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Michael O’Neill: Michael O’Neill

Read "Michael O’Neill" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


When Michael O'Neill isn't touring with George Benson he does his thing and Touch the Past is his thing. For this Yamaha-sponsored guitarist, the recording is a compliment to the so-called Blue Note era of jazz. His radio-friendly songs, however, don't seem to dwell much in the past, and are very much in the here and now, as this is certainly not a Blue Note production; it's O'Neill through and through. O'Neill is a wise and mature ...

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E.J. Phillips: Live at Club Soda

Read "Live at Club Soda" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Thousands have seen him perform during his ongoing tenure at “The Funky Pirate” located on New Orleans’ famous “Bourbon Street”, yet guitarist/vocalist, E.J. Phillips and his “Electric Blues Band” have eluded widespread notoriety. With his second and latest release, recorded live at the Ft. Wayne, IN venue known as “Club Soda,” the legendary guitarist tears it all up outside his native New Orleans. Here, with the assistance of guitarist, George Ogg, bassist, James Baker and drummer, Kent Klee, Phillips’ understated, ...


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