Tony Trischka - A Day On Tour
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:44pm
Tony Trischka has released a new video to promote his new album Great Big World. It's short but it moves fast using sped up footage from our favorite banjo teacher's tour last year with Béla Fleck and Noam Pikelny. It's cool to see all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. Pay close attention, there's a glimpse of Tony recording some new Video Exchanges in the beginning! The audio is from the title track of the new album, so be sure to order a copy if you have not already.
New Interview with Missy Raines
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 12:45pm
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"I watch performers all the time, my heroes, not only for their music but how they carry themselves on stage. That’s really important for me. Because when a performer is at ease, then everyone in the room is at ease." - Missy Raines
There's a great new interview with Missy Raines that Lisa Jacobi conducted for her Artist2Artist podcast. The two discuss everything from how Missy first got into music, playing bass, being a female in a male dominated industry, performance advice, learning from mistakes, and much more! Click on the player to listen to the inteview here or click the picture to read a transcribed version on Lisa's website.
Darol Anger's new Recording: E-and'a
Sun, 02/16/2014 - 8:21am
Darol Anger's new Bluegrass-flavored recording is almost here! It's his first Bluegrass fiddle record since the second Psychograss CD (Like Minds), made almost 13 years ago. It's called E-and'a, after the way musicians count beats: One-e-and'a, Two-e-and'a, and so on. Where do you find your groove? look in the "E-and'a" section of your local bar!
Vote ArtistWorks for Best Online Guitar Resource
Mon, 02/24/2014 - 6:09pm
It's time for the annual Player's Choice Awards from Acoustic Guitar Magazine!
We are proud to announce that ArtistWorks has been nominated for the "Online Guitar Resource" category!
If you, or anyone you know, are enjoying and learning from our online guitar lessons, please vote for us!
To vote, please click here and find our category, "Online Guitar Resource" on Page 2 of the ballot form.
Ballots close on March 31, 2014 so be sure to get your vote in and don't forget to tell your friends to vote too!
New Album from Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island Quartet
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 1:46pm
ArtistWorks Mandolin instructor Mike Marshall has a new album coming out with the Turtle Island Quartet. The famous string quartet has been playing together since 1985 - ArtistWorks Fiddle instructor Darol Anger was actually one of the original founding members. The current lineup consists of David Balakrishnan (violin), Mark Summer (cello), Mateusz Smoczynki (violin), & Benjamin von Gutzeit (viola).
The new album is appropriately titled Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island Quartet and contains four original Mike Marshall compositions including his signature mandocello tune "Gator Strut" (which he teaches in his Mandolin school here at ArtistWorks). They also recorded Darol Anger's arrangement of the Robert Johnson blues tune, "Crossroads".
Mike served as producer for the album, which they recorded in Berkeley from 2011-2012. It will be released on March 18, 2014 but you can pre-order your copy today at the links below. For more information on the Turtle Island Quartet visit their website: http://turtleislandquartet.com.
