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“My spirits are lifted as I see tense faces soften and smile, strangers spontaneously dancing together, and children mesmerized by the music.”

ABS contributor, guitar teacher, and singer-songwriter Brant Buckley gets in-depth about teaching creativity through chord construction, pentatonic scales, techniques, dynamics, and feel

The Peter Green-ish track is beautifully recorded, and is more about attitude than age.

Sarah has reached the pinnacle of her career so far with what will be hailed as a magnum opus, perhaps even an Opus Dei by the church worshippers of St Buryan

Tab is homegrown, but his dexterity on guitar is needle-sharp, and his rapport with an audience likewise in need of musical therapy was nothing less impressive than what I’d expect from an Apollo Theater crowd on a hot Saturday night in Harlem.

“I think of myself more of a designer and artisan rather than a reverse engineer. It is very gratifying to understand what a musician is asking for and give them the feel or the sound or whatever they are looking for.”

“It’s not just soul music, it’s soul-full music. You can take any genre from punk to blues to reggae to whatever, and if it’s soul-full then it’s soul.” – Sam Huber

“I’m the whole story, and that’s why the album is called ‘Americana.'”

“To participate in the music community in a global way, not just in a USA or ‘Western’ music sort of way, is part of the reason I became a folk singer in the first place.” – Sara Rachele

“The title ‘Nothing’s Perfect’ stems from my own life mantra celebrating the beauty in imperfection which has got me through many a rough patch and my own self acceptance.” – Ruth Lyon