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Robert Randolph

Robert Randolph & The Family Band is a multicultural American funk and soul band composed of Robert Randolph, Marcus Randolph (drums), Danyel Morgan (bass), and Jason Crosby (organ). Frontman Robert Randolph was trained as a pedal steel guitarist in the House of God Church, Keith Dominion, and makes prominent use of the instrument in the band's music. Randolph a native of Maplewood, New Jersey began playing the steel guitar in the House of God Church, which used steel guitars in worship services. Sacred Steel as it is called is used in many African American Pentecostal style churches and while playing at a sacred steel convention in Florida Randolph was discovered

The A&R Producer: Matt Pierson

by B.D. Lenz
May 26, 2026

Behind many great records is someone helping shape the music beyond the notes themselves: a producer, collaborator, sounding board, and sometimes even an unofficial artist-development guide. While listeners often focus on the musicians on the cover, producers and A&R figures can play a major role in how a project ultimately comes together--and whether it reaches an ...

Sol Roots Trio Perform At The Room At Cedar Grove on November 9, 2024

November 8, 2024

On Saturday November 9, world class guitarist and vocalist Sol Roots brings a trio to perform at the intimate concert hall and supper club, The Room at Cedar Grove, which is located on Delaware's scenic coast. Sol Roots performs an award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced funk, deep blues, heartfelt jazz and soul, and energetic rock. ...

Book of Queens

by Doug Collette
April 29, 2024

Released in 2023 with next to no fanfare, the very gestation of the Eric Krasno/Stanton Moore Project's first effort carries a cachet all its own. Recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, and mixed by Jim Scott (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Wilco), Book of Queens is tribute to women in music wherein the nine covers ...

Book of Queens

By Eric Krasno

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: You Know I’m No Good; Nobody's Baby; Slow Burn; Lost Cause; Stay High; Fever; A Natural Woman; Carried Away; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free.

The North Mississippi Allstars: The Essex Experience Green - 2023 Old Stage Summer Series

by Doug Collette
August 5, 2023

The North Mississippi Allstars The Essex Experience Green 2023 Old Stage Summer Series Essex, Vermont July 29, 2023 After an afternoon of steady rain, comparable to but hardly so severe as those that caused flooding in the state of Vermont earlier in the summer, the clouds parted and the sun ...

Take Five with Matthew Alec

by AAJ Staff
February 23, 2021

Meet Matthew Alec: Saxophonist, Executive Producer at Cleveland Time Records and bandleader for the jazz fusion group Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric. Nominated as 'Cleveland's Best Horn Player' by Cleveland Scene Magazine, Matthew earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music from Kent State University in 2007. While at KSU, he studied both 20th century classical music ...

Top Ten Horizontal Guitar Players

by Alan Bryson
May 4, 2020

Who could have imagined that a few serendipitous events on a remote Pacific island in the 19th century would fundamentally change American music. In 1832 Hawaii's king brought Mexican cowboys to the Big Island to teach native Hawaiians how to gain control of their rapidly increasing cattle population. As luck would have it, some of these ...

Gary Clark, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan at the Iridium

by Mike Perciaccante
September 16, 2017

Gary Clark, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan The Iridium New York, NY September 8, 2017 Speakeasy is a public television series that pairs Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, Grammy Award winners, Tony Award winners and iconic musicians with an interviewer of their choice. The show features conversations between the stars and ...

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
July 29, 2017

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl Space at Westbury Westbury, NY July 22, 2017 Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a New Jersey-based funk and soul outfit led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph (who has sometimes been called the “Jimi Hendrix of the pedal steel ...