Artist News

Alice Cooper's management recently announced the addition of guitarist Nita Strauss to Cooper's band. She is replacing renowned guitarist Orianthi, but there is no word as to why the Aussie talent and Cooper parted ways. Strauss is an L.A.-based guitar...

Country superstar Miranda Lambert is gracing the current issue of Rolling Stone, and in a recent video interview with the magazine she talks about her reaction when she learned she was selected to appear on the cover. Watch the video interview...

Bass player Nik West announced the first annual Queen of Strings competition, which welcomes bassists, guitarists and violin players from around the world to compete for the title of "Queen of Strings." Contestants will be judged by Nik West, Rhonda...

To prep for the June 17 release of her sophomore effort, Lana Del Rey revealed the title track off her album titled Ultraviolence. Listen below and pre-order the album at lanadelrey.com.

Japanese pop punk trio Shonen Knife announced a return to North America with more dates to support their latest release Overdrive. The band will be performing dates throughout the months of September and October, including stops at The Music is...

Hawaii-based instrumental guitarist Aaron Kusterer was interviewed by Anu Gunn of Musician Interviews to talk about his collaboration with Jennifer Batten. Kusterer talks about his upcoming cover version of Owl City's "Fireflies" (due June 21), and arranging a Top 40...

Australian-based songstress Holly Norman debuted her EP Hollypop in the Fall of 2013, which you can listen to below. This may not be recent, but it's news to us! Norman has performed music in Western Australia across many formats, including with...

Singer and guitarist Carrie Brownstein of Wild Flag sat with MAKERS to talk about the frustration of having her music categorized as "female music" by music critics during her time with the band Sleater-Kinney. Learn what she had to say...

Courtney Love recently said in a YouTube video that there’s no place for saxophone in rock music, to which professional saxophonist and vocalist Mindi Abair responded: “Saxophone was as integral an instrument as guitar in the early days of rock...

German electronic music record label Raster-Noton is slated to drop is (Is Superpowered), a new album by Kyoka, the first-ever female artist to release a solo album through their label. Kyoka works as a musician/composer in Berlin and Tokyo and is...