Artist News

By Pauline France Guitar World magazine recently announced that guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck will be featured on a track on LeAnn Rimes' new album Spitfire, due June 4. The song is a cover of Buddy and Julie Miller's "Gasoline and Matches,"...

By Pauline France We recently posted an article teaching parents how to choose the right instrument for their kids once they want to learn how to play. But what if they don't want to play? Pennsylvania-based newspaper The Patriot-News recently wrote an...

Random Stars, a quintet of female musicians, is the first all-female band to hail from the United Arab Emirates. The band is made up of Bushra Hassan Al Hashimi on rhythm guitar, Hamda Al Gaithi on lead guitar, Ayesha Salem...

By Pauline France After receiving great praise from moviegoers and a raving review from the New York Times, “The Girls in the Band,” a documentary about racism and sexism in the 1930s and ’40s, is extending its run on the...

By Pauline France Singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer, businesswoman, and DJ Solange Knowles recently broke the news of her new label. "Super stoked to announce I've started my own label, SAINT RECORDS, where I'll be releasing my music & other projects distributed through...

By Pauline France Earlier last week, Mary J. Blige and Bono shared the stage at New York's Jacob Javits Center to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Robin Hood Foundation, which aims to end poverty in New York City. Together they...

By Pauline France Blues guitarist Ana Popovic and her band paid tribute to Albert King by covering "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me." Watch the performance below, and visit Popovic's website here. Ana Popovic - Can't You See What You're...

By Pauline France The 2013 Billboard Music Awards took over the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19, where standout artists swept the night with awards and performances. Taylor Swift scored big with her 3.7 million-selling album Red, which...

By Pauline France Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women (MEOW) announced former Go-Go's bass guitarist Kathy Valentine as one the keynote speakers for the inaugural MEOW Con conference in Austin, Texas at the Renaissance Hotel from Oct. 24-26. “Kathy is an...

By Pauline France Making Music magazine recently featured five admirable rock 'n' roll moms, including Lita Ford, Anna Fermin, and Pearson Perry. Anna Fermin, of Chicago, Ill., juggles between motherhood, being a musician, graphic designer, and homemaker. “Being a bandleader, mother, wife, can...