Yesterday, the semi pulled into 5810 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE and gave plenty of guitar enthusiasts a close up look at some rare, and unique Gibsons.  Accent Music has been connecting serious players with these incredible instruments for years.    If you’re thinking of getting a custom Gibson for someone (or, ahem, for yourself…) in time for the holidays, call us right away.  These one-of-a-kind guitars can’t be bought off the shelf.  Talk to us, and we’ll make sure your gift makes someone very happy!

Steve Harkey (owner), Ben Green (17-), Evan Bradley (18+), Jim Pennington, General Mngr

Last weekend, over twenty-five guitarists shredded their hearts out at the 3rd Annual Guitar Soloist of the Year contest hosted by Accent Music (Kirkwood Hwy, Wilm, DE).  Judges scored each of the contestants in areas of musicianship, technical ability and stage presence.

Congratulations to all who participated and those who came out to support them!

17-and-under category winners:
1st – Ben Green
2nd – Nick Bednash
3rd – Loretto Kazuga

In the 17 and over group, winners were:
1st – Evan Bradley
2nd – Dave Duncan
3rd – Sebastian Howard

Prizes included a Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul and two Epiphone Les Paul guitars as well as grab bags filled with stuff guitarists love.

Common Ground Cafe 2nd Anniversary Party

Feb 6   7 pm – ?

Come and hear NOT TOO LATE.  They have been working on a bunch of new songs, including “This is Who I Am” by Third Day.

No cover charge.

22 Parkway Circle New Castle, DE 19720

The NAMM show in Anaheim, CA is in full swing!  Acres of vendors showing off the newest and the best in music gear for the coming year!  Steve (Accent Music, President) flew out Wednesday to get a jump start on bringing the best back to Delaware and Philly!  We’ll keep you posted….

Check out the numbers.... 6000-8000 !?!?! UNREAL

Wish this baby was for sale....!

ESP Custom: Bet it sounds heavenly....

Martin D-100 ($109,999 Retail - Accent Price $87K)

Check out the David Crowder Band on Friday, Feb 26 2010, 7 p.m. at

Don't miss this event!

Red Lion Evangelical Free Church
(1400 Red Lion Road, Bear, DE 19701)
Contact: 302-834-8588
Tickets: $20
http://www.sumofone.com/davidCrowderBand.html
2009

The band began when David Crowder from Texarkana, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church, which he found surprising since it is a Christian university. He and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995 while he was still a student. Crowder led worship there and continued to do so throughout the year. The church’s congregation grew, as did the band’s lineup.

Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, Pour Over Me, followed by All I Can Say in 1999. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records and has released six more albums to date (see discography). The band tours the United States continuously, but make it back to their home church in Waco, Texas relatively often. It has been said that Kyle Lake, University Baptist Church’s former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band’s music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after his death.

With their September 2005 release, A Collision, David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the #2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the #39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.

On the same day as the release of A Collision, their song “Turkish Delight” was released on the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical Turkish Delight in C. S. Lewis’s book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has an old-school disco feel.

On March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording its album titled Remedy, the band also revealed the album’s website, http://www.remedyiscoming.com/, which allows fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album. Famously controversial rock musician Ted Nugent made a special guest appearance on the album, on the song “We Won’t Be Quiet”.
Remedy was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached #4 on the iTunes Music Store.

On July 16, 2008, the band announced via its website that it would be releasing a brand new live album and DVD set on August 19, 2008. The title was announced as being ‘Remedy Club Tour – Live’, and the cover art was released along with a trailer for the DVD.

On David Crowder’s Xanga entry from January 31, 2009, he mentioned the pre-production of the band’s next studio album. On Mike Hogan’s MySpace entry from March 4, 2009, he confirmed that actual recording and production had commenced and provided directions for getting to the live webcam feed, which is in a page simply titled “Church Music”. This is the name of the new album, being released on September 22, 2009. The first single off the album is a cover of John Mark McMillan’s song “How He Loves”.

David Crowder Band was nominated for three Dove Awards at the 40th Annual Gospel Music Awards and won Special Event Album of the Year – Passion: God of This City.

Congratulations go out to Chris Phillips of Salesianum H.S. (Wilmington, DE) the winner of the Accent Music $200 iMac gift card giveaway!

Dedicated to learning the traditional steel drum music of Trinidad, the group also performs classical, and popular transcriptions.

TONIGHT

Monday, December 7, 8:00 p.m.
Loudis Recital Hall
University of Delaware
Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road/ Newark, DE

MANY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

November 29th, 2009 on 5:39 pm edit
I got a great guitar (LTD EC-401) that I was looking at for a while, but didn’t have the money. I went to the Accent Music on Kirkwood Highway and they gave me a deal with prices even I could afford. The salesperson was very helpful and knowledgeable. I went back the next week and bought 2 books. Thank you Accent!!!
Matt