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An Evening With the Masterful Musician and Humorist Toby Walker (Bonus Video)

An Evening With the Masterful Musician and Humorist Toby Walker (Bonus Video)

Posted September 21, 2022 at 1:59 pm | No comments

A musical romp of a show of stunningly masterful blues guitar, storytelling and a fine array of vocals by an aficionado of guitar, Toby Walker, at the 37-year old Reston-Herndon Folk Club in Northern Virginia, kept the audience captivated, song after song, story after story. Offering up traditional old blues tunes and more contemporary blues of his own, Walker, plucked, bent and made his Huss & Dalton guitar shimmer with a full bag of tricks, honed over decades of playing the usual and unusual haunts in the States and overseas.

Posted in: Acoustic News, Blues, Blues News, Country News, Fingerstyle, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Jazz News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized

Dylan Fraser Releases New EP 2030 Revolution – Out Today on Asylum/Atlantic

Dylan Fraser Releases New EP 2030 Revolution – Out Today on Asylum/Atlantic

Posted August 25, 2022 at 10:17 pm | No comments

Functioning around introspection, destination and self-validation, Dylan Fraser’s early catalogues finds the Scottish-born artist unpacking his journey from his small town of Bathgate to his newfound reality as an artist with the world at his feet, trying to make sense of the people and situations he’s faced along the way.

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AXS TV Salutes the Iconic Era of the 90s On Labor Day Weekend Starting Sept. 3 at 12PE

AXS TV Salutes the Iconic Era of the 90s On Labor Day Weekend Starting Sept. 3 at 12PE

Posted August 22, 2022 at 8:12 pm | No comments

AXS TV turns back the clock to one of music’s most important decades this Labor Day Weekend, with the special, Sounds Like The ’90s, three-day event—airing Saturday, September 3 through Monday, September 5. The block closes out on Labor Day with hit-heavy concerts from R&B standouts Seal and Macy Gray, folk heroes Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow, alt-rock mainstays Stone Temple Pilots, and Soundgarden; as well as Rock Legends profiles of Lenny Kravitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Pearl Jam.

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Singer-Songwriter Ethan Daniel Davidson Announces Stranger Album Release Sept. 30

Singer-Songwriter Ethan Daniel Davidson Announces Stranger Album Release Sept. 30

Posted August 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm | No comments

Acclaimed singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Daniel Davidson announces a September 30th release date for his new album, Stranger, on Cleveland-based Blue Arrow Records. Stranger is Davidson’s 12th album

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Steve Earle – On The Road Talking Songwriting, Guitars and Gaelic Traditions

Steve Earle – On The Road Talking Songwriting, Guitars and Gaelic Traditions

Posted August 14, 2022 at 4:28 pm | No comments

Today, Steve Earle has earned his own icon status, not only by writing his own songs and performing to thousands, but by deep digging into the entangled roots of more contemporary music, studying the wherefore and why of musical traditions of songs and styles beyond American shores. Like the generation before him, his own journey is part of both a land mass of musical traditions, and a migration of his own songs for future generations.

Posted in: '80s Rock, Blues Interviews, Country, Country Interviews, Guitar Hero Interviews, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Mojo Hand FX  Introduces the Octaverse!  

Mojo Hand FX  Introduces the Octaverse!  

Posted July 25, 2022 at 9:21 pm | No comments

Since Brad Fee began forming Mojo Hand FX in Texas over a decade ago, Mojo Hand FX has gone on to create a number of well-loved, classic pedals and a small but devoted following.  After changing hands in 2015, the new owner Jon Cusack has chosen to maintain and now expand the Mojo Hand reputation for well-made boutique pedals in the Mojo Hand tradition

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Steve Earle and The Dukes on Tour with The Whitemore Sisters – Live at The Birchmere!

Steve Earle and The Dukes on Tour with The Whitemore Sisters – Live at The Birchmere!

Posted July 21, 2022 at 9:37 am | No comments

Last night at Alexandria, Virginia’s legendary Birchmere Music Hall, Steve Earle and The Dukes rolled out an evening of country roots tangled with an eclectic mix of songs welded together by Earle’s vocals immersed in grit, beautifully crafted songwriting, and his amazing band whose melodic twists and turns, and hot licks “could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch”, in the purloined words of Willie Nelson.

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STYX – Their “Live & UnZoomed Tour” with Co-Headliners REO Speedwagon & Loverboy

STYX – Their “Live & UnZoomed Tour” with Co-Headliners REO Speedwagon & Loverboy

Posted July 13, 2022 at 10:28 pm | No comments

Legendary and multi-Platinum rockers STYX–Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips (bass), along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo–are rested, healthy, and ready to hit the road again, but they’ve finally got a new album to promote along the way.

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Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part TWO)

Guitar Master Tal Naccarato Digs into His Roots, Performance Tips, Street Gigs and the Classics (Part TWO)

Posted July 8, 2022 at 10:54 am | No comments

As a follow-up to our Tal Nacarrato interview, here’s PART 2! We found Tal’s insights into performing, practicing, lessons learned to keep focused very helpful and one of our interviews that’s helpful to return to periodically to remind us of how to raise our games as musicians and on-stage performers.

Classically trained, Naccarato clearly knows his way around the fretboard as illustrated on his new album, Ten and Two Blues, to be released on April 27th 2022, as well as on his last three albums, Hot House Flowers, Piedmont Black & Blue, and Dreamflower Sessions…

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AXS TV Red, White & Rock! Event July 2-4 With Rock, Country, and More Music Legends

AXS TV Red, White & Rock! Event July 2-4 With Rock, Country, and More Music Legends

Posted June 22, 2022 at 2:38 pm | No comments

AXS TV gets the fireworks started this July 4TH weekend with the Red, White & Rock! event—an explosive three-day lineup celebrating some of America’s most iconic artists, airing Saturday, July 2 through Monday, July 4. Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Soundgarden, John Fogerty and more!

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