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Earp’s Ordinary’s Shakedown Cruise Full Speed Ahead

Earp’s Ordinary’s Shakedown Cruise Full Speed Ahead

Posted December 9, 2023 at 1:13 pm | No comments

“I think it was a great first night. It was heartwarming to see so many people from both the DMV and music communities come out to support our new venue. It was an outstanding first night with many more to come!” – Michael DeMarco

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Earp’s Ordinary Seeks Music Community Partners to Support The Venue’s Opening

Earp’s Ordinary Seeks Music Community Partners to Support The Venue’s Opening

Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:49 pm | No comments

My name is Michael DeMarco, and I am the owner of Earp’s Ordinary in Fairfax, Virginia. Four years ago, I started the long process of developing a business plan to create a music venue, restaurant, and bar here in the City of Fairfax.I have a lifelong love of music and have leveraged that love, along with my skills from the corporate world, to create a space for local and touring musicians to showcase their talent as well as provide a welcoming environment for music lovers of all ages to enjoy live performances.

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PRS Guitars and John Mayer Release “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition

PRS Guitars and John Mayer Release “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition

Posted November 14, 2023 at 12:57 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars has announced the “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition. Designed for John Mayer’s prominent work on Dead & Company’s most recent tour, the PRS “Dead Spec” Silver Sky is a significantly modded PRS Silver Sky that pays homage to Jerry Garcia’s iconic “Alligator” guitar tones. Only 1,000 “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition instruments will be sold worldwide.

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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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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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Jesse Colin Young Announces a Remastered Release of His Iconic Album Song for Juli in Celebration of its 50th Anniversary

Jesse Colin Young Announces a Remastered Release of His Iconic Album Song for Juli in Celebration of its 50th Anniversary

Posted September 5, 2023 at 5:34 am | No comments

In celebration of the 50th anniversary, Jesse Colin Young has announced a fully remastered release of one of his most iconic albums, Song for Juli, due out on September 15. Originally released on September 4, 1973, the all-new version will be available on all streaming platforms as well as extremely limited-edition vinyl.

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Dave Mason’s Endangered Species Tour With Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge (Bonus Video)

Dave Mason’s Endangered Species Tour With Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge (Bonus Video)

Posted August 21, 2023 at 2:24 pm | No comments

Rock & Roll road warrior Dave Mason will be continuing his Endangered Species Tour throughout the end of October, performing fifteen shows in fourteen cities on the west coast beginning Thursday, September 7, in Salem, Oregon. “We are looking forward to this final run of 2023. There is nothing quite like performing live. I love it! Always have and always will!” exclaims the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician, who co-founded the band Traffic.

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Christina Martin launches new single and video and Fall Europe Tour

Christina Martin launches new single and video and Fall Europe Tour

Posted August 4, 2023 at 6:00 am | No comments

Canadian songwriter Christina Martin has launched new single Storm, the rousing title track off her latest album, and announced over 35 tour dates in Europe Fall 2023. This single, the fourth of the album, is a triumphant and graceful anthem…

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