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Winter Wondergrass Tahoe 2023
by Ming Poon
A collection of photos from the Winter Wondergrass Festival (Tahoe) in Olympic Valley, CA from March 30, 2023 to April 2, 2023 featuring Greensky Bluegrass, Marcus King and Trampled by Turtles headliners. Winter Wondergrass Music Festival is a unique event that combines bluegrass, roots, and Americana music with craft beer, skiing, and mountain culture. The festival started in 2013 in Colorado and has since expanded to California and Mexico, attracting thousands of fans and musicians who share a ...
read moreJohn Mayall: The Sun Is Shining Down
by Scott Gudell
British blues master John Mayall can still turn out a rich collection of originals and covers six decades, and approximately sixty albums, after his first songs were released in the early 1960s. Add the fact that he still has a knack for enlisting top guitarists--this time Mayall spotlights Mississippi born/Chicago bred Melvin Taylor among others--and it is a Brit-led blues bash at its best. Often considered the Godfather of British Blues, Mayall said during a 1980s interview that ...
read moreThe Sun Is Shining Down
by Doug Collette
Having announced he will be limiting his touring in the future, John Mayall doesn't seem to have lessened his engagement with recording. On the contrary, for The Sun Is Shining Down, 'The Godfather of British Blues' surrounds himself with a roster of high-profile contributors, all of whom play to their respective strengths and sound inspired collaborating with a genuine musical icon. Equally importantly, this fifth Forty Below Records studio outing (out of some forty overall) radiates a sense of deep ...
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