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Americana/roots all-star group Trigger Hippy with Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) on drums, vocalist Joan Osborne, vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Jackie Greene (The Black Crowes, Phil Lesh and Friends), MusicRow's Guitarist of the Year Tom Bukovac, and bassist Nick Govrik, released its...

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, in its September issue Marie Claire honored 20 "movers, shakers, mavericks and bad-asses" who are making a difference for women and girls around the world. Among those 20 women are musicians Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Shakira, and...

So this happened last month but we just caught wind of it, and it's totally awesome! Bass Musician magazine dedicated their August 2014 seventh anniversary issue to female bass players. Staff at the magazine interviewed 25 successful bass players who are...

Acoustic Guitar magazine's October issue features folksinger Ani DiFranco on the cover. In her interview the songwriting veteran chats about the recent controversy she inadvertently became part of when she chose a former slave plantation as the location for a...

List building website BuzzFeed created a list titled "14 Reasons We All Need Feminism." As the title indicates, the list includes 14 reasons why feminism remains a major threat to society. Check it out here. What have you done lately to...

Boston-based musician Catherine Capozzi needs your support for a project she's working on titled Bring Us Your Women. Bring Us Your Women is a film anthology, studio album and live multimedia music and dance performance dedicated to women and the pursuit of...

Thrash metal band GWAR from Richmond, Va., has an unlikely new vocalist - a female singer dubbed "Vulvatron." The band, known for its antic metal performances, only had all male band members in the past. Vulvatron (whose real name is...

After learning that South Bronx music teacher's Melissa Salguero's school was vandalized, popular talk show host Ellen took matters into her own hands and gifted Salguero with the most heartwarming surprise. Watch the full video/story here (you are likely to get...

According to the Women's Audio Mission (WAM), women only make up less than 5% of audio professionals - but you can help change that. WAM is currently running an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for their yearly trek to the...

Ruth Charles, co-founder of Charles Music Store and Studios in Glendale, Calif., passed away peacefully on Sept. 5 at the age of 89. According to the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), Charles and her husband Dick enjoyed a long life together...