Converge’s Kurt Ballou on mixing pedals with amp modelers, guitar recording hacks and reclaiming metal’s authenticity

Fifth album Love is Not Enough sees the producer-guitarist embracing modern gear while opposing modern music’s “data-entry” trends – and returning to a jam space filled with Christmas lights and Iron ...
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Luke Schneider and the healing power of the pedal steel guitar

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with pedal steel guitarist Luke Schneider ahead of his show at The Fuzzy Needle on February 20.
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Thurston Moore and underground rock legend Kramer announce album They Came Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza, "a prayer to the war-torn souls of the ...

Alternative / experimental music legends share first single from collaborative album dedicated to the children of Gaza ...

Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener’s Olympic journey spans the mountains to music

Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener feels complete when he combines his love of the halfpipe with his passion for music. The 31-year-old competed for Switzerland, where he was born and ...