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Bruce Mathiske has just released his latest album “My Life” which includes a collection of Solo Acoustic guitar compositions and songs with Bruce himself singing as well as a couple of interpretations of classic tracks “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones and “Is There Anybody Out There/The Wall” by Pink Floyd. The album covers a lot of different styles of acoustic playing and moods with flavours of Morocco, France, Nashville and Bruce’s home, Australia.

Head over to Bruce’s website http://www.bruceguitar.com/ for information on how to buy his new album as well as some video performances and TAB downloads.

Check out this video Bruce playing Caravan:

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Kaki King has been astounding audiences around the world for a decade now with her virtuosic control including her percussive two handed techniques of the acoustic guitar. Kaki’s sixth album ‘Glow’ has just been released and is a record filled with lush soundscapes provided by her interesting choice of instrumentation. As you will see in the video below and hear in the interview Kaki uses some very cool instruments on Glow as well as string ensembles to add an extra dimension to her compositions. The production is really great, solo acoustic tracks are subtly enhanced with percussion elements or tremelo guitar drenched in reverb so as not to interfere with Kaki’s incredible playing.

Kaki King is about to embark on an almost month long tour of Australia, here are the dates:

MAY 11 BRISBANE POWERHOUSE BRISBANE QLD
MAY 12 MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC HALL MULLUMBIMBY NSW
MAY 16 DARWIN OLD TOWN HALL RUINS DARWIN NT
MAY 18 THE TANKS ARTS CENTRE CAIRNS QLD
MAY 19 THE BASEMENT SYDNEY NSW
MAY 22 CLARENDON GUEST HOUSE KATOOMBA NSW
MAY 23 HERITAGE HOTEL BULLI NSW
MAY 24 LIZOTTE’S DEE WHY SYDNEY NSW
MAY 25 LIZOTTE’S KINCUMBER KINCUMBER NSW
MAY 26 LIZOTTE’S NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE NSW
MAY 30 CORNER HOTEL RICHMOND VIC
MAY 31 THE GOVERNOR HINDMARSH HINDMARSH SA
JUNE 1 THE BAKERY PERTH WA
JUNE 2 THE VANGUARD SYDNEY NSW

Glow is available from the following:
iTunes http://goo.gl/ioqfV
Amazon.com http://goo.gl/EPkSO

Official website – KakiKing.com

The making of Glow

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Viking Guitar Virtuoso Mattias Eklundh has just released his latest Freak Guitar solo project album called The Smorgasbord through Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label and it is not only brilliant but also chock full with 40 tracks! I caught up with Mattias to chat about the making of the album, his influences and also uncovers the shocking truth that I am not actually Australian!

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Adrian Holovaty is the developer behind the incredibly clever site Soundslice.com, an online application that allows you to search for YouTube videos that have been “tabbed” by one of the Soundslice community. If you are someone who can TAB a song you can search for your favourite YouTube videos yourself as a member and use the simple user interface to quickly provide TAB for other users to learn licks or complete songs.

Check out http://www.soundslice.com/ for free.

Check out this demonstration I recorded of how to use Soundslice.com:

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In this episode I talk to D’Addario product specialist Brandon Medici about the new Balanced Tension strings, updates to Planet Waves accessories and the future of the brand.

For more information about D’Addario products head over to http://www.daddario.com/.
Also for Planet Waves Accessories including a link to the new Build A Pick site discussed in this episode head over to – http://www.planetwaves.com/

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I recently reviewed the latest solo album from guitar legend Steve Lukather, “Transition” (read the review here). I was lucky enough to squeeze in an interview with Steve at the end of a very long day of promotional interviews before he was about to head off on tour with Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band for The Guitar Noize Podcast.

For more tour information make sure you check out Steve Lukather’s website – http://www.stevelukather.net/ and Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/SteveLukather.

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I recently recorded a video interview with UK Fusion guitarist Tom Quayle to talk about his new custom Fibenare Roadmaster ’56 Guitar. I wrote an article on Fibenare Guitars for Guitar Connoiseur magazine which you can check out here – http://thefirstissue.guitarconnoisseur.com/files/38.html, they are a really cool family business that make some extraordinary instruments, definitely worth checking out.

Tom is an amazing musician who has a load of great lessons available for purchase on his website and you can also arrange 1 hour Skype lessons which are also very worthwhile, I have had a lesson myself and Tom is a brilliant, relaxed and inspiring teacher. Tom also works for Guitar Interactive Magazine which I’m sure you’ve all probably checked out by now but if not is another great online mag with regular lesson columns from Tom as well as gear reviews.

Tom Quayle – http://www.tomquayle.co.uk/

I have included the video below in case you would like to see it but I thought I would also make this interview available as a Podcast episode too.

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Greg Howe has had a very successful career since the late 80′s as a Shrapnel Records solo artist, a session guitarist playing on world tours with Michael Jackson, Enrique Inglesias and Justin Timberlake and now Greg has formed a rock band called Maragold. I caught up with Greg to talk about the new band to find out what we can expect to hear.

Maragold Promo:

Links:
http://www.greghowe.com/
https://www.facebook.com/greghoweguitarist
http://www.maragoldband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/maragoldband

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Carl Verheyen has created successful, multi-faceted career as a critically-acclaimed, Grammy®- nominated musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator with 11 CDs and two live DVDs released worldwide. Carl is commonly regarded as a guitar virtuoso capable of playing any style of music with remarkable mastery and conviction. He has been one of LA’s elite “first call” session players for the past 25 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows. Verheyen has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern day guitar scene.

I caught up with Carl to talk about his latest venture, a new studio Solo album that he is currently writing and producing.

Check out Carl’s website – http://www.carlverheyen.com/
Also Carl’s signature LSL guitar – http://www.lslinstruments.com/CVSpecial.html
And Carl’s Dean Markley Balanced Bridge Helix strings that we discuss in the interview.

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Claude Hay is an Australian solo artist who cleverly combines Guitar, Bass and Drums using both hands, both feet and a looper. Claude draws from his influences in blues, rock and funk influences to create very infectious music. Having seen Claude support Joe Bonamassa as a one man band last week I was blown away, Claude is not only a great guitar player, especially slide, but has a fantastic voice too and to play drums and guitar at the same time as well as sing amazes me. You can hear a preview of Claude’s albums over on his site http://claudehay.com.au/, where you will also find links to purchase his albums too.

Check out this looping demo by Claude!

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