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JEFF BECK 1944-2023

JEFF BECK 1944-2023 #JeffBeck #FitzAndStartz #TheRumbles #Nightshift #TheYardbirds #Tallyman #JeffBeckGroup #obituary #InMemorium

Just by the margin of Nonsuch Park, Geoffrey Arnold Beck (the guitarist’s guitarist that we now recognize as the internationally famous JEFF BECK) was born. He and I shared a comparable upbringing (though ten years apart)  in that we were both raised in that urban area of Surrey (in his case, Wallington and, for me, Carshalton) that developed, by default, into a borough of London.  He lived in…

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#Aynsley Dunbar #Beck&039;s Bolero #Fitz and Startz #Jeff Beck #Jeff Beck Group #Jeff beck in Surrey #Jeff Beck obituary #Jimmy Page #neil mach #neilmach #Nicky Hopkins #raw ramp #rawramp #rocking surrey #Rod Stewart #Ronnie Wood #Surrey musicians #the life of Jeff beck #THE YARDBIRDS

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Where do you start a story? Story Exposition explained

Where do you start a story? #StoryExposition explained #WritingCommunity #amwriting

In a movie, there’s an exciting launch incident that pushes the viewer straight into things… But when you tell an anecdote to friends, you don’t start your storytelling in the same way, do you? You don’t say: “Pans and lids flying… sounds of crashes, police cars howling in the night. People screaming with foreign accents. Pandemonium. Hot and sticky, I need to get away. I can’t think straight.…

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#author neil mach #expository components. #first-person point of view #how do you start a story #how to tell a story #how to write a story #incluing #neilmach #POV #Story Exposition #STORY EXPOSITION EXPLAINED #the expository components #what does a story exposition include #what is a third person account #what is a viewpoint character #what is first person point of view #what is hearsay #what is incluing #where do you start a story #where is the best place to start a story

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With #tarjaturunen #tarja talking about #songwriting #intheraw at #gibsons in London

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LEILANI KILGORE @LeilaniKilgore #leilanikilgore #womenwhorock #nashville #BluesGuitar #GetHome #SingleReview

LEILANI KILGORE @LeilaniKilgore #leilanikilgore #womenwhorock #nashville #BluesGuitar #GetHome #SingleReview

LEILANI KILGORE is a musician, songwriter, and self-proclaimed riff bandit.The likes of Keith Richards, SRV, and Jimi Hendrix can be thanked for her initial draw to the guitar; being an only child, Leilani was envious of all the attention their music received from her father, so she thought that learning to play was the only way to divert his parental attention.After studying classical music as a…

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#female bues guitarist #females who rock #fulminating fusillade #Get Home #Holy Lightning #Leilani #Leilani Kilgore #leilanikilgore #metanoia #Nashville guitarist #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #rock guitarist #rock singer #unleashment #Youtube

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YES announce new studio album - @yesofficial #CutFromTheStars #NewYesAlbum #MirrorToTheSky

YES announce new studio album - @yesofficial #CutFromTheStars #NewYesAlbum #MirrorToTheSky

If you still consider yourself to be a Starship Trooper sailing the Topographic Oceans  you’ll be pleased with this news: : YES, who are now Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood & Jay Schellen, have announced a new studio album Mirror To The Sky that will be out via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music and due on May 19th 2023.  “This is a very important album for the band,” says Steve…

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#Billy Sherwood #Geoff Downes #InsideOutMusic #International Dark Sky Park #Jay Schellen #Jon Davison #Mirror To The Sky #neilmach #New YES album #prog rock band #raw ramp #rawramp #Sony Music #Steve Howe #YES the band

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ELLES BAILEY Over the Hill #NewSingle #JohnMartyn #OverTheHill @EllesBailey #ellesbailey #overthehill #coversong

ELLES BAILEY Over the Hill #NewSingle #JohnMartyn #OverTheHill @EllesBailey #ellesbailey #overthehill #coversong

Multiple award-winning song-lady chantress/songwriter ELLES BAILEY whose compositions we have described as “breathtakingly intimate” will release the Deluxe edition of her number-one album ‘Shining In The Half Light’ on 17th March, 2023. The album features top-notch musicianship; the percussion is precise and faultless, the guitar is vibrant and elemental, and the organ is passionate and…

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#Elio Evangelou #ELLES BAILEY #going home sonmg #Grace Lightman #Joe Wilkins #John Martyn #Jonny Henderson #Kat Marsh #Matthew Jones #Matthew Waer #neilmach #Over the Hill #over the hill song #raw ramp #rawramp #Shining In The Half Light Deluxe

