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Tim Gerard New Album Takes Us ‘Right From The Start’

Since his teens, Tim Gerard has been refining his guitar and songwriting skills. From his early days, it was clear to hear how legends such as Ray Lamontagne, Sam Cook, BB King, and Eric Clapton (to name a few) influenced his music. His blend of Americana, blues rock with an undertone of soul created some […]

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Ben Hemming Shares Life ‘Living on Death Row’

The journey for Ben Hemming and the blues began as a broken man, which led him to a debut album of the same name. After a challenging moment in his life, he needed to make some changes. He decided to head over to America on a musical pilgrimage, a decision that worked out for the […]

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Half Deaf Clatch Begins A ‘Metamorphosis’ With His New Album

It’s hard not to admire how much work Half Deaf Clatch (aka Andrew McLatchie) puts into his music. He ended 2020 with the final part of his spaghetti western trilogy Doomsday Desperado! Since then, he has already released three lockdown EP’s (Every Path Starts Somewhere, Retro Electric: One and Retro Electric: Two). While all that […]

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Justin Ross Is Coming ‘Right Back Up’

Justin Ross has delivered many great songs which highlight his songwriting talents. Of them all, “Three Steps Behind”, “Faithful to the Bottle”, and “Echoes of the Angels” stand out the most. However, over the last few years, he has evolved his country-rock sound by adding some soul, blues and much more into his work.  As […]

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Sometimes Julie Wants To Know ‘Where Are You?’

A good band will never stop growing and developing their sound. Often times it takes new members coming into the fray to freshen things up and bring a band to the next level. Always keep the door open for the right bandmate to come in and be a spark that creates something great. Our recent […]

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Music You Should Know Review

JACK J HUTCHINSON IS BACK WITH HIS NEW SINGLE ‘WORLD ON FIRE’

For some musicians, 2020 has been a slow year for their work. However, this is not the case for Jack J Hutchinson. So far, he has released a lockdown album called Who Feeds The Lockdown? It features a selection of tracks from various projects and says “This is essentially the setlist that audiences would have […]

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MIKE ROSS IS SHOUTING OUT IT’S ‘NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS’

Mike Ross is gearing up for the release of latest album The Clovis Limit Pt.2. He has already offered a glimpse of what is to come with the track “The Loser”. Now he wants to give a little more with his new single “None of Your Business”.  He has already shown off his bluesy goodness […]

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IBG Interview – 8 Questions With… Kip Macklejar

Creating music is not an easy endeavor. It is only those artists that are willing to struggle through the failures that success can be found. Our recent find Kip Macklejar has put in the time and is now releasing his second single “I’m Sorry”. We caught up with the solo genre-bending blues rocker for a […]