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Frank Viele & The Manhattan Project: The Jam, The Scene, The Party

Posted 01/03/2012 at 2:32pm | by Frank Viele

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For my band, Frank Viele & The Manhattan Project, 2011 ended with four funky gigs and a memorable radio show lying in the center of the North East Jam Scene, a scene and a party like no other. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving found me and the band on stage at Toad’s Place, playing with one of the jam scene’s top solo acts, Zach Deputy.

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Down and Dirty with G. Love: On John Lee Hooker

Posted 01/03/2012 at 1:05pm | by G. Love

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I think it was John Lee Hooker himself who called his blues "the deepest blues." I wholeheartedly agree. This week's Down and Dirty is going to focus on the man who is quite possibly the most emotionally powerful and original bluesman, John Lee Hooker.

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15 Genius Contemporary Cross-Genre Covers

Posted 01/02/2012 at 12:33pm | by Ebony March

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Here are 15 genius contemporary cross-genre covers, from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Avril Lavigne to Sonic Youth and Johnny Cash.

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The Oil Slick: Looking Back on '11 — So Long, White Stripes; Welcome Back, Foo Fighters

Posted 01/02/2012 at 10:45am | by John Grimley

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Two thousand eleven has officially switched from happening to happened. In the music world, there was some good stuff in 2011, some bad and a whole lot of "meh." Because reminiscing is only acceptable this time of year (and all of my album picks have already been covered by two or 20 sites from around the Internet), these are the events from '11 that will be remembered months from now.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Paul Riario’s Top 10 Effect Pedals of 2011

Posted 12/27/2011 at 9:21am | by Paul Riario

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I initially was going to keep this list short and sweet, but when it comes to stompboxes, how do you stop? Effects are like potato chips in that you just can’t expect me to offer you a handful because you’ll want the whole bag -- and besides, there are so many flavors of overdrive, modulation, delay, etc., that it’s nearly impossible to pick a top five. So I’ve decided to make it a top 10.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Brad Tolinski's Top 10 Albums of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:51am | by Brad Tolinski

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This was definitely a weird year for music, so I had to grab the good stuff wherever I could find it. I have pretty eclectic tastes, so in some ways I had fun picking through the rock, jazz, blues and metal world. I look forward to trying to absorb Jimi Hendrix’s Winterland shows and Duane Allman’s remarkable playing on the SUNY bootleg over the next, say, two decades.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Damian Fanelli's Top 10 Albums of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:51am | by Damian Fanelli

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As an editor at GuitarWorld.com, I listen to tons o' music -- all sorts of weird stuff. One day in the summer, I even found myself listening to an album made by a bunch of nuns chanting in Latin. I'm still not sure why that happened. Anyway, the point is, amid the beatings my ear drums withstand on a daily basis, it's easy to choose my favorite albums of the year; they're the ones I found myself listening to over and over again.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Josh Hart's Top 10 Albums of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:50am | by Josh Hart

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Is it just me, or is an album's release date becoming less and less relevant? I'm not just talking about piracy or over-saturation of the market leading to release dates that just don't feel as special -- though even at my relatively young age, I can fondly remember waiting in line at FYE to buy a new album -- but rather I'm saying that the way we consume music is changing in such a way that makes when an album came out nearly irrelevant.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Tony Grassi's Top 10 Albums of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:50am | by Tony Grassi

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Having proclivities that spread a breadth of musical styles, I can't deny that half of my picks for the best albums of 2011 are not what one would consider "guitar" albums. But then again, a "guitar" album is a relative term. All the albums featured in my Top 10 contain guitar.

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Guitar World Staff Picks: Paul Riario’s Top 5 Amplifiers of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:49am | by Paul Riario

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This has been an interesting year in amplifiers. Never before have I seen so much tweakability on the front and top control panels of the many amplifiers that have shown up at our door here at Guitar World. The emergence of numerous slider-switches, mini-toggles and push buttons seem to have suddenly taken up real estate normally reserved for control knobs of amplifiers!

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