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The Kirk Pasich Project Featuring Scout Durwood Release: A Scout Durwood Christmas November 10th

The Kirk Pasich Project Featuring Scout Durwood Release: A Scout Durwood Christmas November 10th

Posted November 9, 2023 at 6:47 am | No comments

After the lead track, other standouts show off Durwood’s impressive range and versatility, including an original take on “Marshmallow World” with a trap-infused back beat, a more somber, indie rock cover of The Killers’ “Christmas In L.A.,” and a gorgeous, stirring version of the Irving Berlin ballad, “Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep).”

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Tom Principato’s New Release for the Holidays “A Guitar For Christmas” CD & LP is Now Available!

Tom Principato’s New Release for the Holidays “A Guitar For Christmas” CD & LP is Now Available!

Posted November 4, 2023 at 9:59 am | No comments

This album is a gift to my wife, Virginie, who loves Christmas and Christmas music as much as I do. The idea was to do something different and fresh, with a bluesy twist, instead of just a “traditional” approach to some of the Christmas classics. It was the “Christmas with Chet Atkins” album that inspired me…

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World Famous Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith and His Band, Eightlock, Set to Release Lions Roaring in Quicksand December 1st on Steele Records

World Famous Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith and His Band, Eightlock, Set to Release Lions Roaring in Quicksand December 1st on Steele Records

Posted October 23, 2023 at 8:17 pm | No comments

Paul Reed Smith is an internationally-known guitar maker, musician and guitar player. Those facts are brilliantly evidenced on the debut album from his Eightlock band, Lions Roaring in Quicksand, which releases December 1st on Steele Records, distributed by Amplified Distribution. The first single, “Breathe,” will be released digitally on Friday, November 10th.

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Legendary Guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter to Tour East Coast on November Dates

Legendary Guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter to Tour East Coast on November Dates

Posted October 18, 2023 at 11:23 am | No comments

Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist, Jeff Skunk Baxter, known to millions of music fans from his groundbreaking work with Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers and Spirit, and from countless smash hit recordings he’s performed on as one of the most respected and sought-after studio musicians of his time, has announced that he’s returning to the East Coast for a run of tour dates set to kick off November 7th for a pair of shows at New York City’s famed Iridium Jazz Club.

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Gretsch Expands The Professional Collection With Two LTD Edition Models

Gretsch Expands The Professional Collection With Two LTD Edition Models

Posted October 18, 2023 at 9:32 am | No comments

Today Gretsch is expanding the Professional Collection with two Limited Edition models. This collection sets the bar with modern, professional-grade features designed to power classic Gretsch tones and bold, dynamic sound. The Gretsch Limited Edition models elevate the brand’s most celebrated designs with striking finishes and upgraded features and appointments.

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Album Review: Furnace Mountain’s Shadow of Plenty Lifts the Spirits

Album Review: Furnace Mountain’s Shadow of Plenty Lifts the Spirits

Posted October 10, 2023 at 3:42 pm | No comments

The ironclad heft of Furnace Mountain’s talent shows up shining on every track of their release, Shadow of Plenty. The quartet of masterful musician’s hail from Loudoun County, Virginia’s Piedmont area where iron ore was extracted and formed into muskets, wagon wheels and more, all part of the Industrial Revolution.

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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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Review: Master Banjoist Stephen Wade’s “Hands on the Tune”

Review: Master Banjoist Stephen Wade’s “Hands on the Tune”

Posted October 1, 2023 at 10:00 am | No comments

by: Rick Landers Decades ago, banjo man Stephen Wade made an indelible mark on stage performing his now legendary one-man act, Banjo Dancing, or the 48th Annual Squitters Mountain Song, Dance, Folklore Convention & Banjo Contest and How I Lost, in Chicago (1979), and later scored a major coup at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage, where I […]

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Folk Legend Sylvia Tyson Looks Back at A Life Well-Lived on At The End of The Day (Bonus Video)

Folk Legend Sylvia Tyson Looks Back at A Life Well-Lived on At The End of The Day (Bonus Video)

Posted September 19, 2023 at 10:50 am | No comments

 Today – on her 83rd birthday – after a decade lay-off from recording on her own, Sylvia Tyson ,announces the release on November 3rd, 2023 of her most powerful, and most incisive recording to date, At The End Of The Day, on Stony Plain Records – and shares that this will be her final a

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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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