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The Immediate Family – New Video, New Single, New Tour 2021!

The Immediate Family – New Video, New Single, New Tour 2021!

Posted August 21, 2021 at 11:19 am | No comments

“Fair Warning” is one of twelve original songs from the upcoming album. Produced by The Immediate Family and recorded over three days at Jackson Browne’s Los Angeles studio, the new album also features two bonus tracks: live versions of the Danny Kortchmar/Jackson Browne collaboration “Somebody’s Baby” and Warren Zevon’s “Johnny Strikes Up the Band.” 

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Redefining progressive in progressive rock: Frost* – Day and Age

Redefining progressive in progressive rock: Frost* – Day and Age

Posted August 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm | No comments

Being 54 years old and 20 years into my career as a music journalist, it’s very rare for me to find bands like Frost* that really impact me, but when that happens, it renews my faith in music. Going through some releases on the Inside Out record label, I came across this album and it blew my mind. Imagine if Peter Gabriel had never left Genesi

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Guitarist Dave Knowles New Album What Happens Next – Release Date October 22 on Provogue Records

Guitarist Dave Knowles New Album What Happens Next – Release Date October 22 on Provogue Records

Posted August 12, 2021 at 8:27 pm | No comments

On his aptly-titled Provogue Records’ debut, ‘What Happens Next,’ out October 22nd, roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Davy Knowles boldly steps forward with timeless and cohesive songwriting; sleek modern production; and a lyrical, play-for-the-song guitar approach informed from soul, folk, rock, and blues.

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John McCutcheon to Release 42nd album Bucket List on Sept. 17th!

John McCutcheon to Release 42nd album Bucket List on Sept. 17th!

Posted August 5, 2021 at 9:26 am | No comments

For fifty years John McCutcheon has toured the world with the exception of the past year and a half.  Without planes to catch, soundchecks to make, concert halls and clubs to fill, he stayed home and wrote – a lot.  He composed his last recording, Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine, in a mere three weeks but he didn’t stop there.

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The Imaginaries Set to Tour to Support their Self-Titled Debut Album

The Imaginaries Set to Tour to Support their Self-Titled Debut Album

Posted August 2, 2021 at 4:43 pm | No comments

The Imaginaries recently wrapped filming A Cowgirl’s Song, a country music driven feature film and fourth installment in the popular Cowgirls ‘N Angels series, starring the legendary Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels), Savannah Lee May (Julie And The Phantoms, The Secret Lives Of Cheerleaders) and Darci Lynne Farmer (America’s Got Talent season 12 winner)

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Legendary Musician Martin Barre Talks Jethro Tull, Guitars, Touring and More!

Legendary Musician Martin Barre Talks Jethro Tull, Guitars, Touring and More!

Posted July 28, 2021 at 9:07 pm | No comments

More often than not, it seems a musical group’s signature is defined by the vocalist up front. But as much as the legendary group Jethro Tull goes, Ian Anderson’s melodic grizzled vocals and flute gymnastics offered gripping definition, it’s the ripping crunch of Martin Barre’s lead guitar work and his ability to marinate Tull’s songs with emotional heft, are what turns our heads and grabs our guts with sinewy twists, turns and head-on collisions.

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GI Publisher Rick Landers to Play Front Royal, Virginia’s Blue Wing Frog (July 29 – 7 to 9 pm)!

GI Publisher Rick Landers to Play Front Royal, Virginia’s Blue Wing Frog (July 29 – 7 to 9 pm)!

Posted July 22, 2021 at 4:05 pm | No comments

Recently, Rick heard about the 80 person capacity Blue Wing Frog restaurant in Front Royal, Virginia whose owners wanted musicians who wrote and performed their own songs. Some traditional-roots songs were cool too, given the Piedmont location, as well as the historical local culture of grassroots music was the music of the region.

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Review: Yasmin Williams Breaks the Mold with Urban Driftwood

Review: Yasmin Williams Breaks the Mold with Urban Driftwood

Posted July 13, 2021 at 2:17 pm | No comments

Yasmin Williams is one of the most unique guitar aficionados to venture into exploring intriguing realms of the acoustic guitar soundscape. She strums, picks, percussively taps and gently pounds her guitars to add textures, beats and different musical dialogues to her compositions. 

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Lindsey Buckingham Announces First Solo Album in a Decade

Lindsey Buckingham Announces First Solo Album in a Decade

Posted June 8, 2021 at 12:48 pm | No comments

Today, Lindsey Buckingham has announced his forthcoming self-titled LP due out September 17, 2021 on Reprise, alongside the first single, “I Don’t Mind.” Lindsey Buckingham is his first solo release since 2011’s Seeds We Sow and follows his departure from Fleetwood Mac.

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Sin Shake Sin’s Stacy Hogan Talks About His New Release “The Masquerade”

Sin Shake Sin’s Stacy Hogan Talks About His New Release “The Masquerade”

Posted May 31, 2021 at 9:01 pm | No comments

Clearly, Sin Shake Sin’s new release, “The Masquerade” rages against exploitation and the charismatic manipulation of many, driven by political greed-driven news cycles and page juicing media outlets. It’s an anthemic statement, musically connected to the life rhythms of one of Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters, producers and recording artists, Stacy Hogan.

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