The Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW.org), in association with Spotlight on the Arts and with grant support from the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts, will present the first-ever Fairfax Folk Festival on April 24–26 at Fairfax City’s newest music venue, Mackenzie’s Tunes & Tonics.
There’s plenty of twang and blues here, as well as rockin’ stuff harking back to Tom Principato’s work, “Blazing Telecasters,” with the late Danny Gatton, and plenty of that D.C. Telecaster sound invented by Roy Buchanan.
oe Bonamassa has announced the upcoming release of The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork, a powerful live album and film capturing his deeply personal tribute to Irish blues guitar legend Rory Gallagher
Multi-award-winning blues/rock guitarist Colin James’ last US tour in 2024 was cut short due to an automobile accident. Now fully recovered he’s bringing his exciting blend of blues and rock music to fans in the States with the upcoming “Coast to Coast Tour” in April and May
When Nashville artist Levi Foster flew to Los Angeles carrying a 1966 Martin guitar and a stack of restless songs that didn’t quite fit Nashville’s modern mold, he wasn’t chasing polish, he was chasing freedom.
As for the album’s title, Guy Davis states: “The fight we are waging is to keep this precious music form alive. To us, there is not so much difference between our arrangements of blues classics and our newly created work. It’s all connected to the ancestral spirit.”
Grammy-nominated guitarist Rick Vito announces the April 3rd release of his new all-instrumental album, Slidemaster, on MoMojo Records, with physical distribution by MVD and digital thru The Orchard. Pre-orders for Slidemaster are available now!
The Mountain Music Festival, a three-day classic rock n’ roll music experience, is set to return August 21st-23rd to the Gatlinburg Convention Center, located in Tennessee’s beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. The Mountain Music Festival, which successfully debuted October 2021 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is brought to you by the creators of the pioneering On the Blue Cruises. For more info, visit TheMountainUSA.com and follow on Facebook and Instagram.
Six-string-wizard Paul Gilbert reveals his latest music video for Keep Your Feet Firm and Even, on the day he releases his brand-new album WROC, on Music Theories Recordings / Artone.
The National GUITAR Museum announced that Ritchie Blackmore, the esteemed guitar legend whose vast career spans more than 60 years, has received its annual “Lifetime Achievement” Award. Blackmore is the sixteenth recipient of the award.
