform the beautiful song on her piano which...

By Gabriella Steffenberg  Carrie Underwood made history as the artist with the most Country Music Television Awards (CMT Buckles) under her name with three Buckles earned during the awards ceremony on June 10. Many news sources this year have been reporting about...

By Gabriella Steffenberg Miley Cyrus, 22, is getting a lot of coverage this week for her new spread in the June 2015 issue of Paper Magazine. News sources from Billboard to Perez Hilton are writing mostly about the photographs that went along...

Guitar Workshop Plus (GWP), a summer music education program in North America, recently announced its workshop dates along with the names of successful alumni, including several women in music. One of them is Donna Grantis, Prince's current guitarist. Grantis...