The Guild Showcase at the 2013 NAMM Show was featured by Skinny Music TV, where host Andrew Garza sat with Guild’s Mike Lewis to talk about the brand’s new electric models.
Watch the clip below.
When Sublime with Rome singer Rome Ramirez stopped by the Guild Lounge, he played an acoustic version of his song “Oz of Love” from his 2012 debut EP Dedication.
Check out the performance below and visit Rome’s official website for more information.
Country act Big & Rich were one of last night’s nominees for an American Country Music Award. Unfortunately, they were edged out by Thompson Square but it reminded us of how much we like this video for faith-based hit “That’s Why I Pray” off 2012′s Hillbilly Jedi.
In an interview with Kevin Davis, John Rich explained what led to writing this song.
“I think ‘That’s Why I Pray’ takes on issues that you don’t typically hear about in songs. It comes right at it, right out of the box,” said Rich. “When you are in Country music or any type of music outside of Christian music, you really have to be careful how you say things because you don’t want to seem like you are preaching at people. Those songs may not get listened to on Country radio. I think this song comes at the subject from the right point of view that pretty much everyone can relate to, regardless of politics, religion or background. Pretty much everybody wakes up in the morning afraid to turn on the news and afraid of what is happening in the world that seems completely out of control. You can do all the charity work in the world, give all the money you can, tithe 100 percent if you want to, and there’s still things going on that are out of our control. The only thing you can do about it is pray. We need to pray that things will get better and believe that they will get better.”
We just recently came across this Jimmy Kimmel performance by singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham, who shot to fame when he won an Oscar and a Grammy for “Weary Kind,” the theme song for award-winning film Crazy Heart.
In this late night clip below, the gravely-voiced Bingham performs “Western Shore,” the second track on his latest album Tomorrowland. Bingham’s latest effort marks his fourth studio album, but his first self-produced and a move from the Lost Highway label to his own indie company, Aster Bingham Records. Order the album here.
Doyle Dykes recently stopped by the Guild Lounge to perform a pair of songs.
The fingerstyle legend played “A Call to Freedom,” and then was joined by son Caleb on “Bridging the Gap.”
Watch both after the jump and visit his official website for more information.
Chloe Charles recently released her debut full-length album Break the Balance in North America, and she celebrated with a show at the Revival Bar in Toronto.
Luckily for those who couldn’t be in attendance, video from the event can be seen below.
Click here to watch Charles’ latest music video for the song “Find Her Way” and visit her official website for more information.
Ok Go provided some live music entertainment last night at Goodby Silverstein’s pop-up panel and party at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas.
The “When the Hell Do You Sleep” panel was not an official part of the South by Southwest interactive festival, but it featured some heavy-hitting executives and drew a packed house. OK Go singer Damian Kulash joined Venture capitalists Aileen Lee and Bing Gordon, Ian Askwith of Lucas Film,Warner Bros. Records COO Livia Tortella and IDEO Chief Creative Officer Paul Bennett for a Q&A session hosted by Goodby Silverstein’s co-founder Jeff Goodby.
Following the panel, the band performed a pair of songs with some help from their Guild guitars. Never known for being run of the mill, Kulash, bassist Tim Nordwind and guitarist Andy Ross stood on chairs in the middle of the hotel ballroom so that they could be seen and heard in the crowd. After fighting against the room’s ambient noise level on the first song, Kulash gave the audience some sing-a-long instructions for “This Too Shall Pass.”
Nordwind will be playing several more shows this week at the SXSW music festival with his side project Pyramids, featuring He Say/She Say’s Drea Smith. Check them out here.
Upcoming teen band R5 recently stopped by the Radio Disney studios to perform an acoustic version of their new single “Loud.”
The song is the title track off the quintet’s debut EP, and it really displays the rich harmonies R5 is known for.
Watch the clip after the jump and visit R5′s official website for more information. Continue reading
Bill Carter and Johnny Depp were in a band in the early 1990s called, simply, P, and the duo recently took the stage together (with The Blame) on The Late Show with David Letterman.
The song of choice was Carter’s “Anything Made of Paper,” which was written for Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, a cause Depp has supported fervently. Continue reading
Congratulations to Justin Phillips of Platteville, Wisc., for winning last year’s giveaway that ran in support of Doyle Dykes’ nationwide series of Guild clinics.
Phillips is now the proud owner of a Guild F30RCE.
“This is such a fortunate event,” Phillips said. ”I am in great need of an acoustic for my high school band and I could only dream of owning such a guitar! Thanks so much again for this amazing gift… I will treasure it for life!”