Jun 6, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Gail Ceasar, Guitar Woman Blues: 9/10 “Ceasar has deep roots in rural Virginia, and she brings that history with her to these gritty yet beautiful songs that she relays like an old soul, though she’s not even 40 years old yet.” | Read More at Take Effect...
Jun 1, 2023 | MMRF - Results, New York Times
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Apr 20, 2023 | Leonard Lowdown Brown - Results, MMRF - Results
Exclusive: Leonard Lowdown Brown Premieres “Juke Joint” From Upcoming Album “An electric guitar-slinging blues legend in the Houston music scene, his virtuosic fingerwork and formidable voice seem effortless, evidence of his raw talent and over four...
Apr 10, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Gail Ceasar, Guitar Woman Blues | Album Review “Sometimes it takes a miracle for an artist to find a major audience, and that’s exactly the case for Piedmont-style guitarist Gail Ceasar.” | Read More at Blues...
Mar 2, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Live Review: Soul & Blues: Music Maker Showcase at National Gallery of Art “On Sunday afternoon, the National Gallery of Art hosted a series of four concerts sponsored by the Music Maker Foundation: blues guitarists Jeffrey Scott and Gail Caesar, sacred...
Feb 22, 2023 | MMRF - Results, Washington Post
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Jan 12, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Gail Ceasar, Guitar Woman Blues (Music Maker Foundation) “Gail has been playing her Piedmont-style blend of bluegrass and the blues, learned from her uncle Joe, since she was ten years old, living in Pittsville, in southern Virginia, since she was eight.” ...
Jan 5, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Atlanta blues musician Shelton Powe carries on tradition playing guitar, harmonica, mouth harp and “rhythm bones” “Powe shines on his acoustic guitar, underscoring his storytelling with the blues’ distinctive hammer technique.” | Read More at...
Jan 5, 2023 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Herman Hitson’s Soul-Guitar Comeback “At 79, the wah-wah crazy guitarist is a living nexus of psychedelia-soaked blues and rock.” | Read More at Premier...
Jan 3, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Song Premiere: Gail Ceasar “Freight Train” “Ceasar’s style is as gritty and raw as the high lonesome wind, with her vulnerable vocals and clear acoustic melodic playing.” | Read More at Americana...
Jan 3, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Exclusive: Singer/Guitarist Gail Ceasar Premieres “Guitar Woman Blues” “It was the morning of July 1, 2022 in tiny Pittsville, Virginia. Piedmont blues and bluegrass singer/guitarist Gail Ceasar smelled smoke.” | Read More at American Blues...
Jan 3, 2023 | MMRF - Results
Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2022 (Part 2) “There might not be many female blues singers out of Pittsville, Virgina, but it’s a surety there won’t be another better than Gail Ceasar.” | Read More at Americana...
Nov 30, 2022 | MMRF - Results
9 Organizations Helping Music Makers In Need: MusiCares, The GRAMMY Museum & Others “This relief comes in the forms of basic sustenance, resources performance (like booking venues and providing CDs to sell) and spreading education about their contributions...
Nov 1, 2022 | MMRF - Results
New Releases: Shelton Powe “While Powe’s 2016 set featured a song list that touched on religious and devotional themes, on his third outing the guitarist-singer widens his scope.” | Read More...
Oct 20, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Sugar Harp, Sugar Is My Name “Fortunately, friends helped Harp with a new vehicle and harmonicas, he’s still plugging away with his upfront lyrics and groove filled blues on this first album.” | Read More at Take Effect...
