JOHN OATES – with Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:  JOHN OATES Video:  “Pushin’ a Rock”       THE GOOD ROAD OF SONGS, STORIES AND SMILES WITH MUSTACHIOED MYSTERY MAN JOHN OATES   John Oates’ mustachioed face and black curly ringlets of hair have graced bounteous album sleeves and music videos. The guitarist, singer and songwriter’s soft-spoken voice, humble attitude and laid-back demeanor permeated his dialogue with M Music... 

Musician: JONATHAN BYRD & THE PICKUP COWBOYS Video: “It Don’t Make Sense” JONATHAN BYRD & THE PICKUP COWBOYS FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK’S COOL NIGHTS 21 THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys will be featured at Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 21 livestreaming concert series—this Thursday, November 4. They are musical gunslingers, vaudevillian hucksters and old-fashioned tent revivalists. Between heartbreaking... 

Musician:  STEPHEN BENNETT Video:  “Reverie” Video Produced by TrueFire Stephen Bennett is one of the most prolific and original finger-style guitarists of his generation. He is also a leading exponent of the harp guitar. A challenging teacher, a gifted composer, and a performer of great sensitivity, the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association once referred to him as “the Jedi Master of Fingerstyle Guitar.” Bennett has performed around the... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:  TIM O’BRIEN Performers:  Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius Songwriter:  Bill Withers  Tim O’Brien is a well-respected Grammy Award-winning musician and songwriter who can weave a tale with his intricate style of playing a wide variety of instruments, including guitars, fiddles and mandolins. Where the River Meets the Road, released in the spring of 2017, celebrates the music of O’Brien’s... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician: ALISON BROWN featuring Keb’ Mo’ Video: “What’s Going On” Songwriters: Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo “Obie” Benson ALISON BROWN Web-Exclusive Interview with M Music & Musicians magazine publisher, Merlin David   Alison Brown has taken an unlikely path in establishing herself as one of the most critically acclaimed banjoists in the world. A former investment banker...