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Samantha Fish - Paper Doll Live

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Written by: Bridgette "Bluebird"
Published: June 15, 2026

Modern blues roots guitar wielding champion, Samantha Fish, has been a leader in keeping the blues alive - and helping blues rock evolve. Leadership knows their audience and engages their passions. Leadership builds trust, then pushes the boundaries of curiosity and human connection. A free fall of thousands of people into the collective consciousness of total immersion does not happen by accident. 

From a teenager cold calling bars, Samantha has been comfortable on stages, and she levels the field between artist and fan. She immediately welcomes the crowd into her wavelength. Once attuned, the energy twists, turns, with deliciously, deliriously blinding fire, and sends us off into exhilaration. Rooted in Kansas City blues, and influenced by artists from Prince to Leonard Cohen, as well as the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, she has created her own sound, and newcomers to her shows are often unprepared for her mighty power.  

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Mathias Heise & Danish Radio Big Band - A Love Supreme Revisited

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: June 14, 2026

2026 will be remembered by all true lovers of Jazz music and by those that truly appreciate music in its entirety because one of the greatest saxophonists and composers of all times, John Coltrane, would have been 100 years of age this coming September.

One of the most celebrated records off Coltrane’s vast discography, recognised by both the worldwide music press and millions of fans, it is undoubtedly A Love Supreme, an album released in 1965 counting, besides Coltrane’s magnetic way of playing the saxophone, also a stellar line-up musicians accompanying the renowned Jazz giant, which included pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones.

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Ryan McGarvey - Up From The Ashes

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: June 10, 2026

In a world where most days we wake up with news about various dooms and glooms, wars, atrocities and what have you, it is refreshing and uplifting to find, from time to time, some stories about resurgence, resilience and desire to reconnect with what matters the most in our lives.

One of those stories concerns a worldwide much loved and respected American Blues/Rock guitarists and singer/songwriters, Ryan McGarvey who, for quite some time, had not released a studio album (his last one was the 2018 one called Heavy Hearted, one of the best in McGarvey's career to date) and not toured live for a number for years too.

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