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Colleen Brown has spent the past two years rediscovering her passion for music, fuelling a stunning collection of songs focused on themes of love, fate and psychic retooling. For more info on Colleen please read on and be sure to check out the terrific video for 'Soap and Denim' which is very cool indeed.
Read MoreFresh out of the mountains of Southwest Virginia Black Mountain Shine have burst on to the scene with a hard rockin’ country influenced sound that shows a close affinity with such giants of classic rock radio as The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Formed by two brothers and two lifelong friends, Black Mountain Shine have a history of making music together. Band members have performed over 1,600 shows while sharing the stage with Blake Shelton, Little Big Town, 38 Special, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Kip Moore, Gretchen Wilson, Marty Stuart, and many others.
Read MoreFans of seminal Canadian act Rush will, I’m sure, be aware of the vinyl reissue campaign the band and their label Universal have embarked on in 2015. The legendary act are in the process of re-releasing their catalogue on vinyl and each LP will also contain a download code for the High Res Digital Audio of the album in a range of formats. Selected albums will also be made available on the Blu-Ray Pure Audio format (Fly By Night / A Farewell To Kings / Signals).
Read MoreBuford Pope, (a.k.a. Mikael Liljeborg) was born in 1971 on Gotland, a Swedish limestone island in the Baltic Sea. With a small population and isolated from the Swedish mainland the young Mikael discovered music, primarily Bob Dylan and then on to other greats of the singer songwriter genre such as Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne. He recently released an outtake that didn't quite make his most recent, and fifth, album 'Sticks In The Throat' from 2014. Spotify users can listen to the track on the link below.
Read MoreGlaswegian acoustic performer Robin Adams returns with his fourth release an album inspired by the life and death of Vincent VanGogh, Adams’ lyrics really channelling his profound appreciation for the man and his seemingly unflinching dedication to his work, and the sacrifices he made for art's sake.
Read MoreHannah Aldridge is steeped in the music of Nashville and Muscle Shoals, the two cities where she was raised, as her father Walt Aldridge - a Muscle Shoals legend and much-honoured Nashville songwriter, musician and producer - plied his craft. Her music has an edge and her forthcoming trip to the UK is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to embrace the gritty tales featured on her acclaimed ‘Razor Wire’ album which she has tagged ‘Dark Americana’.
Read MoreThat little ol’ band from Texas – the legendary ZZ Top have announced they will return to the UK for a one-off show at London’s SSE Arena Wembley on Wednesday 24th June, plus very special guests Thunder.
Read MoreThe Academy and Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter Allison Moorer is set to release her Proper Records debut, Down To Believing, on March 16. Produced by long-time friend and collaborator, guitarist Kenny Greenberg, the album was recorded over two years in Nashville while Moorer commuted back and forth from her home in New York City. Her eighth studio recording since her 1998 debut Alabama Song, Down To Believing is her most personal collection of songs to date as it deals with her separation from Steve Earle and their son John Henry’s diagnosis of Autism.
Read MoreFebruary 2nd 2015 will see the release of the new album from singer-songwriter Miriam Jones. The album features production by Simon Edwards (Fairground Attraction, Billy Bragg, David Gray) who also became the first member of her live band. She recently played a series of shows with Roddy Frame and will be supporting the album with a string of headline shows early in 2015.
Read MoreOne last Christmas offering from Red Guitar Music. This is a Christmas single from The Grubby Mitts recorded for Tom Ravenscroft on BBC Radio 6. The Grubby Mitts features visual artist Andy Holden and their, eight years in the making, debut album 'What The World Needs Now Is The Grubby Mitts' will be released March 9th 2015 on Lost Toys Records.
Read MoreLegendary southern rock act Lynyrd Skynyrd will receive the vinyl box set treatment from Universal in the new year. The box will include all of their classic albums from the 1973 – 77 period when the band bought the southern rock sound to the masses with a string of fine albums. Each LP will have exact reproductions of original artwork to retain authenticity, and will be pressed to 180 gram heavyweight audiophile vinyl and contained in a rigid slipcase box.
Read MoreWith the season of good cheer upon us Red Guitar Music continues to feature songs with a Christmas theme and Phil Odgers has covered a vintage John Prine song. The original version of ‘Christmas In Prison’ appeared on the 1973 Prine album ‘Sweet Revenge’. This version was produced by Gerry Diver who plays violin and banjo on the track.
Read MoreMore festive music here at Red Guitar Music from Jack Henderson 'Bethlehem' features Joan Wasser aka Joan As Police Woman who adds some very nice harmony vocals.
Read MoreWith the holiday season just around the corner Red Guitar Music is proud to present a melancholic take on this time of year from an alternative viewpoint courtesy of Dan Michaelson ‘Another Messy Christmas’.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2015 is the date for the new album 'All These Dreams' from acclaimed musician, songwriter and performer Andrew Combs on the Loose Music label. The first single from the album ‘Foolin’ is out December 15 and is inspired by the digital age we live in.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2015 will see the welcome release of ‘Absent Fathers’ the new album from Justin Townes Earle on the Loose label. The album was recorded alongside ‘Single Mothers’ his previous album from Sept, 2014 as a double album, but as Justin began to sequence it, he felt each half needed to make its own statement and they took on their own identities.
Read MoreC2C is proud to present the Country Music Association (CMA) Songwriters Series, in London on Friday 6th March 2015 at Indigo at The O2, with host Kix Brooks and featuring Brandy Clark, Sam Palladio, Jessi Alexander and Jon Randall. This is great news for country fans and the ideal appetiser for the C2C Festival as the CMA Songwriters Series will once again take place on the evening before C2C, a huge two-day music festival extravaganza at The O2 featuring an outstanding line up of music stars from across the Atlantic.
Read MoreThe south coast of the UK has become a hotbed of Folk and Americana so Red Guitar Music should not have been surprised to be contacted by The Equatorial Group a five piece act from Eastbourne. The band Helen Weeks, Teresa Goss, Andy Tourle, Dave Davies and James Hillman recently performed a Broadoak session which does a great job of capturing their live sound with strident slide guitar and excellent vocal harmonies. The band categorise themselves as languid Americana and the video below of the session is very good indeed. The band play regular gigs around the south, and they tell me they are looking for more, so why not get in touch if you can help them out.
Read MoreTickets for next year's Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the longest established and most prestigious folk festivals in the world, will go on sale on Monday December 1 and can be purchased from: Box Office 01223 357851 or
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