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By Pauline France Utah newspaper The Daily Herald's Mom Click section recently published an article about choosing the right equipment for your children when they decide they want to learn music. The article offers great tips for first-time instrument buyers, and covers...

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...

By Pauline France Yoko Ono recently announced the launch of a John Lennon educational tour bus which will tour Europe through June 19. According to BBC News, inside the bus youngsters will be able to participate in workshops, produce music, video...

By Pauline France Renowned Berklee College of Music guitar professor Lauren Passarelli announced the release of her new eBook, titled "Guitar Insights: Minor Tweaks, Major Results." In the book, Passarelli shares guitar insights equally useful for any level guitar player. From...

By Pauline France Last Wed., May 8, guitar legend Bonnie Raitt joined the Rolling Stones on stage during the band's stop in San Jose, Calif., for a performance of "Let It Bleed." Watch the performance below:

By Pauline France American funk-soul band Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings announced the release of their new album Give The People What They Want, due Aug. 6. Track listing below: 1. Retreat! 2. Stranger to My Happiness 3. We Get Along 4. You'll Be Lonely 5. Now I...

By Pauline France Thao and The Get Down Stay Down paid a visit to A.V. Club's office to record a song for A.V. Undercover, a music video series in which 25 bands cover 25 songs. The band chose to cover INXS' hit "Need...

By Pauline France The New York Times music writer Joe Nocera recently wrote a piece about jazz clarinet player Anat Cohen, whom he called a "revelation." Cohen, a 38-year-old Israeli musician based in New York, plays clarinet and tenor saxophone, and graduated from...