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One of the most fascinating and interesting Blues instruments, for the last two centuries and beyond, has been and still is the Cigar Box guitar. 
 
Together with its very recognisable sound, a Cigar Box guitar has always captured the imagination of those purists Blues guitar players that associate the primitive sound of that type of guitar to the Blues sound of the plantation, with guitar bodies often "invented" by improvised makers, using old and often colourful boxes advertising products of a bygone era.
 

Read more: Have A Cigar! - In Conversation With Cigar Box Guitars Maker Alessio Benvegnu'

Photo courtesy of Alessandro Solca
Photo courtesy of Alessandro Solca

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 Photo courtesy of Alessandro Solca

Everyone's has got a mission to accomplish, in life. Such mission may often be something that we don't choose willingly, but it is something that can be dictated, from time to time, by circumstances that make a decisive impact in our adult life.
 
There is no doubts at all that somebody who knows, sadly, very well how much some traumas and abuses may leave an indelible token on personal lives is the talented American Blues-Rock Guitar Maestro and singer-songwriter Walter Trout, one of the most loved and respected torchbearers of the genre worldwide.
 

Read more: Tales From Huntingdon Beach - In conversation with Walter Trout

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The contemporary Jazz movement has been and still is highly active, thanks also to some new vital lymph brought by new inspired and driven young newcomers, especially in the last decade. More and more emerging artists from all around the world, year after year, are keeping the genre alive with such application, drive and inner talent, prone to move the genre towards the next century by putting their own personal stamp but still, without forgetting those significant sonic roots brought by many of the Jazz giants in the last century, being them either players or singers.

One of the rising stars in the contemporary Jazz World is, unquestionably, the 20-years-old American singer Anaïs Reno, an artist that has embraced Jazz in its entirety through studying it deeply throughout the genre's growth and consequent metamorphosis, revealing a vocal depth of great class and maturity already at a very young age.

Read more: The Joy In Jazz - In Conversation With American Jazz Singer Anaïs Reno

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"..there's 12 notes, most people either go up or go down; in my case, sideways!"

Some records that stay in history are born out of many things. Naturally, there is the artist's fundamental input, first and foremost; then, almost due to, perhaps, astral alignments, more talented elements get added to the aforementioned alignments, at the right place and at the right time.

The late great David Bowie has always been, throughout his career, extremely good and wise on cherry-picking the right musicians for each of his records, just like it happened in 1973 for one of Bowie’s most loved and celebrated masterpieces, the jewel that is Aladdin Sane.

Read more: 50 Years Of Aladdin Sane - In Conversation With Mike Garson

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It's always refreshing to see renowned Blues/Rock superstars like the American guitarist and singer-songwriter Kenny Wayne Shepherd putting so much craft, attention and dedication to their music, despite his undisputed fame and success, accumulated during almost 30 years in the music business.
 
Shepherd had reached global stardom already in the early stages of his career, thanks to the hit single Blue On Black, included in the Trouble Is.. album, a body of work that has smashed several record selling figures and had a special celebration in 2022, for its 25th Anniversary since its release date. Shepherd's drive and genuine love for music still inspires the American artist to continue writing and recording albums of remarkable beauty and lyrical depth, as confirmed, once again, by his brand new record called Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1, recently released and reviewed also by our website.
 

Read more: Diamond Life - In Conversation With Kenny Wayne Shepherd

  1. The Force Of Human Energy - In Conversation With DeWolff's Robin Piso
  2. Rainbows Of Connectivity - In conversation with Pianist and Composer Roberto Cacciapaglia
  3. Empathize And Connect - In Conversation With Roxanne De Bastion
  4. My Time With Garson - In Conversation With Pianist And Composer Danny Holt

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