On the 14th July, Yamaha's 2010 Jazz Scholars were presented with their award at the annual 'Summer Jazz in Portcullis House' that takes place in the House of Commons.

During his recent visit to Greece Marco Mendoza talked with Rockpages.gr about all sorts of interesting stuff, including the new Thin Lizzy lineup.

Yamaha Music and 'Guitar Guitar' have donated a range of Pacifica electric guitars and practice amplifiers to the British Army's Personnel Recovery Centre in Edinburgh. The guitars, used to encourage soldiers to learn to play a musical instrument throu...

If you hang around the Yamaha office long enough - you'll probably get dragged into a Kareoke booth, and if the drinks are flowing in the right direction you stand a good chance of hearing this classic from Mr Mister!

The festival season is now well under way!  The 40th Glastonbury festival happened at the end of June where many big names performed to the huge crowds.  A plethora of Yamaha gear was used throughout the weekend from the main stag...

Long time Yamaha endorsee Michael Herring is currently out on US tour with New Kids on The Block and he's giving the new LJX26CP & SBG1802 models some good road testing! Michael is very satisfied with both models and he is constantly giving us posi...

And you thought playing to 50 people in your local pub was daunting...

Rodrigo y Gabriela played The White House in Washington DC last month for the President of the United States and Mrs. Obama; and their guests the Mexican President Felipe Hi...

Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon played the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on May 7th and shot a photo / video campaign for some of Yamaha America's promotional activities.

Check out this video of Yamaha Artist Don Alder playing Summer Namm last year with his LLX36C.

One of rock music's most recognizable names, the new band retain all the vibrancy of the original fiery Dublin band that exploded onto the scene with a stunning sound, look and attitude in the 1970's then led by the incomparable Phil Ly...

Last month was a fantastic month for live music and we also had many artists in the top 40 who play Yamaha instruments. With the festival season just around the corner June is looking to be just as busy.

Here is a SMALL selection of th...

To people like you and me, Yamaha's custom shop in its YASH (Yamaha Artist Services Hollywood) facility respond to enquiries with a flat and very firm - no.

However, survive a ruthless industry for 20 years and shift...

To lovers of acoustic guitar virtuosity, award-winning Antonio Forcione is the duke, the devil and the pope, all rolled into one.  His band, the Antonio Forcione Quartet (AFQ) has been performing all over the world, wowing audiences at sell-out co...

Volcanoes may erupt, but we're still making music!

The month of May sees the temperature heat up outside as well as things getting hot in the world of Yamaha! Below is a small example of which artists are using our Yamaha gear on records...

I’ve been an avid supporter and player of Yamaha's A.R.T. (Acoustic Resonance Transducer) pickup system for a while having been regularly gigging the LLX6A since its introduction last year. ART for me completely blew away the competition - so whe...

Download has been checking out the new Yamaha BB Series website, launched just last week to provide all you bass-heads with everything you could ever want to know on the new BB series basses.

Bad Company, recently reformed with original members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, recorded in a special gig for Radio 2 in the BBC Radio Theatre at the end of March. Features hits from Paul Rodgers' long career and from the '68-'73 era of...

It was about this time last year I had the opportunity to take an SG2000 out on the road for a few gigs, so when the opportunity to take out one of the first SG1820's in the UK came up - I jumped at the chance.

As the first guitars made by the company, Yamaha takes it's classical guitar very seriously. Along with the best-selling student 'C' range and the professional concert 'GC' series, the CG line is renowned for offering all of Yamaha's trademarks ...

Long the bass of choice for some of the world's best know players including Nathan East, Michael Anthony, Marco Mendoza, Glenn Hughes, Geezer Butler and Duff McKagan, the Yamaha BB is known for incredible sound, great playability and classic, vin...

Me and My Yamaha continues with Music Production Specialist - Chris Irvine

Here's another ditty from the vast universe of 'You Tube'. This video catches

Jeff Rouse - Duff McKagan's go to man for his band 'Loaded'.

When Sophia Johnson called by The Artist Suite to record a demo for the March edition of the Yamaha Download, we managed to grab 5 minutes with her to get just a little more info...

