Pig Farmer Returns with New Material
"It's hard for Pig Farmer lead singer and guitarist Jimmy Hellerich to wrap his mind around the fact that his band has been together for almost 20 years..."
The Week in Rock (June 25-28, 2015)
We're slugging it out in June! This is a great week for friends, music, charity and private events and festivals. More than a few opportunities to play some fun music with some fun people...
500 Shows With Soca Jukebox
500! I'd like to know how many [...]
Home away from Home – Nebraska Style
I've got a home away from home [...]
Outstanding Graduating Guitarists, Missouri Western State University
Guitar playing ain't easy. To get to a point of accomplishment requires years of dedicated practice. You've got to jump some hurtles and overcome physical and mental challenges. The Missouri Western Guitar Program is a place where guitarists can get the discipline they need to achieve proficiency and conquer their personal goals...
Los Lobos with Maria the Mexican
Merlefest 2015 is an annual party and charity benefit that takes place at Knuckleheads in Kansas City. It's a full day (far as I know) of great bands, food and libation for a great cause. The legendary band from east LA, Los Lobos is headlining. pretty nice...
Renaissance Men
Huzzah! It's nice to be such a well-rounded master of so many fabulously interesting topics. We like to rock, we like to swing. I'm a poet and nobody even knows it! Light on my feet and easy on the eyes? maybe not...
Leprechaun Apocalypse
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! In case you didn't know it... my daddy was a Riley and my momma was an O'Riley. So what that means is...
Soca Jukebox with BACHACO
Hit Maker's Music Presents BACHACO REGGAE ROCK W/ LATIN ROOTS w/ TRIO AZTLAN & SOCA JUKEBOX ALL AGES The Scene Rock Bar 14816 E. US HWY 40 Kansas City, MO 64136 BACHACO is an international Afro-Caribbean Roots Rock band based out of Miami, Florida in the U.S. Their music successfully blends feel-good and conscious lyrics through the mix of Reggae, Dancehall and Ska with Rock, Hip-Hop and Colombian Cumbia...
Guitar Festival, Chartres France
I am very excited to announce that I'll be a guest clinician at "Red Socks and the Guitar", a guitar festival in Chartres, France this summer. Besides teaching some masterclasses and private lessons, I've got a couple of very special clinics in the works towards Jazz guitar and other styles...