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Gibson Garage

Gibson Garage Announces Grand Opening

Gibson has launched Gibson Garage, where guitar players can embrace the ultimate guitar experience and try electric and acoustic guitars from a variety of brands. The 8,000-square-foot shop will open to the public on Wednesday, June 9 at the histo...
NAMM Top 100 Dealers 2021

NAMM Congratulates the 2021 Top 100 Dealers

NAMM has announced the list of MI retailers to be honored at the organization's Top 100 Dealer Awards. Now in its eleventh year, the annual awards ceremony honors retailers worldwide who demonstrate exceptional commitment to their stores, neighborhoo...
NAMM advocates from California on Capitol Hill in 2019

NAMM Advocates Seek More Music and Arts Funding

In what NAMM hopes is the last virtual event of any kind it will host, the trade group on May 25 presented its NAMM Advocacy Summit event, formerly called the NAMM Advocacy Fly-In, over Zoom. Traditionally, approximately 100 NAMM delegates take to Wa...
Gibson Gives

Gibson Gives Launches TEMPO Program

Gibson Gives, the charitable arm of Gibson Brands, has launched TEMPO, a new program to save musicians' lives in response to continued and elevated opioid overdoses from over a year of confinement and COVID-19 closures. TEMPO -- Training and Empoweri...
Vic Firth: Stories Behind the Sleeves content series

Vic Firth Rolls Out New Video Content Series

The Avedis Zildjian Company, parent company of Vic Firth, has announced the launch of a new video content series titled “Vic Firth: Stories Behind the Sleeves” This six-part series of virtual masterclass experiences aims to give drummers unprecede...
Interfacio directors Isabelle and Richard Wear

Interfacio Receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Interfacio Ltd, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, recognizing a period of  sustained growth in the company’s international business. "We are extremely honored to be receiving this award and would like to acknowle...
Fender Play Foundation

Fender Play Foundation Welcomes New Board of Directors

Fender Play Foundation is welcoming inaugural members to its leadership board alongside CEO Andy Mooney and CFO Jim Broenen. Iz Avila, Winston Cox, Charmaine Jefferson, Terry Lewis, David Robinson and Rick Roskin will support Fender Musical Instrumen...
Chris Martin IV, C.F. Martin

Interview: Chris Martin IV, CEO, C.F. Martin

Chris Martin IV, who in July will become executive chairman of C.F. Martin and also end his eight-year term on the NAMM Executive Committee, looks back on career highlights, what C.F. Martin seeks in its next CEO, plus much more. July will be a time...
Music & Sound Retailer, May 2021, Band & Orchestra

Light at the End of the Tunnel: Band & Orchestra Update

Why B&O product sales and rentals are set for a resurgence. We do not need to tell you that, thanks to COVID-19-related school shutdowns during the past year-plus and the continuing uncertainty regarding the return to in-person schooling, band a...