Posted April 30, 2023 at 6:21 pm | No comments
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is a man on a mission to introduce the traditional and contemporary music of India to the Western World. As an ambassador of Indian music, Debashish has performed and recorded with such legendary artists of sound, such as guitarist extraordinaire, John McLaughlin, the masterful slide guitarist, Jerry Douglas, England’s guitar virtuoso, Martin Simpson, eclectic slide guitar mix-master, Derek Trucks, and African kora aficionado, Ballake Sissoko.
Posted in: Classical, Folk, Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Uncategorized, World Music
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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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
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.
Posted in: Acoustic News, Classic Rock, Country, Country News, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Industry News, Product News
Posted January 21, 2023 at 7:29 am | No comments
Donna Frost is a veteran singer/songwriter and ukulele-wielding road warrior who has spent decades on tour. The Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist has performed her unique brand of storytelling folk throughout the United States, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. However, amid all of the travel, she always finds time to record.
Posted in: Country News, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News
Posted January 7, 2023 at 1:02 am | No comments
A two-day foot racing event hosted by Old Dominion Racing will be held at Dominion Racing and Entertainment’s NASCAR track in Thornburg, Virginia, on March 4-5, 2023 with two of D.C.’s finest bands, Rick Landers & Heartland and The Rockits.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Folk, Folk News, Indie Pop Rock News, Jam Band News, Rock News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted December 29, 2022 at 5:47 pm | No comments
Ian Tyson was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, with his former wife and singing partner, Sylvia, in 1992. Tyson became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1994 and in 2003, he received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2006.
Posted in: Acoustic News, Country News, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Industry News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted October 27, 2022 at 9:27 pm | No comments
Guitarist blues master, Tal Naccarato, recently won the Long Island Blues Society’s 2022 Solo/Duo Competition and will soon be headed to Memphis, Tennessee, to show his chops to compete in The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge. The IBC is scheduled to be held January 24-28, 2023, on the legendary Beale Street.
Posted in: Blues, Blues News, Fingerstyle, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Industry News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
Posted October 27, 2022 at 8:04 pm | No comments
Two years ago, the duo Peach & Quiet, reached out to the world from their log home on Canada’s West Coast with their debut album, Just Beyond the Shine. In a few short months, that record topped the folk and roots music charts in North America and had airplay around the world. Reviewers raved, calling it “a basket of surprises,” “superb,” “sublime” and “utterly original
Posted in: Country News, Folk, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
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.
Posted in: Blues, Classic Rock, Classical, Country, Fingerstyle, Folk, GI News, Guitar News, Indie Pop Rock News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized
