DVD: NO-MAN, Mixtaped
Feb 23, 2010
No-Man is the brainchild of vocalist lyricist Tim Bowness and guitarist composer Steven Wilson (also a member of prog titans Porcupine Tree). Since its inception in the late ’80s, No-Man has continually shifted lineups and More...
FRANK ZAPPA Oeuvre Easy
Dec 08, 2009
 MAKING YOUR WAY through the more than 70 titles in Frank Zappa’s catalog is a daunting prospect, but those recordings—representing a career that spanned nearly 44 years—contain some of the most outrageous music you will ever More...
HARRY MANX, Bread and Buddha
Dec 04, 2009
Harry ManxBread and Buddha CANADIAN GUITARIST AND SINGER-SONGWRITER Harry Manx is an artist that critics have occasionally had a hard time getting their minds around. His unique amalgam of blues and other American roots music, More...
The Dear Hunter Video and Review
Nov 17, 2009
Trouble viewing? Click HERE. When the Dear Hunter came to San Francisco recently, they took some time before their show at Slim's to talk to GP about the making of their latest record. You can hear what they had to say about a More...
Oeuvre Easy: Ry Cooder
Oct 26, 2009
BORN TO FOLKLORIST PARENTS, Ry Cooder’s penchant for historically informed forays into traditional American music was already evident in the folk and blues covers chosen for his debut solo album. During the intervening years, More...
ED DEGENARO, Less Is Seldom More
Oct 02, 2009
 Ed DegenaroLess Is Seldom MoreStylistically varied doesn’t begin to describe the music on this disc. Opening with 1:32 of unaccompanied blues licking, followed by one of several compositions from Chris Taylor that calls to mind More...
CHRIS AYER, Don't Go Back to Sleep
Sep 11, 2009
CHRIS AYER Don't Go Back to Sleep Breezy singer-songwriter pop that is firmly in the Jason Mraz Colbie Caillat camp. Come for the catchy melodies, stay for the minor IV chords. ARC. —Matt Blackett More...
CURSIVE, Mama, I’m Swollen
Sep 11, 2009
CURSIVEMama, I’m SwollenIt seems like only yesterday that Cursive guitarist Tim Kasher was featured in GP for his album The Ugly Organ. In reality, though, that story appeared in the May 2003 issue (penned by our then managing More...
ROGER FILGATE, Worlds Within
Sep 11, 2009
Filgate was a member of Wishbone Ash during the mid and late ’90s, and more recently recorded and performed with Chubby Checker. This album features a dozen tracks of instrumental guitar-o-licious goodness, enhanced by Filgate’s More...
CHICKENFOOT, Chickenfoot
Sep 11, 2009
CHICKENFOOTChickenfootYeah, it’s a supergroup. You got your guitarslinger (Joe Satriani), your strutting vocalist (Sammy Hagar), your rocksolid bassist and angelic backup singer (Michael Anthony), and your slammin’ drummer (Chad More...
THE DEAD WEATHER, Horehound
Sep 11, 2009
THE DEAD WEATHERHorehoundJack White’s latest band, the Dead Weather, features vocalist Alison Mosshart (the Kills), bassist Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and White on drums. The More...
Cooder Anthologizes Cooder
Apr 01, 2009
BESIDES WORKING WITH HIS “BOP-TILLyou- drop” pop on the senior Cooder’s last several records, drummer and composer Joachim Cooder produced the new double- disc The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology [Rhino]. “I had More...
 

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