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An Evening With the Masterful Musician and Humorist Toby Walker (Bonus Video)

An Evening With the Masterful Musician and Humorist Toby Walker (Bonus Video)

Posted September 21, 2022 at 1:59 pm | No comments

A musical romp of a show of stunningly masterful blues guitar, storytelling and a fine array of vocals by an aficionado of guitar, Toby Walker, at the 37-year old Reston-Herndon Folk Club in Northern Virginia, kept the audience captivated, song after song, story after story. Offering up traditional old blues tunes and more contemporary blues of his own, Walker, plucked, bent and made his Huss & Dalton guitar shimmer with a full bag of tricks, honed over decades of playing the usual and unusual haunts in the States and overseas.

Posted in: Acoustic News, Blues, Blues News, Country News, Fingerstyle, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Jazz News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized

Troubador Ben Brookes Belcher Talks About Songwriting, Producing and Performing as a Solo Artist

Troubador Ben Brookes Belcher Talks About Songwriting, Producing and Performing as a Solo Artist

Posted July 19, 2022 at 11:37 am | No comments

You’ve got to hand it to Ben Brookes Belcher, the man works hard rolling out some of the coolest country songs we’ve heard in a long time. Belcher nails down some fancy guitar licks while singing a mix of gritty hard tack down home spins to some of the sweetest heart wrenching ballads.

Posted in: Country, Country Interviews, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews

Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part TWO)

Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part TWO)

Posted July 8, 2022 at 10:54 am | No comments

As a follow-up to our Tal Nacarrato interview, here’s PART 2! We found Tal’s insights into performing, practicing, lessons learned to keep focused very helpful and one of our interviews that’s helpful to return to periodically to remind us of how to raise our games as musicians and on-stage performers.

Classically trained, Naccarato clearly knows his way around the fretboard as illustrated on his new album, Ten and Two Blues, to be released on April 27th 2022, as well as on his last three albums, Hot House Flowers, Piedmont Black & Blue, and Dreamflower Sessions…

Posted in: Blues, Blues Interviews, Classical Interviews, Country Interviews, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Guitar Hero Interviews, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part ONE of TWO)

Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part ONE of TWO)

Posted April 26, 2022 at 6:30 am | No comments

Tal Naccarato is game to roll along the landscape and streetscapes of America to make musical and spiritual connections with others in all walks of life who appreciate and share his love of well-crafted original music, music that comes from life’s hard won experiences and from the souls of artists.

Posted in: Blues, Blues Interviews, Classical, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Singer-Songwriter Jeffrey Pine Talks About His Music, Guitars and His Love of the Desert

Singer-Songwriter Jeffrey Pine Talks About His Music, Guitars and His Love of the Desert

Posted October 2, 2021 at 6:35 pm | No comments

Singer-songwriter, Jeffrey Pine, hails from the Santa Barbara, California, environs, although he’s toured the country performing solo and with others. Pine also periodically finds himself recharging his creative spirit, by seeking refuge and maybe silence in the beauty and solitude of the desert.

Posted in: Blues Interviews, Country, Country Interviews, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Interviews, Folk, Instrumental Interviews, Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Legendary Folk Artist John McCutcheon to Release Bucket List on September 17th – His 42nd Album!

Legendary Folk Artist John McCutcheon to Release Bucket List on September 17th – His 42nd Album!

Posted September 9, 2021 at 5:44 pm | No comments

Press Release Source:  Hello Wendy PR For fifty years John McCutcheon has toured the world with the exception of the past year and a half.  Without planes to catch, soundchecks to make, concert halls and clubs to fill, he stayed home and wrote – a lot.  He composed his last recording, Cabin Fever: Songs from […]

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

Renowned Musician and Storyteller John McCutcheon Announces Two MD/DC Tour Dates 2015

Renowned Musician and Storyteller John McCutcheon Announces Two MD/DC Tour Dates 2015

Posted August 20, 2015 at 4:19 pm | No comments

Wisconsin-bred, Georgia-based John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. He truly is folk music’s Renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author.

Posted in: Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Uncategorized

Folk Singer Bryan Cahall Debuts with A Gate City Songbag

Folk Singer Bryan Cahall Debuts with A Gate City Songbag

Posted August 1, 2015 at 5:45 am | No comments

Along the quiet paths of the American folk music scene is a tall dark haired singer-songwriter named Brian Cahall who travels around the country with his acoustic guitar, harmonica and a satchel carrying his worldly goods.

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

John McCutcheon Announces Summer Dates in VA and at Sirius XM’s Village Folk Show

John McCutcheon Announces Summer Dates in VA and at Sirius XM’s Village Folk Show

Posted May 29, 2015 at 9:08 am | No comments

Wisconsin-bred, Georgia-based John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. He truly is folk music’s Renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author.

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

Loudon Wainwright III and Mary Chapin Carpenter Live at Wolf Trap

Loudon Wainwright III and Mary Chapin Carpenter Live at Wolf Trap

Posted August 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm | No comments

An evening of homespun humor and country ballads and rock rolled into Wolf Trap starting with an expressive set by Loudon Wainwright III, followed by Mary Chapin Carpenter, both Grammy winning artists.

Posted in: Concert Reviews, Country, Folk, Reviews, Singer Songwriter, Uncategorized