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AMADOU AND MARIAM, THE BLIND HUSBANDand- wife pop act out of Mali, West Africa, have found a home in international rock and roll these days. Their 2005 album, Dimanche à Bamako, was produced by Manu Chao, and won top mainstream ...

“I PLAY LIKE 200 NIGHTS A YEAR,” SAYS WORKAHOLIC AND JAZZ LEGEND JOHN Scofield. “If I want to go back to, say, Phoenix, I can’t show up with the same band I was there with two years earlier. They want another project.” That’s how ...

GUITAR PLAYER INVITES all D.I.Y. artists and bands to share their guitar skills with our reader community. This opportunity is open to any player/band with a Web site or MySpace page that has their music posted. All you have ...

THE LATEST ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA TOUR WAS CALLED “You Can’t Fit on Stage Anymore,” and featured Dweezil Zappa bringing his Frank-fest to smaller venues. To make the experience even more fan-friendly, Zappa gave away a Hagstrom Swede ...

After his band Toe Fat got off the road opening for Derek & the Dominos in the early ’70s, Alan Kendall needed a gig. He got a call to audition for a reformed Bee Gees. He got the job, and played with the Brothers Gibb until ...