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THE DAMN TRUTH @THEDAMNTRUTH1 Summer UK Dates #TourNews #UKShows #LiveGigs + @SteelhouseFest

THE DAMN TRUTH @THEDAMNTRUTH1 Summer UK Dates #TourNews #UKShows #LiveGigs + @SteelhouseFest

Prior to their upcoming guest slot with Glenn Hughes in the UK this October, the celebrated Montreal rock’n’roll revivalist flower-powersters THE DAMN TRUTH have announced an exciting 8-date UK Tour starting in July and continuing to August 2023. The tour will include a special performance at the Welsh International Classic Rock Steelhouse Festival, on Saturday 29th July (see tour poster below,…

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#damn truth live #damn truth UK shows #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #retro rock #revivalist flower-powersters #Steelhouse Festival #summer 2023 live shows #THE DAMN TRUTH #UK live shows #UK shows 2023

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. #SamanthaFish + #JesseDayton #DeathWishBlues #Blues #Guitar #SamanthaFish @Samantha_Fish+ @jessedayton

. #SamanthaFish + #JesseDayton #DeathWishBlues #Blues #Guitar #SamanthaFish @Samantha_Fish+ @jessedayton

Death Wish Blues, SAMANTHA FISH and JESSE DAYTON‘s debut joint album, is a collection of work resulting from a common desire to push the boundaries of blues music As one of the most influential figures on the 21st century blues scene, Fish has established herself as a multi-award-winning festival headlining artist who enthrals audiences with her ferocious yet graceful guitar playing, delivering…

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#Aaron Johnston #Applehead Recording #Death Wish Blues #Death Wish Blues Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton #Jesse Dayton #Jon Spencer #Jon Spencer Blues Explosion #Kendall Wind #keyboardist Mickey Finn #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #rhythmic rhapsody #Rick Danko #Samantha Fish

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Dead man walking announced by JIM KIRKPATRICK

JIM KIRKPATRICK Announces #NewAlbum #deadmanwalking #UKBlues #Americana #BluesRock

JIM KIRKPATRICK is perhaps best known for his work with the celebrated British AOR band FM. The guitarman released his wizardly blues solo album, “Ballad of a Prodigal Son” — a twelve-track “blues-rock outing” — in September 2021, via US One Records. We’ve previously described Jim’s singing-voice as “demon-filled” and his guitar-play as the “hottest [you’ll find] this side of the Mason-Dixon…

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#AOR band FM #Dead Man Walking Jim Kirkpatrick #FM guitarist #Jim Kirkpatrick #neilmach #railroad chitter #raw ramp #rawramp #super-dazzling

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JOE BONAMASSA #joebonamassa #MindsEye #TimeClocks #TalesOfTime #Journeyman #KevinShirley

JOE BONAMASSA #joebonamassa #MindsEye #TimeClocks #TalesOfTime #Journeyman #KevinShirley

The three-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock superstar and 25x Billboard chart-topper JOE BONAMASSA has released a mind-blowing live rendition of “Mind’s Eye,” one of the standout tracks from his most recent studio album ‘Time Clocks.’  The stunning visual backdrop created by the legendary Kevin Shirley enhanced the psychedelic influences of the song track, which is included on the musician’s…

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#Bobby Rush #Bonamassa at Red Rocks #DION #Jimmy Vivino #Joanne Shaw Taylor #Joe Bonamassa #keeping the blues alive #Little Feat #Mind’s Eye #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #Red Rocks Amphitheatre #Robert Randolph Band #tales of Time #time clocks

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JOE BONAMASSA announces new #LiveAlbum Tales of Time

JOE BONAMASSA announces new #LiveAlbum Tales of Time

JOE BONAMASSA, the three-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist and 25-time Billboard chart-topper, has announced Tales Of Time, a sweeping and comprehensive live concert film and album record containing material from his most recent #1 studio album, Time Clocks which we described as: “a magnificent dishing-out of righteous blues and uncompromising proclamation….” Read our Time Clocks album review…

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#BONAMASSA live album #Joe Bonamassa 2023 live album #Joe Bonamassa Tales of Time #Kevin Shirley #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #Red Rocks Amphitheatre #tales of Time #time clocks

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KETY FUSCO @KetyFusco #Harpland #2072 #LondonShow #HarpNews

