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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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Dylan Fraser Releases New EP 2030 Revolution – Out Today on Asylum/Atlantic

Dylan Fraser Releases New EP 2030 Revolution – Out Today on Asylum/Atlantic

Posted August 25, 2022 at 10:17 pm | No comments

Functioning around introspection, destination and self-validation, Dylan Fraser’s early catalogues finds the Scottish-born artist unpacking his journey from his small town of Bathgate to his newfound reality as an artist with the world at his feet, trying to make sense of the people and situations he’s faced along the way.

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Singer-Songwriter Ethan Daniel Davidson Announces Stranger Album Release Sept. 30

Singer-Songwriter Ethan Daniel Davidson Announces Stranger Album Release Sept. 30

Posted August 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm | No comments

Acclaimed singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Daniel Davidson announces a September 30th release date for his new album, Stranger, on Cleveland-based Blue Arrow Records. Stranger is Davidson’s 12th album

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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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AXS TV Red, White & Rock! Event July 2-4 With Rock, Country, and More Music Legends

AXS TV Red, White & Rock! Event July 2-4 With Rock, Country, and More Music Legends

Posted June 22, 2022 at 2:38 pm | No comments

AXS TV gets the fireworks started this July 4TH weekend with the Red, White & Rock! event—an explosive three-day lineup celebrating some of America’s most iconic artists, airing Saturday, July 2 through Monday, July 4. Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Soundgarden, John Fogerty and more!

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Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Posted May 5, 2022 at 3:36 pm | No comments

With songs like “Darkness, Darkness”, “Sunlight”, “Sugarbabe”, “Songird and the Youngblood’s version of “Get Together,” Jesse Colin Young has influenced and shaped the character of American music for over 50 years. Jesse will be touring as an acoustic duo with his daughter Jazzie Young in support of his solo acoustic album, Highway Troubadour, filled with stripped-down versions of such hits as “Darkness, Darkness,” from the Youngbloods’ 1969 album, Elephant Mountain…

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Announces New Album Dirt Does Dylan out May 20th

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Announces New Album Dirt Does Dylan out May 20th

Posted April 7, 2022 at 12:28 pm | No comments

Five-decades-running Americana pioneers Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have already played a major role in the preservation and popularity of folk music—their Will The Circle Be Unbroken album series introduced droves of new fans to folk, country, and bluegrass and earned the band multiple Grammy awards—but now, the long-running group have taken on another American institution near and dear to their hearts; the Bob Dylan songbook.

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Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Posted March 23, 2022 at 4:00 am | No comments

Guitar International magazine is pleased to announce that Gruene (pronounced “green”) Guitars crafted in Texas is offering Guitar International magazine readers a 5% discount on their splendid line up of high end acoustic guitars to Guitar International friends.

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Bob Dylan Print by Elliott Landy on Sale!

Bob Dylan Print by Elliott Landy on Sale!

Posted March 15, 2022 at 12:18 pm | No comments

“In early summer of 1968, I was asked to come to take photos of Bob Dylan at his home in Woodstock, for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Although he was comfortable with me, he seemed nervous in front of the camera and his uneasiness made it difficult for me. I was never the kind of photographer to talk people into feeling good: I let them be the way they were, and I photographed. Usually it worked out because I flowed with whatever mood they were in, without resistance, until things lightened up.

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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 […]

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