British blues guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor heads out for a UK tour in November to support her new album The Dirty Truth which is due out in the UK on September 22. The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee with producer Jim Gaines who produced Taylor’s 2008 debut album White Sugar and is being released under Shaw’s boutique record label Axehouse Music.
Lasith Fernando is the front-man and vocalist of the heavy metal band Angel Down. When not writing, recording or rehearsing with the band, he is often found with his nose buried in the works of Puzo or Bukowski, or taking long, restful strolls along the beach listening to '80s hair metal.
Loretto,TN-based husband-and-wife duo Grace & Tony are set to hit the road with Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) for a fall tour that begins in late September in Cleveland and will visit 14 cities throughout the Midwest and Northeast into October. The pair is touring in support of their latest album, November, (which was released in November of 2013), and they are also set to perform twice at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville in September. (See full tour schedule below).
David Yurman was destined to make a career out of creating art. At age twelve he was known for selling his home-made sculptures in the cafeteria during lunch. A few years later at age sixteen, he was introduced to Cuban welder and sculptor Ernesto Gonzales while visiting his sister in Provincetown, MA. With sculpture, Yurman found an outlet and focus for his creativity, which he would develop over the next two decades as an apprentice under the instruction of celebrated sculptors Theodore Roszak and Jacques Lipchitz. In 1982, Yurman introduced what became his signature—the cable bracelet—a twisted helix adorned with gemstones on its ends.
Moniker Guitars, the electric guitar manufacturer that lets customers design their guitar online, is pleased to welcome TV Jones Pickups to its offering of high quality guitar parts. From now until the end of August, customers can add TV Jones Classic pickups to their guitar at no added cost.