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The Animals’ “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” became the unofficial theme song for all who were caught up in the mandatory draft and sent to Vietnam. Country Joe and the Fish’s “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” captured the anger of a generation caught in the net of war.

“I enjoy the things that challenge me and make me feel something more than just comfortable. That’s where ‘Dirty’ comes from. That place I wish to fill with art and not comforts.” – Cody Brooks

Listen to powerhouse performer Lauren Anderson’s new holiday single!

“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