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Ben Gallaher Reinvents the Popular Holiday Tune “Carol of the Bells” (1914)

Ben Gallaher Reinvents the Popular Holiday Tune “Carol of the Bells” (1914)

Posted November 16, 2024 at 8:13 am | No comments

While Ben Gallaher is a triple-threat singer, songwriter and guitarist, this exciting instrumental track showcases his virtuosic musicianship on acoustic guitar. Completely reinventing the popular holiday tune “Carol of the Bells” – written in 1914 by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych – “Carol of the Strings” was arranged, performed and produced solely by Gallaher.

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Singer-Songwriter Cris Jacobs to Release His New Album One of These Days on April 26th

Singer-Songwriter Cris Jacobs to Release His New Album One of These Days on April 26th

Posted April 2, 2024 at 11:02 am | No comments

While there is no lack of great songs that honor love, acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Cris Jacobs offers a heartfelt and unique perspective on marriage and committed relationships on his lively new track “Lifetime To Go,” featuring Lee Ann Womack. The song appears on his first album in five years, One Of These Days

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Vince Gill Interview: Guitars, Records and The Cruel Sport of Golf

Vince Gill Interview: Guitars, Records and The Cruel Sport of Golf

Posted February 21, 2024 at 2:10 am | 4 comments

When country music artist Vince Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, one only had to look back on a few of his accomplishments to recognize his impact on the musical style.

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Album Review: Furnace Mountain’s Shadow of Plenty Lifts the Spirits

Album Review: Furnace Mountain’s Shadow of Plenty Lifts the Spirits

Posted October 10, 2023 at 3:42 pm | No comments

The ironclad heft of Furnace Mountain’s talent shows up shining on every track of their release, Shadow of Plenty. The quartet of masterful musician’s hail from Loudoun County, Virginia’s Piedmont area where iron ore was extracted and formed into muskets, wagon wheels and more, all part of the Industrial Revolution.

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Bob Melissinos – Leader of Shenandoah Run Talks About Greenwich Village to D.C. Days

Bob Melissinos – Leader of Shenandoah Run Talks About Greenwich Village to D.C. Days

Posted August 7, 2023 at 10:34 am | No comments

Shenandoah Run is the brainchild of Bob Melissinos who founded the group decades ago. Over the years members of the group have come and gone, and come back again. Today, the group includes: Bob who plays guitar; Jill Nelson (mandolin), John Werntz (bass); Joe Dickey (banjo), Leslie Smile Hoyle (violin), Jim Johnson (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo), Ben Hamblin (guitar), and Renee Moyer (percussion).

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Lauren Calve Announces “Shift” May 26 Ahead Of Stellar All-Star Debut Album

Lauren Calve Announces “Shift” May 26 Ahead Of Stellar All-Star Debut Album

Posted April 19, 2023 at 12:20 pm | No comments

Lauren Calve has been undergoing a metamorphosis in her life, a massive shift.  You can hear it seeping through every song, oozing out of every lyric, and feel the shedding of her skin with every note on her first full-length album, Shift, out September 1.  The subtle and understated yearning in her voice, the intonation in her haunting vocals and delivery, Calve is longing for something more. 

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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.

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Music Photogragher Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter Campaign for The Band Photographs 1968-1969 Vol. 2

Music Photogragher Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter Campaign for The Band Photographs 1968-1969 Vol. 2

Posted February 7, 2023 at 12:52 pm | No comments

Elliott Landy took some of the most iconic photographs in rock’n’roll history. He was the official photographer at the 1969 Woodstock festival. His portraits of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison are on the covers of Nashville Skyline and Moondance, respectively. His work has been featured in major magazines. exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide for over 50 years.

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Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Posted October 7, 2022 at 7:18 pm | No comments

Guitar International’s publisher and editor, Rick Landers, and his band Heartland, will be featured on stage and on-line in the number one ranked county in the U.S, Loudoun County, Virginia, and at the county’s premier venue, the Franklin Park Arts Center.

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Steve Earle – On The Road Talking Songwriting, Guitars and Gaelic Traditions

Steve Earle – On The Road Talking Songwriting, Guitars and Gaelic Traditions

Posted August 14, 2022 at 4:28 pm | No comments

Today, Steve Earle has earned his own icon status, not only by writing his own songs and performing to thousands, but by deep digging into the entangled roots of more contemporary music, studying the wherefore and why of musical traditions of songs and styles beyond American shores. Like the generation before him, his own journey is part of both a land mass of musical traditions, and a migration of his own songs for future generations.

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