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Recently Discovered Rare & Unknown Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics Penned By Dylan on the Auction Block June 5th!

Posted May 16, 2024 at 8:26 pm | No comments

Among the Lion Heart Autograph sale’s highlights are two unknown pages of unpublished lyrics written by Bob Dylan in New York in the early1980s. Considered one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists, Bob Dylan reshaped popular music to become the voice of his generation. His poetic lyricism has been appreciated by millions worldwide and acknowledged at the highest level when he was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature.

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NYC Music Photographer Kicks Off a Crowdfunding Campaign for “Inside the Moment”

NYC Music Photographer Kicks Off a Crowdfunding Campaign for “Inside the Moment”

Posted May 1, 2024 at 8:55 am | No comments

One of New York’s top photographers and blues enthusiasts, Joseph A. Rosen, is developing his latest work of photographs. Joe has covered some of the most iconic artists of our time, including: Les Paul, James Brown, Muddy Waters and many many more. He’s also made it to the New Orlean’s JazzFest for over a decade, catching both intimate and significant moments of blues and jazz masters. Today, he announces his new book and crowdsourcing initiative to help preserve his vast array of music photographs. 

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The Masterful Muriel Anderson Releases Her Newest Album Sailing Dreams!

The Masterful Muriel Anderson Releases Her Newest Album Sailing Dreams!

Posted April 1, 2024 at 1:04 am | No comments

Muriel Anderson’s Sailing Dreams, based on Muriel’s sailing adventures with her partner Bryan Allen, they sailed from Long Island to Maine’s Penobscot Bay, documenting their travels in song, video and photography. But wait – there’s also in a board game based on her journey! (board game separate!). Named by Guitar Player magazine as one of the “50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” in July 2021 and last month as one of “The Top 10 Female Guitarists of all Time”

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Oz Noy to Release New Triple Play Album Oct. 27

Oz Noy to Release New Triple Play Album Oct. 27

Posted October 2, 2023 at 10:44 pm | No comments

For the tenth album to bear his name, guitarist, bandleader, and educator, Oz Noy, opted for the most demanding possible context: An absolutely unvarnished concert recording, capturing his trio with virtuosi Jimmy Haslip (bass) and Dennis Chambers (drums) without the benefit of overdubs or post-production sweetening.

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Superstar Joe Bonamassa Returns To His Roots With New Studio Album Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2!

Superstar Joe Bonamassa Returns To His Roots With New Studio Album Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2!

Posted September 6, 2023 at 7:55 pm | No comments

Twenty years since the release of his best-selling album ‘Blues Deluxe,’ which celebrated what the US government had declared “the year of the blues” with a mix of originals and reinterpretations of classic songs, superstar Joe Bonamassa is taking stock of how far he and the genre have come with Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, out October 6th via J&R Adventures.

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Review: Gruene OG-30 “AMELIA” All Solid Wood Guitar

Review: Gruene OG-30 “AMELIA” All Solid Wood Guitar

Posted May 1, 2023 at 1:03 am | No comments

The Gruene OG-30 is very similar to an orchestra style Martin with a sound that matches and craftsmanship that’s on par. The Gruene has more bling in the form of natural abalone snowflakes, up and down the fretboard and two that accentuate the bridge. The Gruene name up top at the headstock is also real abalone, no fake stuff here…

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Gibson Custom Shop Unveils Its Third Collaboration with Keb’ Mo’ – 12 Fret J-45

Gibson Custom Shop Unveils Its Third Collaboration with Keb’ Mo’ – 12 Fret J-45

Posted February 10, 2023 at 9:16 am | No comments

Gibson, the iconic American instrument brand, has shaped sound across generations and genres of music, becoming one of the most relevant, played, and loved guitar brands around the world. Today, Gibson is proud to announce the third artist model made in collaboration with multi-talented guitarist, singer, songwriter, and five-time GRAMMY-Award winner, Keb’ Mo’.

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Blues Master Tal Naccarato Wins the Long Island Blues Society’s 2022 Solo/Duo Competition (BONUS VIDEO!)

Blues Master Tal Naccarato Wins the Long Island Blues Society’s 2022 Solo/Duo Competition (BONUS VIDEO!)

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.

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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.

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Steve Earle and The Dukes on Tour with The Whitemore Sisters – Live at The Birchmere!

Steve Earle and The Dukes on Tour with The Whitemore Sisters – Live at The Birchmere!

Posted July 21, 2022 at 9:37 am | No comments

Last night at Alexandria, Virginia’s legendary Birchmere Music Hall, Steve Earle and The Dukes rolled out an evening of country roots tangled with an eclectic mix of songs welded together by Earle’s vocals immersed in grit, beautifully crafted songwriting, and his amazing band whose melodic twists and turns, and hot licks “could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch”, in the purloined words of Willie Nelson.

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