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On its latest LP, the Burlington Americana act treats the corner stage like a confessional, and the effect is nothing short ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s 1962 and this little kid is running around the house with one of those toy guitars with the crank on the side. You remember ’em, right? The kind of toy that broke before you ...
If you were into the New York folk music scene in the ’60s, you know how important and influential the blues-rock group The Blues Project was. Created in 1964 by its lead guitarist Danny Kalb, its ...
The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, the annual celebration of the New Orleans musician and preservationist, was set to return this week with in-person events following a virtual 2021 festival.
With a career spanning more than seven decades, banjo virtuoso Danny Barker is credited with mentoring generations of New Orleans musicians and is the namesake for the 4th Annual Danny Barker Banjo ...
When Danny Newcomb jumped back into the music business, he didn’t know what to expect. “More happened than I thought would,” says Newcomb, who has been playing all over the Northwest and working on a ...
The Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival celebrates the legacy of the musician and preservationist with performances, a parade, panel discussions, music clinics and more Wednesday, Jan. 15, through ...
WASHINGTON — His nickname was “The Humbler,” because that’s what Danny Gatton did to any guitarist who tried to match him lick-for-lick. Born in D.C. 70 years ago, Gatton’s guitar mastery and ...
WASHINGTON — Danny Gatton, the D.C.-based musician whose virtuosity and reluctance to embrace stardom earned him the title “the greatest guitar player you’ve never heard,” is the focus of a ...