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Yashti Bunyan Interview: Her Life & Times, Magical Music and Return (Bonus Video)

Yashti Bunyan Interview: Her Life & Times, Magical Music and Return (Bonus Video)

Posted April 10, 2023 at 11:46 pm | No comments

Early on Vashti Bunyan was introduced to Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, who recognized her musical talents, and who worked to help her make her first single, “Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind” (Jagger-Richards), with the B-Side a song penned by her, “I Want To Be Alone.” She would later record her hauntingly beautiful “Train Song.” (Columbia – 1966).

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Top Jazz Guitar Instructor Dr. Matt Warnock and His Road to World-Wide Success

Top Jazz Guitar Instructor Dr. Matt Warnock and His Road to World-Wide Success

Posted April 4, 2023 at 11:30 am | 2 comments

By: Rick Landers Having been intensely studying, performing, and teaching jazz guitar to thousands of students around the globe, Dr. Matt Warnock is decidedly the number one or most accessed guitar teacher on the planet. Matt’s background in academia, writing, editing and publishing and both solo and collaborative performing have all developed his jazz playing […]

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Traditional-Roots Music Icon Stephen Wade Releases Hands on the Tune!

Traditional-Roots Music Icon Stephen Wade Releases Hands on the Tune!

Posted April 3, 2023 at 10:41 am | No comments

On this live concert album recorded in 2017 and 2022, Stephen Wade draws from songs, melodies, and styles rooted in Southeastern folk tradition. Based on a lifetime of personal contact with exemplars of this music, his performances attest to a welcome truth: that individuals adapting a traditional tune can renew a shared repertory.

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Clay Melton Talks About His Upcoming Single “Alive on a Wire,” And His Rockin’ Tour

Clay Melton Talks About His Upcoming Single “Alive on a Wire,” And His Rockin’ Tour

Posted April 3, 2023 at 5:14 am | No comments

Guitarist Clay Melton’s roots lie in the worked lands of Louisiana and Texas where traditional and rock blues grew with the making of the old Chitlin’ Circuit with the likes of BB King, Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, as well as newcomers, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Posted in: Blues Interviews, Indie Rock Interviews, Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Mathias Sandberg New Release, The Captain, And His 30-Date Tour

Mathias Sandberg New Release, The Captain, And His 30-Date Tour

Posted March 30, 2023 at 6:50 am | No comments

as Sandberg’s highly anticipated new trio album The Captain is out now. The album was recorded live at the legendary Doo-Bop Club, and showcases his unique blend of hard swingin’, groovy and soulful jazz with strong melodic writing, rhythmically playful improvisation

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Mercury Records To Release A Night At The Family Dog & Go Ride The Music & West Pole

Mercury Records To Release A Night At The Family Dog & Go Ride The Music & West Pole

Posted March 21, 2023 at 10:31 am | No comments

A Night At The Family Dog held on February 4, 1970, featured the brightest three lights of the Bay Area, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santana. These three bands would define a scene that had the whole world wondering what exactly was going on in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco. A Night At The Family Dog starts with two iconic Santana performances before Grateful Dead covers Otis Redding. 

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Folk Icon John McCutcheon to Perform at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA, April 20, 2023!

Folk Icon John McCutcheon to Perform at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA, April 20, 2023!

Posted March 16, 2023 at 1:58 pm | No comments

Leap! follows on the heels of Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (2020) and Bucket List (2021) and brings to 54 the new songs written and released since the 2020 lockdown.  “And that’s less than half of what’s been composed, not counting at least that many from my weekly Zoom sessions with Tom Paxton and others!” said McCutcheon.

Posted in: Country, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News

Kate Macleod to Release Jean Ritchie’s Come Fare Away With Me on April 14th!

Kate Macleod to Release Jean Ritchie’s Come Fare Away With Me on April 14th!

Posted March 7, 2023 at 6:00 am | No comments

Kate MacLeod’s long-term project of study, performance, and recordings of Jean Ritchie are coming into focus with The Jean Ritchie Experience. There are four new renditions of songs to be released as singles, and plans for more. Most  will include special guest musicians on the recordings.The Utah Division of Arts and Museums has awarded a grant in support of this work.

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Bruce Cockburn Set to Release His 35th Album O Sun O Moon on May 12 on True North Records

Bruce Cockburn Set to Release His 35th Album O Sun O Moon on May 12 on True North Records

Posted March 6, 2023 at 12:37 pm | No comments

Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific, inspired songwriter and accomplished guitarist.

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Nembrini’s New EN Hardball Metal Head Guitar Amp

Nembrini’s New EN Hardball Metal Head Guitar Amp

Posted March 6, 2023 at 5:55 am | No comments

The new Nembrini plugin extends the possibility of the original hardware to help users further customize their tone. It offers users the choice of six different guitar cabinets and four microphone emulations with on/off axis position switch, continuous position and distance knobs.

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