John Hammond photo by Jessica Chornesky John Hammond is a renowned blues singer and guitar player with a new, extensive 3 CD set of his shows that were recorded at the Boarding House on June 2 & 3 1973 and recently released by The Owsley Stanley Foundation: You’re Doin’ Fine – Blues at The Boarding […]
Jordan Lee King – By and By If you have been paying attention, then you know there is something in the water in Appalachia. You can throw a rock in any direction in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Ohio and hit a talented songwriter it seems. As high as the bar is for musicians […]
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Award winning singer songwriter, Randy Lewis Brown released his fifth (5th) solo album, Wind of Change on his 70th birthday, September 30, 2022. Hailing from Mineola, TX (or as Brown puts it, “the upper east side of Texas”), Brown has a been piling up awards and accolades for over two decades. Wind of Change will […]
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Master Musicians Festival 2022 Mid-July in Kentucky means a few different things. It means the weather is going to be hot and humid, to the point that mid-afternoon and evening outdoors closely resembles the inside of a blast furnace. One of the more pleasant things mid-July in Kentucky means is the Master Musicians Festival (MMF) […]
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Arlo McKinley (Oh Boy! Records) is set to release his third album, This Mess We’re In on July 15, 2022. Recorded at Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee, This Mess We’re In was produced, engineered and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang and mastered by Pete Lyman (Infrasonic Mastering). In addition to McKinley on lead vocals […]
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Alex Miller — Miller Time If you are a fan of traditional country music, especially the 1980’s-1990’s, then you are going to love Alex Miller’s debut album Miller Time. Releasing on Friday, April 29, Miller Time was recorded at The Gorilla’s Nest, Ashland City, TN. Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Chris Latham and mastered by Eric Conn at Independent Mastering in Nashville. Miller […]
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Jayce Turley — Opening Act Every now and then, you come across a musician early in their career and from the first time you hear them, you know they are destined to be huge. Jayce Turley is one of those guys. Hailing from Greenup, Kentucky, Turley is releasing his debut EP, The Opening Act on […]
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Arlo McKinley at PAC in Kentucky April is National Donate Life Month, with state organ donor associations hosting events across the nation. The Kentucky Organ Donation Association (KODA/Donate Life Kentucky) held the LIVE! to Live event at the Paramount Arts Center (PAC) in Ashland on Friday, April 8, 2022. LIVE! to Live featured musical performances […]
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A show that most in the crowd had been waiting for over two years to see finally went down Friday, April 1, 2022, in Ashland, Kentucky. The Paramount Arts Center (PAC), a ninety year old theater in downtown Ashland, KY, is a beautiful fourteen hundred seat venue with excellent ambience and acoustics. The PAC has […]
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Rick Potter — These Days (photos by Jim Cundiff) Across the state of Kentucky, and the region surrounding it, there is an unprecedented amount of musical talent and magnificent voices clamoring to be heard. Rick Potter is one of those voices. His debut release, These Days released on April 2,2022. Recorded at Shelby Lore Studios in […]
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