Chris Kies

Sep 20, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

See how this badass Texan uses her signature Epiphone Sheratons to create pop-music earworms that get wrapped in barbed wire thanks to a “patent-pending,” 3-pedal-combination trademark. Emily Wolfe doesn’t play guitar. She bends it to her will. Like a bronco buster taming a stallion, she saddles up on her signature Sheratons and lets it rip. Much of the magic felt and heard on her self-titled debut was pure adrenaline hitting your speaker.

Sep 13, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Come on down to the crossroads—or the CMA Theatre in Nashville—as we walk through the jaw-dropping rig of devilishly talented shredder Steve Vai. Steve Vai is much more than a great guitarist. The American guitarist has established himself as a key figure in guitar culture, and one of the world’s leading masters of shred.

Aug 30, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

Witness how this Ecuadorian-via-Switzerland duo evokes everything that’s beautiful and bleak from the desert, using hollowbodies, a serendipitous Strymon, and rhythmic hypnosis to paint a Sergio Leone picture. When some people travel, they take photos on their phone to remember the trip. Old-soul voyagers will recount their adventures with pen and paper.

Aug 30, 2023 | flipboard.com | Chris Kies

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell3 hours agoWho is Debbie Mucarsel-Powell? And why is she running against Rick Scott? palmbeachpost.com - Stephany Matat • 3hDebbie Mucarsel-Powell, who immigrated from Ecuador at 14 years old, announced her bid to return to Capitol Hill Aug.

Aug 23, 2023 | premierguitar.com | Chris Kies

These party-rockin’ tone hunters plug their idiosyncratic axes into gifted Klons helping them turn Music City into riff city. Nashville has long been the hub for all things country music but in the last two decades, transplant rockers like Jack White, the Black Keys, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner and others, have all have made the 615 home.