Music from the Crooked Road
The mountain music of Virginia was featured in the ensemble show, Music from the Crooked Road that recently toured the U.S.
The mountain music of Virginia was featured in the ensemble show, Music from the Crooked Road that recently toured the U.S.
The jazz fusion masters of Garaj Mahal are at it again with a superb new CD, No More Mr. Nice Guy, that swooped in almost under the radar a mere 18 months after the release of their 2008 CD wOOt.
In May 2009 I had the privilege of attending and photographing Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Blues for the first time and I was knocked out!
Without viewing my article published seven months ago as a shameless plug here, I’d like to mention that when I wrote “Supergroups – Vultures, Chicks, and Other Picks,” I was certain that Slash was about to do something big, even though I knew nothing of his plans.
We were invited to meet with writer, producer and guitar player, Gary Hoey at Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center in Wheaton, Maryland on April 7, 2010.
Johnny A. was the exemplary sideman in the late ’90s when he decided to become a solo artist.
John McLaughlin has been a pillar of the jazz guitar community for over 30 years. He has played with many of the legendary musicians of our time. McLaughlin has explored his acoustic side as well as pioneering the fusion movement.
Since January 2006, I’ve had the privilege, and the big fun, of working with and photographing the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise.
Recorded live in Tokyo back in May of 2009, the DVD “Mick Taylor Band – The Tokyo Concert” features Taylor on guitar and vocals, Max Middleton on keyboards, Kuma Harada on bass, Jeff Allen on drums, and Denny Newman on guitar and vocals.
After one of the worst winters in metropolitan Washington, D.C.’s recorded history, the audience at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, was badly in need of a sunny afternoon – and that’s just what Ray Davies conjured up.
