Co-Writing Adele's Hit "Someone Like You"

Apr 19,2013
Songwriter Dan Wilson has stood atop the pop charts since his 1998 song with Semisonic, “Closing Time,” rocketed to Number One. Wilson has written songs with varied artists including Pink, Nas, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, More...

New Releases from Eldar - Download a Free Track!

Apr 10,2013
Pianist Eldar Djangirov first gained attention at age 10 after moving from Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. and shocking audiences with his virtuosic performances. More than 15 years later and with the release of two albums coming up - a More...

Zac Brown Band - Two Keyboardists Are Better than One

Apr 5,2013
As an overnight success ten years in the making, the Zac Brown Band have continued their upward trajectory since winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2010. They’ve been touring steadily to support their third and More...

Junkie XL Reveals Production Secrets

Mar 29,2013
Tom Holkenborg, known to his fans as Junkie XL, is one of those rare artists who truly merits the oft-used praise “Renaissance man.” His main entrance onto the world stage was his 2002 remix of Elvis Presley’s “A Little More...

Erik Norlander: Keeper of the Prog Flame

Mar 21,2013
If anyone says that prog is passé, don’t believe it. New players have emerged from every decade since the heyday of Yes, ELP, King Crimson, and early Genesis. One of the most prolific is Erik Norlander. Beginning in 1999 More...

Fred Hersch

Jan 18,2013
On Success, Survival, and the Search for a Singular Sound   by Jon Regen   “I feel like this particular set is my best trio work to date,” says jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch, referring to his new double album Alive at More...

New Keyboard Talent To Watch in 2013

Jan 18,2013
Six of the Best New Keyboard Artists Across Multiple Genres     It’s a question we get all the time: What up-and-coming artists are inspiring the next generation of players and putting keyboards and electronic More...

Adele Keyboardist Miles Robertson

Nov 26,2012
On Crafting Piano Sounds for the Grammy-Sweeping Songstress By MICHAEL GALLANT ADELE’S TIMELESS VOCAL STYLE HAS WON CHEERS AND TEARS FROM FANS ACROSS THE GLOBE, not to mention six Grammys in 2012. Supporting the superstar’s More...

Anderson and Roe

Nov 20,2012
EVEN IF YOU'VE HEARD MICHAEL JACKSON’S “BILLIE JEAN” MILLIONS OF TIMES, you’ve never heard it like Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe play it. They give this and other classics worthy groove, intrigue, and power, yet manage to More...

Marian Petrescu - Extended Interview

Oct 20,2011
by Robbie Gennet   In the first of a series of extended interviews with today's brightest keyboard stars, we sat down at the piano for a talk with Romanian jazz piano phenomenon Marian Petrescu. Though his style has been More...

Weekend Warrior Alex Chigos of Sound Chaser

Jul 1,2010
DAY GIG I’m a software developer. Computers and synthesizers have much in common, and I enjoy them both. HOW I GOT STARTED I started playing the piano at age three. I began playing in bands in public when I was 11. By the time More...

Weekend Warrior Roger Lloyd

Nov 1,2009
Webpage: www.thecoderedband.com Day job: I’ve been in sales. Most recently I was selling high-end manufactured homes. Band: Based out of Eugene, Oregon, Code Red was formed by guitarist Cory Smith and me, because we More...

Bruce Hornsby Video Interview

Sep 13,2009
Bruce Hornsby's new record Levitate is an electic treasure trove of rockin' tunes, backed as always by the great American piano troubadour's considerable virtuosity. Executive editor Stephen Fortner was lucky enough to see More...

Eldar

Sep 1,2009
The Young Lion on the Virtue of Blazing JazzTrouble seeing Eldar's videos below? Click here.  “There is a certain kind of freedom in playing solo piano,” the progressive jazz pianist Eldar tells me just minutes after finishing a More...

Michael Jackson Keyboard Sounds of His Signature Songs Then and Now

Sep 1,2009
Part 1On June 25, 2009, the world lost one of the most prodigious musical talents and greatest entertainers who ever lived. Keyboard had been in close touch with our friends working on the new This Is It concerts planned for More...

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