(3.8) Catch a sneak preview this Friday of “Carmine Street Guitars,” a look into the life of Greenwich Village guitar maker Rick Kelly and his apprentice Cindy Hulej. According to Variety, The doc brings musicians of all stripes — including Patti Smith Band’s Lenny Kaye, Kirk Douglas of The Roots, Jamie Hince of The Kills, …
‘Carmine Street Guitars’ & Panel At Columbus Theatre Read More »
Don’t forget to get off your ass this month, go outside, and do some . . . most . . . all of your shopping in the local brick-a-mortar stores. Start at Empire Guitars — they are having a sale this weekend. This Friday, Saturday and Monday. Its our biggest sale of the year!! New …
Local luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz will appear on the new season of the Anthony Bourdain web show ‘Raw Craft.’ The series, created to promote the Balvenie Distillery in Scotland, is itself well-crafted, and features “artisans who make incredible things by hand.” (Makezine.) Go here to watch the teaser for episode nine with Rachel showing Bourdain how …
Check it out, someone is still making jewelry in the Jewelry District. Artist Hannah Garrison solicits used guitar strings from noted guitarists and turns them into bracelets. Providence-based Wear Your Music also sells key chains, earrings, etc. Participating musicians include Brown alum Lisa Loeb, Les Claypool, Toni Iommi, Robert Trujillo, MGMT, Geezer, Weezer, and Avril …
(7.19) I knew I recognized this name! It finally came to me. Dustin Wong played guitar in Ponytail, a Baltimore band that I liked a lot. In 2008 they played for a smallish crowd in one of those hot, dusty Olneyville spaces. It was an abbreviated set as Molly was feeling not so great (visibly …
(5.26) Here’s a scene being played out in music stores far and wide across the free rockin’ world; he was pretty good too. But tomorrow the girls will be taking over. On Saturday afternoon Girls Rock! Rhode Island will help the folks at Empire Guitars move all this stuff to the back and make space …
Head over to the third annual Colonel’s Super Dooper Guitar Party in Pawtucket this Saturday. Great bands — Starline Rhythm Boys, Mark Cutler and Friends, the Sick-A-Billies, the Throttles, Electric Service, and dj Hula-Bomb — guitars and amps, food, drinks, memorabilia and more! Sponsored by Empire Guitars. Poster after the jump. $20 door, 5pm to …