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…
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Posted June 21, 2022 at 1:53 pm | No comments
Not only is Teddy Richards a seasoned session musician, he is also a well-accomplished singer-songwriter and performer, and as a result has opened with his original compositions for artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Seal and The Verve Pipe. He’s also co-written some great songs with the likes of Andrew Farriss (INXS), Carlos Alomar (David Bowie), and Marcy Levi (Natalie Cole, Joe Cocker) and the legendary, Al Green.
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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.
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Posted January 24, 2022 at 12:28 am | No comments
Here’s a classic Guitar International interview from March 17, 2008. By Michael Shea. Roy Rogers. Photo by Michael Shea. Let’s get it over with right at the start. Master slide guitarist, Roy Rogers, was named after the King of the Cowboys film star. Roy will be the first to admit that he’s had fun with […]
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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.
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Posted May 16, 2021 at 3:19 pm | No comments
On the circuit, A.J. Croce has opened up for such musical icons as: Lyle Lovett, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Dave Matthews, Ray Charles and traded licks with Willie Nelson, Ry Cooder, Waylon Jennings, the Neville Brothers, and David Hidalgo. Fans could also find him on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Today Show, Good Morning America
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Posted April 7, 2021 at 6:41 am | No comments
A fine bluesman in his own right, Kenny Wayne Shepherd pumps his own style of blues into both savage mean licks, as well as in moving heartfelt emotional riffs that cut deep with the best of his contemporaries. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Shepherd earned his blues stripes with an explosive amount of guitar flash, but also by sticking to the roots of the blues…
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Posted September 24, 2020 at 8:56 pm | No comments
For over 45 years George Thorogood and The Destroyers have travelled the globe playing gig after gig, until like all of us they were hit by COVID 19 that stopped them in their tracks. In 2019, they were on their Good to Be Bad Tour: 45 Years of Rock tour still packing venues and a dream of life in rock ‘n’ roll was a reality.
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Posted May 25, 2020 at 10:16 pm | No comments
Moving beyond being type cast as a percussionist, Eric Selby, a first call Northern Virginian session player pushed the envelope with his debut album, Do Baby (Soul Stew Records – 2020), taking on a heavy workload of writing the songs, handling guitar and percussion, singing vocals and helping dial in the sound and the emotional heft of the project, alongside DC’s master producer, Marco Delmar (Recording Arts).
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Posted April 17, 2020 at 3:37 pm | No comments
Out of the West, comes Alec Lytle with an eclectic mix of melodic vocals and acoustic guitar with subtle references to both traditional and contemporary country-folk. Whether Alec’s running solo, in a quiet duet, or with a herd of bandmates called Them Rounders, he hits the marks laid out by Dylan, Lovett, Van Zandt, and the The Byrds in their rodeo days.
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