Two years later, 38-year-old Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) star Paul Potts has released two albums, won numerous awards, toured extensively, met Oprah Winfrey and grossed over $5,000,000.  With over 70 million views on youtube, teens and adults all over the world must empathize–or at least sympathize–with the touching story of the Carphone Warehouse salesman turned [...]

You started violin at 19 and progressed rapidly in three months.  Can you tell me what took place in those months before entering the Academy of Music in Oslo?
Prof. Hansen: I got my first violin lesson at 19. After three months of intense study, I was accepted as a full time student at the Academy [...]

“I want my music to contribute to the world in a spiritual, personal way… to help people look at their lives with hope and possibility, no matter what. I want my music to comfort and inspire people …to encourage them to run hard at their dreams and goals.”—Susan Calloway (www.susancalloway.com)
New artist Susan Calloway [...]

Sister Hazel Drummer, Mark Trojanowski
It’s been a busy several weeks for Sister Hazel, traveling to multiple cities around the country promoting their latest and seventh studio album, Release.
Singer Ken Block, guitarist Andrew Copeland, guitarist Ryan Newell, bassist Jeff Beres and Drummer Mark Trojanowski all live in different parts of the U.S., but with the support [...]

You’d think one of the nation’s leading pediatric orthopedic surgeons would have little time for sitting much less a hobby. But recent Trumpet Award Recipient, Dr. Alvin H. Crawford, not only plays music on the side, he is a serious musician with lofty goals.
What instruments do you play? At what age did you begin to [...]

Shannon Kennedy is a jazz musician and the founder of teenjazz.com.
So, tell me a little about TeenJazz.  What’s the mission?
Most of the music education programs in schools fail to provide students with an adequate knowledge of the music industry and what it is like trying to make a living as a musician.  Schools have difficulty [...]

Many classically trained musicians would probably cringe at the sight of a cellist holding the giant instrument over someone else’s head.  But Break of Reality (BoR), the instrument is finding a unconventional place over the heads of music’s traditionalist  and beginning a new era.
Despite past criticism and skepticism, BoR now attracts audiences from all backgrounds [...]

By Jasmine Reese
What would you have done if you had been offered by some of the world’s greatest musicians to collaborate and perform at one of the most important events in your country?  Well, you probably would have jumped on the opportunity just like Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal Clarinetist and Peabody Conservatory faculty member Anthony [...]

By Jasmine Reese
Perhaps the phrase “letting go” is an understatement in Neil Jacobs’ case.
The renowned self-taught 12-string guitarist has graced the world with his music in some of the darkest corners and hours of human society. Jacobs’ attained fearlessness shines on the stage with a dazzling technique he can literally call his own.
Jacobs frequents upstate [...]

By Jasmine Reese
Ryan, Jim, Dana, and Dave are “four guys with day jobs that just love to play rock and roll.” They have “no illusions of grandeur.”  All they want to do is have some “fun” and “play music that people will dance and sing along to.”
I was privileged to interview them.  There is a [...]