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“Like you, I have been pushed to the limits of my humanity by the pandemic. But music, sweet music has set me straight once again and I offer this work with humility and devotion to you all.” – Popa Chubby

McQuaid explores a whole new world outside her traditionally acoustic domain to superb effect

The lion’s share of the album was written by candlelight and then, with the encouragement of 4X GRAMMY-winning producer Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White) recorded using the best technology available . . . in the 1950s.

With a mighty voice and inventive storytelling, Sunday Wilde offers the best of both blues worlds.

“The way I play tends to be not with notes or phrases but with expression—little bursts of expression.” – Corky Siegel

“I want people to relate to the songs. You can dance to it but the words have to carry the weight. I know if a song hits me, it’ll hit others just as hard.” – Curtis Salgado

The song is the perfect platform for these impassioned, high-energy performers because it transports the audience right into the eye of a storm

Taylor is at heart an aesthete and a writer of lyrical poetry, as well as an activist and angry polemicist where circumstances demand responses

On Valentine’s Day, UK-based rhythm and blues band Redfish release ‘Songs from the Fire Station,’ their new EP comprising four fan favorites, recorded live from their popular monthly residency at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle.

“I don’t want to get up on stage and rehash what somebody else has already recorded. I want to get up on stage and tell my story. I feel that this new record is able to do that.”