Greg Cahill

writer/editor

Petaluma CA

An award-winning journalist with a background in both investigative reporting and arts coverage.

Greg Cahill

writer/editor

Petaluma CA

An award-winning journalist with a background in both investigative reporting and arts coverage.

Video Review: Breedlove’s New All-Myrtlewood Concerto E Is a Sonic Wonder
From the April 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG CAHILL. With the recent introduction of the all-myrtlewood Breedlove Concerto, the Oregon-based guitar company became the first large-scale US manufacturer to incorporate this intriguing tonewood in a production line of instruments. The result is impressive, given the complexity of the Concerto’s tone.
Acoustic Guitar
Stanton Moore: Groove Alchemy
New Orleans drummer and bandleader Stanton Moore leads a red-hot soul-jazz organ trio with keyboardist Robert Walter and guitarist Will Bernard. The music is cut from the same cloth as Medeski, Martin & Wood, and Charlie Hunter (with whom both Moore and Bernard have collaborated), but with a strong Nawlins funk groove and unabashed edginess.
The Absolute Sound
CD: Dan Hicks, 'Tangled Tales'
http://sfbammagazine.com/2015/02/dan-hicks-caucasian-hip-hop-for-hicksters/ Dan Hicksâ€™ Caucasian Hip-Hop For Hicksters Published February 19, 2015 | Copyright @2015 Straight Ahead Media. Author: Steve Roby Showdate : Feb. 18, 2015 Performance Venue : Yoshiâ€™s Oakland. Bay Area legend Dan Hicks performed to a sold-out crowd at Yoshiâ€™s on Wednesday.
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason Form a Near-Telepathic Duo on ‘Muse’
String playing is the greatest. And Stringsmagazine.com is here to support you and the string world with fantastic content (like this story!) If you like what we do, please make a donation to support our work and keep the site running. Throughout this dra
Strings Magazine
Hope Springs Eternal
Ex-Mazzy Star singer still shines brightly Know this about Hope Sandoval: The famously reclusive Goth-folk singer is genuinely shy and modest. When asked about her life, she sounds, well, almost pained. Why doesn't she like doing interviews? "For the usua
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Hope Springs Eternal
Ex-Mazzy Star singer still shines brightly
North Bay Bohemian
New media blitz canonizes Summer of Love LSD guru Timothy Leary
Head Trip Jay Blakesberg New media blitz canonizes Summer of Love LSD guru Timothy Leary HE TUNED IN, turned on and dropped dead. Now, one year after his death at the age of 76 from prostate cancer, '60s counterculture icon Timothy Leary is back. True to
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How the Beatles Launched a String-Playing Revolution
It was 40 years ago today . . . or was it ‘Yesterday’? It all began with a dream. Beatles bassist Paul McCartney—then a harried singer and songwriter trying to keep one step ahead of adoring fans while living in the attic of actress/girlfriend Jane Asher’
Strings Magazine
How the Beatles Launched a String Revolution
'Yesterday' made strings cool in the pop world

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Greg Cahill

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Freelance writer and editor with marketing background: Contributor to the Absolute Sound; Lift.co (a Canadian cannabis publication); Strings magazine; No Depression (Americana music journal); Suiteness online city guides; Gannett News Service; AlterNet Wire Service; North Bay Bohemian; Listen!; Boston Phoenix; SF Chronicle; Argus-Courier; SF Examiner; Marin IJ; Pacific Sun; Detroit Metro Times; Tucson Weekly; Dallas Observer; Point Reyes Light; R&D Review, a national education policy monthly; and many others.

Former editor of Acoustic Guitar, Strings and Ukulele magazines, as well as the String Letter Publishing editorial director supervising staff and freelance pool responsible for print and digital publications, instructional material, books, video sessions, and other projects.

Organized and managed digital content-planning group to create editorial strategy and social-media best practices for String Letter Publishing; Developed online editorial campaigns, effectively increasing Acoustic Guitar magazine's followers from 100,000 to 500,000+ on Facebook; ensured online content was web-optimized to increase clicks; Managed social-media content for Acoustic Guitar magazine across all social-media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

Former editor of the Sonoma County Independent. Founding editor of the North Bay Bohemian.

Tech Writing certificate from Santa Rosa Junior College.

Co-recipient of the 2000 Lincoln Steffens Award for Investigative Journalism from Sonoma State University and several state and national reporting and editing awards.

AWARDS 2008 WPA, nominee, Best Music Magazine (consumer); 2006 and 2004 WPA, winner, Best Music Magazine (consumer); 2000 Lincoln Steffens Award for investigative reporting; 1995 CNPA awards for editorial comment and feature writing; 1994 CNPA award for investigative reporting and special section editor; 1993 CNPA award for sports reporting; 1992 National Newspaper Asso. award for agriculture and resources reporting.

EDUCATION BA, Journalism, San Francisco State University.