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Former NAMM chairman and current president of Willis Music, Kevin Cranley, is a giant (in more ways than one) in MI and at Wednesday night's D'Addario pre-Show bash…
Country megastar Vince Gill showed off his funny - and forgetful - side, as he read the lyrics to The Band's classic track "Ophelia" while he and his band…
Roland's has released a cluster of new guitar products ahead of this year's Summer NAMM show, including a reworked version of its popular JC-40 Jazz Chorus amp.
Resurgent Guild Guitars has unveiled two new bass guitars at Summer NAMM, including a signature model from Byrds bassist, Chris Hillman.
NAMM's latest Global Report has been released, revealing the estimated market value of some 23 different countries across the world.
Orange Amplification is opening a new showroom in Nashville during Summer NAMM, 9th to 10th July.
After months of negotiation, China’s leading pro audio and lighting show, Prolight + Sound Guangzhou, has nailed down its 2016 show dates.
On July 1, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino got in touch with the sad news that Henry Wickham passed away on June 29th:
Gordon Pfund passed away on June 20th at the age of 90.
“If you build it, they will come.” – Field of Dreams, 1989.It sounds pretty simple in theory, at least it did to Rafael Atijas, founder and CEO of…
It’s a new time and a new landscape for the music retailer and musicians as well.
“Overall, the Fly-In was memorable on several levels,” notes NAMM Foundation executive director, Mary Luehrsen, regarding this year’s trip to Washington D.C.
As a music education advocate and strategist, I find the spring school budget season my most worrisome time of the year, because this is when districts lay out…
JHS has made major strides internationally with its Vintage and Fret King brands, appointing a US distributor in the form of RBI Music in Texas.
Music City Center will fill with the sweet sounds of live music as Summer NAMM returns to Nashville, July 9-11.
If you were to ask Kim Breedlove about his greatest accomplishment at Breedlove, he wouldn’t be able to name just one.
In 2015, the NAMM Foundation will invest $600,000 in grant funding into 17 global music making programs. This year’s list of grant recipients includes community, national and industry-based…
Over the weekend, MMR received the following from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino regarding the passing of musician and author Guhther Schuller, who passed away on June 21:
In mid-June the Violin Society of America announced the passing of Peter Paul Prier on June 14th.
On June 9th, we received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:Lloyd Fillio, a witness to some very important history within the band instrument companies of Elkhart,…
Dr. Alfio Leone, a well respected luthier of traditional Italian musical instruments, passed away on June 3.
The NAMM Foundation has announced it will invest $600,000 in funding to 17 music-making programs this year, including four international grants.
If you were to ask Kim Breedlove about his greatest accomplishment at Breedlove, he wouldn’t be able to name just one. “To have preserved, taught and passed on…
MMR recently touched base with representatives from key players in the Lighting and DJ markets to get the suppliers’ take on the current state of this ever-evolving market…
