Jake Andrews’ video encore: “Eyes On The Prize”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4SZfK3Y1VE?si=T_ePfnD4_Tt0xLaq]
Austin Great Goes Full Steam for "Eyes On The Prize"
Jake Andrews’ video encore: "Eyes On The Prize"
Jake Andrews makes a VG-social-media curtain call...
Instro-Meister Eric Penna
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUVeoOg2sM?si=qYXT_fC6xO-V-hEN]
Blues Switch-Up in Trabants
Eric Penna’s main gig is playing bass for the garage/surf band Insect Surfers, but he side-hustles playing guitar in the...
Steve Dawson and his Tricone, “Singin’ the Blues”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7iMqQdNl8M?si=tEuqCuPsngQBaxhB]
Roots Artists Expands the Genren
The wildly talented Steve Dawson uses a modern National Tricone for this take on “Singin’ the Blues,” then offers...
Brennen Leigh’s Heart-Tugging Honky-Tonk
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySFtWr-cxhI?si=-Su_rHiOhngZZlCP]
Shades of Norman Blake and Dolly Parton
A student of the “Carter Scratch” guitar technique – melody on the low strings, rhythm on the...
In Memoriam: Bruce Hastell
Bruce Hastell, guitarist and vintage-instrument dealer, passed away October 24, after a 10-year battle with polycystic kidney disease that led to kidney failure. He...
In Memoriam: Jeff Cook
Jeff Cook, co-founder, lead guitarist, and fiddler in the ’80s-country megahit band Alabama, died November 7 at his home in Destin, Florida. He was...
John Pizzarelli Swings On A Vintage D’angelico
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdO3ry-uiuk?si=bBNFb85GdgGEHUOo]
Jazz Ace on an Heirloom Guitar
For this exclusive rendition of “Just In Time,” swing ace John Pizzarelli grabbed the D’Angelico Model B that...
Jake Andrews – “ Apricot Brandy”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXO9f5E9-cw?si=T9aYrmrYdM2Z_xV8]
Austin Stalwart Goes Full Steam for "Apricot Brandy"
Jake Andrews was just eight years old when he sat in at Antone’s with an impressed...
Benjamin Kushner
Drawing from a vast well of American R&B and soul, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal deliver powerhouse sounds from their home base in Nebraska.
On...
Daniele Gottardo
Italian guitar virtuoso Daniele Gottardo’s latest album, Inkblot, combines the whimsy and wonder of the great early-20th-century classical composers with mind-blowing modern-rock guitar techniques....