Lindsay Ell on feel, failure and finding her voice – and what jams with Keith Urban and Buddy Guy taught her

Shania Twain's touring guitar ace opens up about her Buddy Guy baptism by fire and the raw questions that shaped her new EP, ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

ON the Beat | Banjo and Organ on the Brain, and Other Living Music

Recent “serious” live music highlights included a true banjo wizard, a young string quartet sensation, and Santa Barbara ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers

Turtle Recall Releases Debut Album

Reston — It was the start of 2009 when South Lakes High School graduate John-Currie Hester made a resolution to his fellow South Lakes graduate Guido DeHoratiis: to start a band. Soon they recruited a ...
Hillsdale Collegian

Bellet brings bluegrass to Hillsdale

At the end of each summer, sophomore David Bellet and his family throw a music night for their friends and families in Nashville to enjoy an evening of country, folk, and Americana before packing his ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1937, the Bluegrass Banjo Legend Who Helped Broaden the Genre’s Audience

On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...
Guitar World on MSN

Josh Smith - Using Chromatic Approaches To Expand Your Blues Soloing Vocabulary

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith SOLO EXPANSIONS, PART 1. Over the next few columns, Josh Smith will demonstrate three distinct ...