Monthly Archives: December 2010
Mac Arnold
On one of this album’s best cuts, “Gas Can Story,” Mac Arnold tells of how his then 10-year-old brother, William, so desperately wanted a...
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger plays “progressive” New England/Celtic music that combines equal parts traditional harmonic textures with a modern acoustic sensibility. Her voice has a pristine...
Paul Priest
The title references the “impact” of the guitar effects pedals made by Robert Keeley in making the album. That’s all fine and good, but...
Jeff Beck Nominated For Five Grammys
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Beck's first studio album in seven years, <em>Emotion & Commotion</em>, has been nominated for five Grammy awards, including Best Rock Album, Best Rock Instrumental Performance...
Los Lobos Earns Two Grammy Noms, Preps for Tour with Clapton
Los Lobos have been nominated for two 2011 Grammy Awards; the song "Do The Murray" is up for Best Rock Instrumental, while <em>Tin Can Trust</em> is up for Best Americana Album.
Los Lobos has also been confirmed to perform &qu...
U of Wisconsin School of Business Recognizes Daisy Rock Founder
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars founder Tish Ciravolo was recently honored as one of the first Searchlight Scholar winners from the Women's Executive Leadership Summit at the University of Wisconsin School of Business.
"Tish's work as a woman establis...
Enrico Granafei
On this truly phenomenal record, Granafei rolls through 10 cuts, most familiar, with just his voice, a nylon-string guitar, and a chromatic harmonica.
There is...
Mark Erelli
Fearing negative comparison, some singer/songwriters shy away from covering other writer’s material. Some, boring people by the dozens in coffeehouses across the country, feel...
J.J. Grey & Mofo
JJ Grey continues a long line of singer/songwriters who grew up in the South and soaked up everything that makes music from that region...
Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott’s latest CD highlights his performing prowess rather than his songwriting chops – all 12 cuts are covers.
This isn’t the first album on...