Antimusic Rock — Deep Purple icon Ritchie Blackmore took to social media to pay tribute to Duane Eddy following the guitar pioneer's death on Tuesday (April 30th) from cancer.Blackmore shared, 'Just heard about the passing of the wonderful Duane Eddy who was my first... more info

New York Post — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll, has died at age 86. more info

Stereogum — Duane Eddy, the beloved and influential musical pioneer whose twangy playing helped establish the primacy of the electric guitar in rock ‘n’ roll, has died. The New York Times reports that Eddy died from cancer Tuesday at in Franklin, Tenn. ... more info

Uncut — The guitarist celebrates his 80th birthday at three shows in October The guitarist celebrates his 80th birthday at three shows in October The post Duane Eddy announces UK tour appeared first on Uncut. more info

Topix — Longtime local DJ and Arizona music historian John Dixon - best known around town as Johnny D. - recently founded the Floyd and Mary Ramsey Annual Scholarship Fund. The $10,000 gift will benefit the Phoenix Conservatory of Music , which will receive ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — We did this at length a couple of times back in the old days and nobody cared then, but if STN is renowned for one thing it's not knowing when it's not wanted so here's all the interesting music-related programming on telly and radio betw... more info

JamBase — Watch officially shared video of guitar legend Duane Eddy performing alongside Dan Auerbach at a recent appearance in Nashville. more info

Consequence of Sound — The follow-up to 2009's Keep It Hid features guitar virtuoso Duane Eddy and a song dedicated to Rick Rubin. more info

Stereogum — About a year ago we learned Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach was wrapping up a second album with his side band the Arcs. That project has not yet been released, perhaps because Auerbach has been focused on his first solo album since 2009's Ke... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “For lost love.” Recorded by a 17-year-old Eddie Dimas and his band the Upsets, “Por Perdido Amor” is a woozy ode to love gone wrong. The song was put to tape in Audio Recorders studio – a hallowed Phoenix room where hits by Lee Hazlewood, ... more info