Luke McKnight Unveils New Album “Best Dressed Beggar In Town”
Nashville vocalist and mandolinist Luke McKnight has a new album titled “Best Dressed Beggar In Town” (Turnberry Records). Although rooted in bluegrass, the new recording…
Amanda Cook Reveals New Single “Another Highway This Time”
“Another Highway This Time” (Mountain Fever Records) is the new single by bluegrass singer and bandleader Amanda Cook, written by Thomm Jutz and Mark Fain.…
Fiddle player Eryn Rae Wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2022
Eryn Rae, a 21 year old fiddler from Jedburgh currently living in Glasgow, won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award for 2022. Eryn…
Artist Profiles: Linda Lay
Bluegrass singer and bassist Linda Clayman Lay, better known as Linda Lay grew up in Clayman Valley, a small community named after her family outside…
Sunset and Paragraphs
Ifé – Sunset and Paragraphs (Ifé, 2021) “Sunset and Paragraphs” showcases the work of talented Nigerian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She elegantly combines Igbo traditional music…
A Prophet’s Heart: Salif Keita with Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux
A flurry of notes from the lead guitar, then a blast of forceful brass kicks off the album with a wonderfully arranged intro. The plucking…
Mahsa Vahdat and Solveig Slettahjell Release Lullaby of the sea
Mahsa Vahdat and Solveig Slettahjell have recorded a song titled “Lullaby of the Sea”. The song was inspired by a tragedy affecting Iranian refugees. The…
Laiko Rock From Turkey
Rişar & Kupa 4 – Laiko Rock From Turkey (1968-1974) (Ironhand Records, 2021) Laiko Rock From Turkey (1968-1974) introduces the listener to a fascinating fusion…
Artist Profiles: Clara Montes
Clara Montes was born in Madrid in 1968, with family roots in Andalusia (Huelva and Seville). She currently resides in Cádiz. Since she was very…
Reissue of John Mayall’s “Road Show Blues”
“Road Show Blues” by influential British blues guitarist, singer and songwriter John Mayall is available once more on digipack CD and as a red marble…