Yearly Archives: 2015

Sarah Pierce, a singer/songwriter from Texas, has a gift for telling a story through her lyrics and music. Pierce recently released her latest album Barbed Wire on Little Bear Records. It was recorded at the Cribworks Ditigal Audio studio in Liberty Hill, Texas, and produced by her husband/drummer/singer/engineer, Merel Bregante. Barbed Wire is a great mix of thirteen songs that Pierce says was “musically influenced by her family’s heritage in the cattle business” and can be seen as a “follow-up to my autobiographical Cowboy’s Daughter CD.”

Press Release:  If Rock n Roll is looking for a revival, it just might find its savior in Generation Z’s Reed Ferguson from Atlanta, Georgia.  A fusion of various influences puts Reed decidedly in a space all her own.  You could call it Neoteric Rock.  Her latest CD, an original 5 song EP entitled Magic Eye is evidence of this emerging genre.  And it would be a mistake to enter into Reed’s world with expectations, because she is anything but predictable. Her instrumentation, melodies and lyrics defy categorization.  It’s no wonder notables in the industry say Reed’s writing style is on the path to being “prolific” and perhaps this is what her songwriting idols Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Robert Plant looked like at 18. 

Connecticut based duo Violent Mae just released their sophomore album Kid. Rising out of multi-instrumentalist Floyd Kellogg ’s production style and Becky Kessler ’s...

2016 WORLD’S LOUDEST MONTH FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED:

Guitar Man: Six Strings of Separation released via Hal Leonard Books.  

If Rock n Roll is looking for a revival, it just might find its savior in Generation Z’s Reed Ferguson from Atlanta, Georgia.  A fusion of various influences puts Reed decidedly in a space all her own.  You could call it Neoteric Rock.  Her latest CD, an original 5 song EP entitled Magic Eye is evidence of this emerging genre.  And it would be a mistake to enter into Reed’s world with expectations, because she is anything but predictable. Her instrumentation, melodies and lyrics defy categorization.  It’s no wonder notables in the industry say Reed’s writing style is on the path to being “prolific” and perhaps this is what her songwriting idols Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Robert Plant looked like at 18. 

There won't be a dry eye around the television when "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" airs December 10 on NBC. Parton and NBC...

Indie-rock artist and guitarist Britt Hill, formerly with the all-girl band Vanity Theft with whom she experienced a seven year career, is now solo and goes by the moniker Kerchief and is the front person of an indie rock trio made up of band members Britt, Jarrod  and Catt. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Hill relocated to Chattanooga and released her debut solo album Machines and Animals this past summer, working with producer Matty Amendola and the Grammy Award winning engineer Butch Jones. 

When Vicki Genfan describes playing guitar as a “body/heart” experience, her description is literal. Her approach is a whole-body connection, one that she has been cultivating since she discovered the instrument at age 5.

Atlanta-based roots rock 'n' soul band, Larkin Poe, comprised of sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, are descendants of Edgar Allen Poe and were born to rock! Both classically trained and pulling influence from legendary rock icons likes Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd, Rebecca leads on guitar, mandolin, as well as violin, while Megan harmonizes on slide guitar, lapsteel, as well as dobro.