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| September 19, 2020

In Tribute To A Tribute: Reflections On The Modern Drummer Festival 2020

This past Saturday, September 12 saw the return of one of drumming’s great events: The Modern Drummer Festival. Not held since 2011, this year’s Festival marked the 20th in its iconic history. Of...

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| September 4, 2020

Jack Edwards of Piston: Living Proof That Rock ‘n’ Roll (AND Guitar Dreams) Can Indeed Come True.

The perfect rock ‘n’ roll fantasy movie script would read something like this: In 2006, a cool British mom who has raised her and her husband’s 11-year-old son on classic rock, takes her...

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| August 12, 2020

Lasting Legacy of Drummer And Educator Sam Ulano

For those who may not know Sam, he was a fixture on the New York City drumming scene for more than sixty years. He was also quite a character, and it’s hardly surprising that “Sam the showman” would...

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| July 22, 2020

An Interview with Lara Hope: Rollicking Queen of Roots, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Rockabilly Twang!

“I’ll never forget being onstage for the first time, coming out for the bow at the end of the show and hearing the applause and loving that feeling,” says Gretsch-endorsed artist Lara Hope. “I was...

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| July 13, 2020

On His 100th Birth Anniversary . . . Remembering My Dad, Bill Hagner. The Man Who Brought Music Into My Life.

My dad, longtime Gretsch plant manager, Bill Hagner, had a passion for music. And he made sure our home (and especially me) was always surrounded with it. I was lucky to grow up as a kid in the 60s...

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| June 24, 2020

A Quality Friend

My brother and I formed a two-person band when I was ﬁfteen years old. We almost sounded like three people so at the time that was good enough for us. We cut our teeth playing local bars and youth...

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In Tribute To A Tribute: Reflections On The Modern Drummer Festival 2020

Jack Edwards of Piston: Living Proof That Rock ‘n’ Roll (AND Guitar Dreams) Can Indeed Come True.

Lasting Legacy of Drummer And Educator Sam Ulano

An Interview with Lara Hope: Rollicking Queen of Roots, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Rockabilly Twang!

On His 100th Birth Anniversary . . . Remembering My Dad, Bill Hagner. The Man Who Brought Music Into My Life.

A Quality Friend

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In Tribute To A Tribute: Reflections On The Modern Drummer Festival 2020

Jack Edwards of Piston: Living Proof That Rock ‘n’ Roll (AND Guitar Dreams) Can Indeed Come True.

Lasting Legacy of Drummer And Educator Sam Ulano

An Interview with Lara Hope: Rollicking Queen of Roots, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Rockabilly Twang!

On His 100th Birth Anniversary . . . Remembering My Dad, Bill Hagner. The Man Who Brought Music Into My Life.

A Quality Friend

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