Download leaves the office and checks out some other locals with their guitars!

Ok, so it's not exactly a new video - but check out this awesome video of modern blues legend Joe Bonamassa playing his LJX26C acoustic!

Guitar strings are an integral part of a guitar, but are often the last thing to get cleaned or replaced! After a while strings will dirty and begin to rust so changing them regularly is important.

Right - first up, let me lay this one completely down on the line. I have never gigged a nylon string guitar before last week, I know next to no classical licks - let alone Spanish flamenco style, and I'm probably better known playing ...

I was pretty much surrounded by music from an early age really. Both of my elder sisters play instruments and my parents were always very encouraging. Like most young boys, I fell in love with the idea of being the rock star and so guitar i...

Recent UK entries aside, the Eurovision song contest is a prestigious event for some of Europe's best talent. Artists like Katrina and the Waves, Lulu, Cliff Richard and most famously Abba have all once been entrants in this international 'b...

Growing up the house was full of music: Hendrix, Deep Purple, Bob Marley, James Brown, The Beatles and The Stones seemed to be on most of the time as well as the hits of the day (late 70's and early 80's). Both my parents are music fans. ...

Like most little girls who express an interest in music (or in my case, enjoying making a loud noise on anything I could get my hands on) I was encouraged to learn piano. After a few years of long, tedious routine learning to read music; ...

“The class-leading Pacifica 112V combines player-focused, stage-ready spec with no-compromise construction and set-up to create the best value player’s guitar on the market…”

That's what our webs...

The Music Industries Association (MIA) have produced a free book offering a wealth of advice on the benefits of playing a musical instrument as well as quality advice on buying one. Covering all ...

This month we look at how to make yourself heard as we lift the lid on PA systems, big and small. And so we talk to top Sound Engineer for events like Live Earth and the Concert for Diana - Bunny Warren. Yamaha's Nick Pemberton takes us t...

I started playing classical guitar at 8 years old through lessons put on by my middle school. At the time I wasn’t really into any guitar-driven music, but it was the coolest instrument to learn! I got into heavy metal during sec...

Working in Guitar Marketing is an interesting place to be when you're a guitarist because you think about the relationships between different aspects of the guitar in a totally new way - this wood sounds great with that wood, that pi...

International Rock stars aren't the only ones who play guitar - Roundup looks a bit closer to home and speaks to players who use their Yamaha's night after night.

This months Guitarist magazine hit the shelves yesterday featuring an article featuring 50 guitars said to be ‘solid gold choices' that must be played before you die.

Pulling out all the stops for this years winter NAMM show, Yamaha Guitars are releasing 6 new electro-acoustics bringing variety and un-paralleled performance across the whole range. Roundup finds out more…

The Yamaha Download for Jan 2009 is the usual mix of the biggest names talking about the best music gear, this month focused on home recording. And so Radio 2's Richard Allinson is joined by one of Britain's hottest new pop acts Little Boots,...

Founded by Bob Benjamin, a rock music manager and a sufferer of Parkinson's Disease since the mid 1990s, the Light of Day Foundation, which supports Parkinson's Disease and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) charities, began when Benjamin asked ...

For a number of years Yamaha have offered a wide range of musical services and support via the Internet. This includes Yamaha's unique Internet Direct Connection and Digital Music Notebook. These features offer a wide range of software opt...

A guitar is a great Christmas present - to help you choose the right one, Roundup has put together a quick guide to a few things you should ask.

Yamaha recently was proud to help The Teenage Cancer Trust in providing instruments for a Music Workshop at the annual TCT conference in Sherwood Forrest Nottingham.

Yamaha Music Schools have announced plans to extend their acclaimed and award winning music encounters scheme for a third year throughout this Autumn and Winter.

November's Yamaha Download is focused on drums as Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes you through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK, with exclusive interviews, gear demos and live music.

Described as the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar, Antonio Forcione is one of the most charismatic performers to come out of Europe in recent years. Breaking the mould across most conventional popular guitar styles, be it Jazz, Spanish...

