It isn’t unusual to come across an abandoned piano. There the once majestic instrument sits, dilapidated maybe with some of its keys or strings missing, pedals akimbo, legless. What is more unusual […]
Critic’s Choice: Those Poor Pianos
Back to Jazz
Paris, France — There were the mythical venues like the Bilboquet, the Montana, venues in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris, a neighborhood where the greatest jazz men of the 20th century could […]
Another Great Gibson Guitar: The Gibson Custom Brian May SJ-200 12 String Acoustic Guitar
Sir Brian May performs on his new Gibson Custom Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar at the Gibson Garage London. Photo Gibson. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette LONDON, UK —Queen legend Sir […]
Gibson: When Guitars Give
In the wake of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, Gibson the iconic American-made instrument brand, and its philanthropic division Gibson Gives, have joined forces with multiple music brands to help support […]
On Painting Music: The Works of Harriet Backer
Paris, France — Virtually unknown outside of her native Norway, Harriet Backer was Norway’s best-known woman painter in the late 19th century. The Musée d’Orsay in Paris is currently presenting an exhibition […]
Moments in Time: Wild West Time with Ralph Lauren
Left: The black cushion dial model for the Ralph Lauren’s American Western Watch Collection in pink gold. Right: The black cushion dial model for the Ralph Lauren’s American Western Watch Collection in […]
A Great Gibson Celebration
Orville Gibson fashioned his earliest known instrument, a 10-string mandolin-guitar, 130 years ago in 1894. The native of Franklin County, New York would go on to found the Gibson Guitar Company in […]
Jarring Jazz Illustrated
Paris, France — A resounding range of vibrant resonance has come to Paris in the large format oil paintings by Brandon Deener in an exposition fittingly entitled Résonance. These paintings explore the […]
And More of that Great Jazz
Paris, France — There were the mythical venues like the Bilboquet, the Montana, venues in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris, a neighborhood where the greatest jazz men of the 20th century could […]
One of the All Time Great Guitars from Gibson
The iconic global instrument brand Gibson is celebrating its 130 years of music history and to make celebrations even better and bigger, the Nashville, Tennessee-based house has just announced the release of […]
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