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Three Award Winning DC Area Songwriters on Diversionary Tactics Facebook Podcast Feb 5th!

Three Award Winning DC Area Songwriters on Diversionary Tactics Facebook Podcast Feb 5th!

Posted February 4, 2022 at 8:41 pm | No comments

Guitar International’s publisher and award winning songwriter, Rick Landers, will perform with Jeff Smith and Dave “Kawika” Fiely on Saturday, February 5, 2002, on Facebook Live’s Diversionary Tactics Show. The three award winning songwriters decided to join forcers for an evening of original songs, with each of them offering up their unique styles.

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Guitar International’s Emerging Best Guitarist of the Year 2021 – Yasmin Williams!

Guitar International’s Emerging Best Guitarist of the Year 2021 – Yasmin Williams!

Posted January 5, 2022 at 12:52 pm | No comments

For a few years, guitarist extraordinaire, Yasmin Williams, caused some groundswell buzz wherever and whenever she performed in her local DC-MD-VA area, and when she’d won some awards from the Songwriters’ of Washington for her compositions and recordings. And to many it seemed, it was only a matter of time before others would “discover” her as a talent of grand proportion.

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The Imaginaries Set to Tour to Support their Self-Titled Debut Album

The Imaginaries Set to Tour to Support their Self-Titled Debut Album

Posted August 2, 2021 at 4:43 pm | No comments

The Imaginaries recently wrapped filming A Cowgirl’s Song, a country music driven feature film and fourth installment in the popular Cowgirls ‘N Angels series, starring the legendary Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels), Savannah Lee May (Julie And The Phantoms, The Secret Lives Of Cheerleaders) and Darci Lynne Farmer (America’s Got Talent season 12 winner)

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Review: Yasmin Williams Breaks the Mold with Urban Driftwood

Review: Yasmin Williams Breaks the Mold with Urban Driftwood

Posted July 13, 2021 at 2:17 pm | No comments

Yasmin Williams is one of the most unique guitar aficionados to venture into exploring intriguing realms of the acoustic guitar soundscape. She strums, picks, percussively taps and gently pounds her guitars to add textures, beats and different musical dialogues to her compositions. 

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Lindsey Buckingham Announces First Solo Album in a Decade

Lindsey Buckingham Announces First Solo Album in a Decade

Posted June 8, 2021 at 12:48 pm | No comments

Today, Lindsey Buckingham has announced his forthcoming self-titled LP due out September 17, 2021 on Reprise, alongside the first single, “I Don’t Mind.” Lindsey Buckingham is his first solo release since 2011’s Seeds We Sow and follows his departure from Fleetwood Mac.

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Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Déjà Vu All Over Again 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Déjà Vu All Over Again 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Posted March 17, 2021 at 11:21 am | No comments

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu was the most-anticipated new album in America in 1970. More than 50 years later, it’s one of the most famous albums in rock history with legendary songs, including “Carry On” and “Teach Your Children,” that still resonate today.

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In Memoriam: Hilton Valentine

In Memoriam: Hilton Valentine

Posted February 6, 2021 at 8:00 am | No comments

Hilton Valentine, The Animals’ original guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, died on January 29, 2021 at his Connecticut home.  He was 77 years old.Born on May 21, 1943, near Newcastle, England, Hilton first picked up a guitar after being caught up in the skiffle craze that was spearheaded by Lonnie Donegan, whose cover of “Rock Island Line” became a Top 10 hit in both England and America. 

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Review: Neal Morse’s Sola Gratia: Progressive Rock

Review: Neal Morse’s Sola Gratia: Progressive Rock

Posted January 25, 2021 at 4:30 pm | No comments

The world situation with COVID-19 has made the concert scene disappear, allowing many musicians to focus on the studio and invest their time in composing and recording material. On the other hand, Neal Morse is a musically restless artist

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Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Posted January 22, 2021 at 4:12 pm | No comments

For the past 127 years, Gibson has been synonymous with creating, inspiring, supporting and shaping sound. Gibson has emerged as the legitimate industry leader by leveraging its’ iconic past and leaning into the innovative future. Gibson is played by the best and brightest artists, across generations and genres and is widely considered as the most relevant, most played

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Max Decharne Shines on 2020 Releases “New Shade of Black” & “Sixteen Coaches Long”

Max Decharne Shines on 2020 Releases “New Shade of Black” & “Sixteen Coaches Long”

Posted December 10, 2020 at 1:13 pm | No comments

One cool album released in early 2020, New Shade of Black gifts fans with some initial cuts of several songs released on records by The Flaming Stars. The songs were captured after Max noodled around developing them, so we get early glimpses of his style and lyricism.

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