Haroula Rose sings like she’s telling a secret, a style the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter can perhaps owe to the many years she spent shyly composing and playing her haunting melodies alone in her native Chicago. With Catch the Light (June 17), her third album and first to co-produce, Rose has deepened and complicated her dreamy, tender repertoire.

Born from ten-hour jam sessions in peeling Brighton bedsits, the technical parameters of a bootstrap recording process and the osmotic, multi-genre influence of internet music archives, quintet Ebi Soda have been steady-cultivating a unique sound amidst the exploding UK jazz scene.

Bouncing back post-lockdown after the success of their debut record and viral single “Ric Flair”, with barnstorming festival seasons and sell-out shows across Glasgow, including the QMU,  Glasgow funk powerhouse Tom McGuire & The Brassholes continue their exciting 2nd phase as Scotland’s foremost funk outfit. The group follows up their 2021 comeback singles 'Super Solid Soul Vehicle' and 'Oh Savanna', with the release of 'D.R.E.A.D' on the  25th of FEBRUARY.

Kevin Farge is a songwriter and visual artist who was born in Houston, Texas, and moved to his stepmother’s native Costa Rica at age eight, where he learned to speak Spanish and surf. The family eventually settled down back in Houston. Farge has spent the past several years living in the same small beach town in Costa Rica that he visited as a child. Low Tide, Kevin Farge’s first full-length LP for Very Jazzed, showcases his unique melodic storytelling for solo guitar.

Just as the Av’s season is heating up, Breckenridge Brewery is launching its “Score Two for a Brew” promotion, giving fans the perfect excuse to start off game days with the hometown craft beer of the Colorado Avalanche. For the duration of the season, fans can get a free Avalanche Amber Ale if the Avs score two goals in the first period.

Indian violin legend L. Shankar makes a rare visit to Miami Beach, for an exclusive concert at the North Beach Bandshell on April 16. Tickets are on sale now for this evening at the North Beach Bandshell. Shankar, who plays a custom-made electric double violin, is an innovative virtuoso who has expanded the range of India’s classical Carnatic tradition.

A meditative timestamp reflecting the isolation, uncertainty and worry prevalent amongst society throughout the outbreak of the pandemic, Shining In The Half Light is an album of self-realisation, but one that lets everyone share in its sense of realism and, ultimately, positivity. It’s a record inspired by those who spread love in a time of heartbreak, happiness in a time of fear, and connection in a time of loneliness. Shining In The Half Light sits at 10 tracks offering nothing short of a brazen, bold and bluesy disposition.

Los Angeles-based label Tallest Man Records has released a stunning flamenco-tinged cover of iconic rock anthem “Crazy Train” from the String Revolution featuring Steve Stevens. This collaboration came together to pay tribute to the legendary guitar player Randy Rhoads and in particular his love for classical guitar.

Singer, songstress and guitarist Sara Jean Kelley releases the video for her song, “I am the Ocean” directed by Thomas Chi.  The video finds Sara alone in a wood paneled living room, meditating and then rising from her stillness to destroy everything in the room.
 

Gibson--the iconic American instrument brand--is proud to partner with the producer, and musician Mike Ness, who for the last 44 years has served as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the legendary punk band and rock ‘n’ roll icons Social Distortion. Mike’s main guitar of choice is a modified 1976 Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop which was used to create the limited edition Mike Ness 1976 Les Paul Deluxe from Gibson Custom Shop.