October 2014

Incendiary American roots duo Billy Strings & Don Julin tap into the vein of the earliest bluegrass music on their new album Fiddle Tune X, back when bluegrass was a rough-and-tumble art form pouring out of the Appalachian mountains, made with great virtuosity and huge attitude.

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Tom Lieber, founder of Lieber Guitars and apprentice of Doug Irwin, is recreating Jerry Garcia’s guitars in for the Grateful Dead's 50th Anniversary next year. Each of these hand-crafted masterpieces are being built in a limited edition of 12.
 

Gentle Giant is delighted to present its first "official" live recording since 1976's “Playing the Fool Live."

Titled “Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial,” the recording was taken from a concert on the eve of the United States' 200th Birthday--July 3rd 1976 at the Calderone Theater, Hempstead, Long Island, which was broadcast on radio station, WLIR.

There are no overdubs or other enhancements on this truly live recording. It features Gentle Giant unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant.

West Water Outlaws “Paranoid” New Year’s Eve at the Fox Theatre will feature one original set plus one cover set of the ENTIRE ALBUM of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”. The Yawpers and In the Whale join the special NYE show.

Monika Leigh featured on The Voice (Season 5) continues to sharpen her talent and pursues her musical, career goals.  Embarking on her latest project, Monika Leigh and The Swamp Rebels, Grateful Web talks to Monika Leigh in Colorado before her show in Denver.

Grateful Web:  Hi Monica.  This is Vinh Nguyen with Grateful Web.  How are you?

Monika:  Hi Vinh!  Good.  How are you?