Merlefest 2015 is an annual party and charity benefit that takes place at Knuckleheads in Kansas City. It's a full day (far as I know) of great bands, food and libation for a great cause. The legendary band from east LA, Los Lobos is headlining. pretty nice...
Huzzah! It's nice to be such a well-rounded master of so many fabulously interesting topics. We like to rock, we like to swing. I'm a poet and nobody even knows it! Light on my feet and easy on the eyes? maybe not...
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! In case you didn't know it... my daddy was a Riley and my momma was an O'Riley. So what that means is...
Hit Maker's Music Presents BACHACO REGGAE ROCK W/ LATIN ROOTS w/ TRIO AZTLAN & SOCA JUKEBOX ALL AGES The Scene Rock Bar 14816 E. US HWY 40 Kansas City, MO 64136 BACHACO is an international Afro-Caribbean Roots Rock band based out of Miami, Florida in the U.S. Their music successfully blends feel-good and conscious lyrics through the mix of Reggae, Dancehall and Ska with Rock, Hip-Hop and Colombian Cumbia...
I am very excited to announce that I'll be a guest clinician at "Red Socks and the Guitar", a guitar festival in Chartres, France this summer. Besides teaching some masterclasses and private lessons, I've got a couple of very special clinics in the works towards Jazz guitar and other styles...
Maria the Mexican just finished a 5 day weekend of showcases and camaraderie and this year's Folk Alliance International Conference in KC. All I can say is "Gosh!, Wow! and What a deal!". Ok... I've got lots more to say than that about this amazing conference in our own back yard...