KETY FUSCO @KetyFusco #Harpland #2072 #LondonShow #HarpNews #ExperimentalHarp

The highly acclaimed experimental harpist KETY FUSCO will be launching her new album ‘The Harp, Chapter I’ at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall on 3rd March 2023. At the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Fusco received a degree in classical harp, went on to specialise in master of arts in music performance, and started a revolution in the harp world. She signed with Caterina Caselli’s…

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#2072 #chapter I #classical harp #experimental harp #Gabriele Ottino #harp news #harp player #harpist #harpist Kety Fusco #harpland #kety fusco #ketyfusco #media prima #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #Royal Albert Hall #Sharon Ritossa #the harp

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The mysterious magic of the corn doll

The mysterious magic of the corn doll

Corn dolls or sometimes “corn mothers” are miraculous forms of straw fashioned from the last sheaf of cereals after a summer harvest. Therefore, these straw dolls are a noteworthy & supernatural part of the harvest customs of pastoral Europe. Some pagan cultures called these mothers “vetulas” (the Latin for “Old Woman” is vetula) though, in the 7th century, Saint Eligius (born 588) instructed…

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#are corn dolls pagan? #are corn husk dolls magic? #author neil mach #Beira #Cailleach the Divine #Carlin #Carline #corn doll #corn husk dolls #corn mother #Lammas celebrations #mythmagic #neilmach #Spirit of the Corn #straw dogs #straw goats #Three Sisters #vetula #what are corn dolls? #what is the Spirit of the Corn? #who is the Corn Sister?

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ERIC BIBB @EricBibb #DearAmerica #ericbibb #AlbumReview #bornofawoman @MLG_Rocks

ERIC BIBB @EricBibb #DearAmerica #ericbibb #AlbumReview #bornofawoman @MLG_Rocks

Grammy nominated artist ERIC BIBB will release his new album Dear America on September 10th via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Eric Bibb’s many accomplishments include a career spanning five decades, recording with blues and folk royalty, Grammy nominations (for Shakin’ a Tailfeather in 1997 and Migration Blues in 2017)  and multiple Blues Foundation awards, as well as a dedicated following that…

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#album review #Dear America #Emmett Till #Emmett&039;s Ghost #Eric Bibb #Eric Gales #neil mach #neilmach #producer Glen Scott #raw amp #rawramp #Shaneeka Simon #Steve Jordan #Tommy Sims #weatherworn folksong

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DION  @thewandererdion #AngelInTheAlleyways collab with #TheBoss + #PattiScialfa  for #NewAlbum #StompingGround

DION  @thewandererdion #AngelInTheAlleyways collab with #TheBoss + #PattiScialfa  for #NewAlbum #StompingGround

The rock ‘n’ roll elder statesman DION released a fresh album titled ‘Blues With Friends’ last June via Keeping The Blues Alive Records  It featured 13 tracks with special guests including Billy Gibbons, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Paul Simon, Joe Bonamassa, Van Morrison, Brian Setzer, Sonny Landreth, Joe Louis Walker, Samantha Fish, Stevie Van Zandt and many more… We thought his “Song For…

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#Angel in the Alleyways #Billy F Gibbons #Boz Scaggs #DION #eric clapton #Jimmy Vivino #Joe Bonamassa #Joe Menza #Keb’ Mo’ #Marcia Ball #Mark Knopfler #Mike Menza #neilmach #Peter Frampton #rawr amp #rawramp #Rickie Lee Jones #Sonny Landreth #Stomping Ground #Wayne Hood

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Ask Phyliss — #Seventies #TeenAdvice #TeenageYears #Glam70s #BritishTeens #DavidCassidy #DonnyOsmond #SeventiesChildhood #SeventiesNostalgia #PhylissFannock

Do you remember Amazin’ Raisin bars, Old English Spangles, bubble-gum tattoos, chiclets, sherbert pips, and Tooty Frooties? Welcome to 1972 and Teen Hoops magazine, price 4p. If your manager interfered in your daily activities, what would you have done? Can an English hippie stop progress? Or will American business interests triumph? This is the story, compiled from historical fragments, about…

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#1970s London Girls #Amazin’ Raisin #Ask Phyliss #author neil mach #British humour #British Teens in the Seventies #bubble-gum tattoos #chiclets #David cassidy #Donny Osmond #glam 1970s #Hot Pants and Go-Go Boots #neilmach #Old English Spangles #Phyliss Fannock #Seventies Childhood #Seventies humour #seventies nostalgia #sherbert pips #Teen Hoops #Teen Hoops 1970 #Teen Hoops 1971 #Teen Hoops magazine #Teenage Years #Tooty Frooties #what were the 1970s like? #what were the seventies like #who is Phyliss Fannock?