To honor our BIPOC artists and the influential musicians who came before them, we asked PRS artists to name an influential black musician and song that inspired them to pick up their instrument. Get the details here!
A collaborative music and photography series created remotely in response to the global pandemic, the ‘Oh Yeah Cool’ series features improvisational music by artist Ben O’Neill, presented with images from photographers currently living in Manhattan, Jersey City, and Philadelphia. The photographs tell stories of the vacillating emotional states caused by Covid-19, including photos from March 2020, just as the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.
Pathbreaking guitarist and bandleader John McLaughlin has convened his longstanding band the 4th Dimension—Gary Husband (keyboards), Etienne M’Bappe (bass), and Ranjit Barot (drums, konnakol)—via the Internet to record “Lockdown Blues,” the multifaceted ensemble’s first new studio recording in five years.
Austin Slack is a young British-born guitarist and singer songwriter. He grew up in Spain where his music career blossomed and he performed at over 1800 concerts prior to the age of 20.
Last week, PRS took a pause from social media and content to take the time to have conversations and to listen. In speaking with each other and with a number of our artist community, the power of music to bring us together has never been more apparent. As instrument makers, our job is to provide tools for musicians to do their job, voice their truth, and share their art. While we understand music is not the answer, we are grateful that it helps so many to express feelings of protest, joy, anger, sadness, and love. Music has a special way of allowing a voice to be heard that otherwise would not.
Baltimore area guitar veteran and long-time PRS endorsee Tobias Hurwitz is contributing his talents to an exciting project that blurs the lines between entertainment and medicine. Hurwitz has been hard at work in his home studio composing the soundtrack for I Am Dolphin 2, an audio-visual game experience designed for patients recovering from strokes. Read more about the project here!
Cindy Blackman Santana and Carlos Santana are among the first musicians to join forces with SongAid and WhyHunger’s ongoing effort to fight the global hunger crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with their version of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono-penned classic “Imagine.”
Hoping to inspire and send some positivity to the nurses, doctors, and staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Matt Scannell from the band Vertical Horizon delivered a personal video tribute to the medical community this week. The video starts with a heart-felt thank you to those at Hopkins on the front lines combatting COVID-19 and their tireless efforts dealing with increasingly challenging conditions. Watch his video tribute here!
PRS signature artist David Grissom recorded his latest album live over the course of 3 nights, read more about Trio Live 2020 here and listen to a sample track!
