Article by William Simpson   Friday night and all day Saturday (August 24-25) Nashville, TN played host to the 4th annual Music City Festival and BBQ Championship.  The event, held at Riverfront Park and Lawn at Riverfront, was presented by Cumberland and the proceeds were to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and Shiners Hospital for [...]

Product Review by Stratman         My final product review of NAMM show products will be on DR Strings. I have been playing guitar professionally since I was sixteen. Over the years, I have tried most of the major strings on the market and a lot of the “off brands” trying to find a string [...]

Product Review by Stratman   My next product review from the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, TN. is on the “Chord Buddy,” aka, the World’s Best Guitar Learning System which is a handy, dandy little gizmo that helps an aspiring guitar player learn to play the guitar. The product comes with two books, a DVD, [...]

Product Review by Stratman I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2012 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) along with my friend and colleague, William Simpson (publisher/photographer of StageShottz Magazine). I have attended these functions before, but this was the first where I am able to do new product reviews. It’s funny how some [...]

Country music superstar and Grand Ole Opry member Lorrie Morgan will be warming up Christmas this year as she bring her Enchanted Christmas Dinner and Show to Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort as part of the 29th Annual A Country Christmas. Morgan is very excited about the opportunity, stating “It’s long been a dream of mine [...]

Article by William Simpson Photos by Stratman   Nashville, TN hosted the Summer 2012 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention in the Nashville Convention Center on July 12-14.  Next year the event will be on the state-of –the-art Music City Center, which is current finishing up construction.  This is a much anticipated event for [...]

By Erick Lopez The fourth annual Golden Gods awards were held Wednesday April 11 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The Golden Gods is the award show for hard metal music, with winners voted on by fans and presenters from this genre. Highlights included the awarding of Gene Simmons a Golden God from highly influential [...]

Story by Erick Lopez As Namm 2012 comes to a close, we can look back to what appeared to be another successful year for this Event. This year was once again a showcase of all the newest products available or soon to be available. If you want to keep up with the latest and greatest [...]

Article by Jennifer Reid   According to Sam Sliva, “Good music to me can be perceived as anything from a Mozart composition to a well arranged rock and roll song, to a rainstorm outside. It’s all in the heart and ear of the listener.” With their new album, …And the People Say, Sam Sliva and [...]

Frankfort, KY (January 31, 2012) – Today, Governor Steve Beshear, Country Music Highway committee members, TourSEKY members and Country Music Hall of Fame Member Tom T. Hall announced the launch of two new initiatives surrounding the legendary highway (U.S. Route 23), now referred to as the “Country Music Highway.” This stretch of road, which winds [...]