My thoughts turned this morning to two wonderful music magazines that passed away years ago -- a loss for me, personally, and for many with similar interests:
FRETS magazine was was the acoustic fretted instrument interest magazine published by G.P.I., publisher of Guitar Player, Bass Player, and Keyboard, that sadly ceased appearing in the late 1980's. I know there are many instrument-specific magazines available today, but for those of us who play (or try to play) more than one instrument (in my case, guitar, mandolin, and octave mandolin), FRETS provided just what we wanted -- variety, creativity, and outstanding artist/writers...who better to present Mandolin lessons than David Grisman?
DIRTY LINEN was a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. That brought knowledge, passion, and humor (!) to its profiles and reviews of music. For those of us who loved contemporary folk, folk-rock, world, and what-have-you from the U.S., UK, and across the globe, each issue of Dirty Linen was a joyous gift to our musical senses. The magazine disappeared last year, and those responsible for its death are to be condemned for their senseless act.
Do you miss these magazines? Others? And what print/on-line resources do you recommend today?
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