Monthly Archives: August, 2014

The Women’s International Music Network (the WiMN), producer of the annual She Rocks Awards, recently announced that saxophonist, singer and songwriter Mindi Abair as its first selected award recipient for the upcoming 2015 She Rocks Awards. Now in its third year, the event will take place during the NAMM Show on the morning of Jan. 23, 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. 

Dolly Parton has joined the long list of celebrities, musicians, friends and family in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Rachna Bhasin, Tim Bucher And Geoff Cottrill Comprise New Leadership Trio For The GRAMMY Foundation® Board With Rusty Rueff As Chair Emeritus

Press Release: Every year, IFA – the world’s leading CE show, provides perspectives on the newest consumer electronics technologies, game-changing trends and the latest insights on market development. The future of the audio market will be the focus of one of the IFA International Keynotes this year. Sennheiser’s CEOs Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser will talk about ”Shaping the Future of Audio“ and offer views on what it takes to stay ahead. Sennheiser’s IFA booth will be all about innovation too, as the audio specialist showcases the newest member of its successful and expanding MOMENTUM family, as well as an all-new lifestyle headphone range and their new CX earphone series. At the booth, visitors will also have the opportunity to try out “Mogees”, an innovative device which transforms any touchable object into a unique musical instrument. 

ASHLEY RILEY TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SEE YOU AROUND” ON AUGUST 26th  

Press Release:  Fender is proud to release several new Limited Edition American Standard Series guitars, new Classic Player Series models and a Special Edition Blacktop Series guitar.

Nashville, Tenn. (August 25, 2014) – Dolly Parton, who recently just wrapped up a highly successful world tour, shows no signs of slowing down.  Dolly’s latest release Blue Smoke – The Best Of  is Dolly’s best career charting album, debuting at Number 6 and rising to Number 2 over the past several weeks and still remains in the Top 10. 

Swedish born Nikki O’Neill is a professional guitarist, instructor and author who recently released her book Women’s Road to Rock Guitar. Guitar Girl Magazine was able to catch up with the ever spinning jet set rocker to get to know more about just who she is.

Songwriter/Producer Linda Perry, and former 4 Non Blondes lead singer, had an up-close and personal chat with GRAMMY Pro at her studio about her career and her new television show, “Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project,” along with her thoughts about mentoring artists, and how she approaches writing music for other artists.

We've searched YouTube and discovered that some of our favorite female guitar players, with such notables as Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Melissa Etheridge, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Orianthi and many more, have accepted the challenges from family, friends and fans to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to spread awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).