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After 15 years without a release, Michael Shouse has returned with Jaded, an instrumental rock record that shows he never stopped thinking about the guitar. The Jackson, Kentucky musician pulls together an unlikely cast of players: Michael Angelo Batio, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Tony MacAlpine, Charlie Zeleny on drums, and James Amhelio Pulli on bass. The…
Nanashi is a two-person project based in Glasgow. One handles the music, the other comes from the local club scene. They keep their names out of it. No press photos, no front-facing identity. Just music. False Horizons is their first track. It’s fully instrumental: electric guitar and acoustic drums. It starts slow and steady, with…
Joe Hodgson’s new album, Fields of Redemption, is a clear step forward from his 2020 debut Apparitions. While Apparitions was shaped by emotional weight and turbulent history, this record is more open in tone and richer in color. It still carries his signature blend of rock, blues, jazz, country and Irish traditional influences, but nothing…
“Cloud Maze” by PODViG! is the kind of track that feels like it wasn’t written—it just happened. The band, made up of three musicians from wildly different backgrounds, thrives on improvisation, and that raw energy is everywhere in this song. It starts off slow and deliberate, almost as if the band is figuring things out…