By: Rick Landers Isaac Holmes is a masterful young guitarist of a new generation of musicians that is emerging with much of their mastery of their instruments in full bloom. Older guitarists recall days of reading through Mel Bay guitar books and dropping styluses on their 45 rpm records repeatedly, working their way through songs […]
A longtime fan of the Spanish guitar, David Broza has incorporated many styles of flamenco, jazz, classical into his performance repertoire. Over the years, fans and friends have repeatedly requested a guitar instrumental album. “After 43 years as a singer-songwriter, composing music without lyrics was a challenging task,” shares Broza.
Two rockers from London and Jersey City, Adam Masterson and Debra Devi, will share their softer sides in the Fox and Crow Parlour in Jersey City Heights on Saturday Feb 2. Jambase calls Debra Devi, “a supersonic fret-burner who writes hauntingly memorable songs, blending the intricacy of a good jam band with the catchiness of vintage power pop.”
Musician/humanitarian Sharon Katz (originally from Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and singer/teacher, Nonhlanhla Wanda (from Durban,South Africa) celebrate 25 years of worldwide touring and musical collaboration.
Eva Cassidy, the versatile, much-missed vocalist praised for her emotional range and interpretive skills, receives a unique reimagining as her poignant vocal performance of the classic song “Autumn Leaves” is paired with the backing of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Singer/songwriter/cornetist Al Basile announces a September 18 release date for B’s Expression, the new CD from the, “Bard of the Blues,” distributed nationally by City Hall Records.
The Brotherhood of the Guitar, a brainchild of rock photographer, Robert Knight, backed by Fender Guitars, Guitar Center and Ernie Ball is gaining traction and beginning to launch into it’s own guitar movement.
Jann Klose’s new album Mosaic, due June 7, 2013 can easily be called a sonic, lyrical and emotional mosaic from an artist, who is known as one with multi-cultural roots and an equally widely-faceted career and a voice that Public Radio’s Barb Heller says, “could sing the phonebook.”
Brad released it’s album, United We Stand, last year with 10 tracks with some cool tracks, including: “A Reason to Be in My Skin”, “Needle and Thread”, and “Bound in Time”.
Concrete Blonde released five studio albums on I.R.S. Records, starting with their self-titled debut, through Free(1989), Bloodletting (1990), Walking in London (1992) and Mexican Moon (1993).
