JOE SATRIANI ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF NEW STUDIO ALBUM “SHAPESHIFTING” SET FOR RELEASE IN SPRING 2020

Joe Satriani is ready to kick off the new decade with a new album release and world tour.  Set for release this spring, Shapeshifting, marks the legendary guitarist’s 18th studio album in his nearly 35-year career in music.  More details on the new album to come shortly. As previously announced, The Shapeshifting Tour opens on April 15th, with a 42 date European leg beginning in Germany and winding up with a trio of mid-June shows […]

RUSH’S NEIL PEART PASSES AT AGE 67, DRUMMER WAS QUIETLY BATTLING BRAIN CANCER

Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, died on Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three-and-a-half years. A representative for the band confirmed the news to Rolling Stone… …In a statement released Friday […]

SONS OF APOLLO LAUNCH VIDEO FOR “DESOLATE JULY”

Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)–are ringing in the new decade with a sonic boom with their second studio album, appropriately titled, MMXX (pronounced: 20/20).  […]