Before Yamaha started manufacturing motorbikes, before they began hand crafting drum kits and long before their keyboards helped shape the sounds of an entire decade - Yamaha crafted classical guitars.

In the October edition of the Yamaha download Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes us through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK. As ever, the programme features exclusive interviews, gear demo's and live music as we talk to the artists who...

Yamaha's Pacifica range is best known for the 112 - launched in 1993 it turned the market for affordable guitars on its head and proved that a £200 guitar could be built with just the same focus on being a great player's guitar as one...

Yamaha has recently teamed up with and supported a new programme 'The Kindness Offensive'. The programme is in the sprit of Radio One's 'Random Acts Of Kindness' and the sorely missed 'Jim'll Fix it' and 'Challenge Anneka' from yester year. Yamaha he...

When Yamaha were approached by breast cancer charity The Pink Ribbon Foundation about supporting one of their fundraising auctions with a guitar to auction off, there was only one thing for it. We needed to find some pink paint, sharpish...

Introducing Yamaha design concepts, philosophy and messages from our in house designers.

Last month it was all about festivals and this month is all about touring. There really is something to suit every musical taste in the UK in September.

Lee Hodgson, long time Yamaha player and tutor at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance recently completed the filming of “Play James Taylor” for Lick Library. This was his most recent in a long line of tuition DVD’s and...

Want to hear an exclusive interview with Bert Jansch or what all the fuss is about the new Yamaha DTxtreme III?

When the world's biggest musical instrument manufacturer teams up with the hottest rock bass player on the planet, you know something pretty special's going to come out of it. Yamaha's latest bass, the new BB714BS Billy Sheehan signature mo...

Probably best known as a member of the Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood is well known for playing sold out venues around the world but maybe not so well known as an artist. But in fact Ronnie Wood has been drawing and creating art from a very ea...

Yamaha are very excited to announce the launch of our very own podcast - The Yamaha Download. Hosted by Radio Two's Richard Allinson the podcast will include new...

Music teachers: become a Yamaha Education Friend member! A central part of Yamaha's long term vision is to broaden and increase access to learning music. One way we can do this is to support professionals working in music education, which we ...

If you want to be one of the first people in the UK to see the latest Yamaha products then read on. Yamaha and the organisers of the London International Music Show (LIMS) are offering two pairs of tickets that will get you into this ama...

A pickup/preamplifier system newly developed for electric acoustic guitars.

A.R.E. (Acoustic Resonance Enhancement) is an original wood reforming technology developed by Yamaha. Instruments made with woods processed with this technology produce a tonal richness that is like an old instrument that has been played for years...

The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, will offer anything you need to help your business have its best year yet: All the latest musical instruments and-products from around the world, professional training from industry experts and the inspiration a...

2 million people trying to buy 18,000 tickets. Tickets selling on eBay for £1000. One fan paying £83,000 for a seat. There's no question, December's Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert - probably better known as the Led Zeppelin reunion gig...

October 8th-13th 2007 are all about acoustic roots

Following on from the hugely successful acoustic tour last year with Glenn Tilbrook, Antonio Forcione and Dave Goodman, the 2007 dates are booked and ready to go on the r...

In the last issue of YES magazine, my colleague at the Associated Board, Nigel Scaife, wrote about our new interactive website SoundJunction, which allows visitors to listen to explore, discover and create music through th...

Changing Tunes - a one-day event held in Birmingham on 11 July and organised jointly by the Music Education Council (MEC) and Music for Youth (MFY) in partnership with the Music Manifesto - attracted more th...

Staff and supporters from Sherbourne based Yamaha Music will be taking to the road on Sunday 15 August embarking on a 30 mile marathon around the cities redways to raise awareness and cash for ChildLine Rocks, the Rock Music charity which help...

Students from Birmingham and Derby Yamaha Music Schools hit a high note with ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen recently. The celebrated TV personality and charity campaigner visited Yamaha Music Head Office in Milton Keynes to congratulate and...

Some of the UK's most high profile and respected rock and pop musicians have joined forces for a national music making campaign, based around free introductory music lessons for all through Yamaha's national network of Music Schools. Aimed at ...