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Send us Fan Mail After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, Adam has since worked on many projects including sessions and house bands (American Idol, The Voice UK, Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing), gigs and recording with artists from Gloria Estefan to Little Mix, Robbie Williams, Ronan Keating, Elton John, and many others. He has also played on many Hollywood movie soundtracks...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 50 sees us with a very special guest. New York based Jazz Guitarist Adam Levy. To call Adam Levy a "well-traveled musician" would be a hell of an understatement. During a six-year stint touring as a member of Norah Jones' Handsome Band, Levy went round the world several times and maxed out the pages of his passport and then a second one with country stamps a...

Send us Fan Mail Pete Friesen was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. While still playing under the name "Pete Freezin'", he was a member of VO5 with a pre-Skid Row Sebastian Bach. He was a member of Alice Cooper's band from 1989–1991, 1998–2000 and 2002. He played on both the Trash and Hey Stoopid tours, and also appears in the film Wayne's World alongside Cooper, where he m...

Send us Fan Mail David Krusen is an American musician. Krusen is best known as the first drummer for the American rock band Pearl Jam and for his work on the band's debut album, Ten. Krusen was also a member of the bands Hovercraft and Unified Theory. He was also the drummer for Candlebox from 1997 to 1999 and from 2015 to 2017. Krusen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a mem...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin Nolan is a Nashville based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter. Most notably, Kevin has been playing guitar and keys with Lainey Wilson since 2019, performing on the CMA awards, the ACM awards, the CMT awards, Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Nashville New Years Eve Live, while also appeari...

Send us Fan Mail Aslan Freeman is a multi instrumentalist, musician and producer based in Nashville TN. He is currently the Guitarist/Keys and MD for country artist Lainey Wilson.  Support the show Follow me Instagram @ timloveguitar Youtube @timloveguitar   Website is here

Send us Fan Mail John Gregson is a freelance guitarist & multi-instrumentalist based in London. John’s a ferocious guitarist whose work includes West End shows, studio sessions, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and English National Opera”  Support the show Follow me Instagram @ timloveguitar Youtube @timloveguitar   Website is here

Send us Fan Mail Steve ‘cut his teeth’ at the tender age of 23 writing for the UK’s best selling guitar magazine Total Guitar. He got the gig after sending in reams of fiendishly widdly guitar music (no doubt inspired by Steve Vai’s Frank Zappa transcriptions). Starting out with product demos, Steve eventually went on to produce the regular rock guitar column and became the ‘go to rock guy’, writi...

Send us Fan Mail Take a Fender Jazz bass, mix Herbie Hancock with the musical heritage of Mozart, season in the conservatoire, add a dash of modern technology and marinade for half a lifetime. Step forward Stefan Redtenbacher, all-round funk wizard and leader of his band, the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra. Born in Salzburg and educated around the world, it didn’t take long for Stefan to find himself dr...

Send us Fan Mail Samer is London based Bass player and Musical Director.  Over the last 10+ years in London Samer has created and hosted the Hoxton Jazz Fusion jam night, is Musical Director for American country artist Sarah Darling, performed with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Take that, Roo Panes, toured the world with various breaking POP artists and performed in many venues and festivals including The...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Tarulli is a multi-faceted musician, composer, and clinician with a focus on funk-rock, jazz, pop, and chamber style. His musicianship has taken him across the USA and even overseas to perform at international shows such as the Pescara Jazz Festival and venues like the Sunset in Paris.  Tarulli is a professor at the Berklee College of Music and runs a mentorship program that...

Send us Fan Mail The voice and energy is distinctly Nathalie Miranda. This artist refuses to be defined by genre and is single-handedly carving her own way through the industry.  Nathalie’s highlights include performing on the BBC show ‘ Later...with Jools ’, and performing at some of London’s most iconic venues including The Troubadour, where she has headlined, and The Bedford.  Nathalie has been...

Send us Fan Mail John leads a busy double-life as an artist and an educator. He has performed with artists as diverse as Billy Cobham (Miles Davis), Alex Acuña, John Williams, Frank Gambale (Chick Corea), Paco Peña, Biréli Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Paulus Schäfer, Mozes Rosenberg, Mike Clark and Bill Summers (The Headhunters), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp), Ralph Salmins, Paul Elli...

Send us Fan Mail Chris is a session drummer based in the south of England, recording for artists around the world from his studio between gigs and tours. Chris' first payed session was aged 12, doing a short spell of theatre shows as part of the pit band for a production of Bugsy Malone and by 16 was playing the local pub circuit. Touring started at age 18 with his first professional band Shy...

Send us Fan Mail Session guitarist Aaron Forbes graduated from BIMM Music Institute London’s Commercial Music Performance degree and has since gone on to work with an amazing range of artists including Mabel, Dave, Stefflon Don, Jonas Blue, Not3s and Liam Payne. Aaron, who started out by playing guitar in church, kicked off his professional career by playing a session with funky house legend Donae...

Send us Fan Mail Essex/London based guitarist Jim Clark is in great demand as a top session guitarist, in 2002 he was voted runner up in the “Guitarist of the Year” competition run by Guitarist magazine. He has worked on a multitude of projects for independent artists, record companies as well as radio and TV themes and soundtracks both here and in the US. Jim has written and transcribed for sever...

Send us Fan Mail Dion is a UK based session guitarist and tutor. He has spent over a decade working as a Session Guitarist and Song Writer and has recorded sessions for Artists, Film, TV and advertising in that time; in places such as AIR Studios and BBC Maida Vale. He has worked with artists such as Danni Minogue, Nina Nesbitt, St. Lundi, Sandi Thom and Echobelly.  Support the show Follow me Inst...

Send us Fan Mail Guitar Virtuoso Dave Kilminster's radical techniques and mesmerizing sounds captivate fans and fellow musicians alike. Dave won the 'Guitarist of the Year' competition in 1991, run by 'Guitarist' Magazine. That recognition propelled him on a super-charged career as a multi-faceted guitarist, vocalist, engineer, producer, writer and instructor. Dave is a fa...

Send us Fan Mail English born, US based Singer Songwriter, Guitarist. Jim Stapley has the kind of voice that comes along once in a generation; a powerful brew of blues and soul, laced with sublime falsetto. Described as “gritty, pretty, and profound” by Classic Rock Magazine, his songs of love, hope, and political disenfranchisement are stories for the everyman.  Having worked with music industry...

Send us Fan Mail Jake Willson is quickly developing a reputation as an exciting and unique new voice in the guitar world. His journey from a keen jazz student at Berklee College of Music to completing a PhD in classical composition at the University of Surrey has provided the background to his aesthetic approach, and culminates in his breakthrough album, A Piece of The Action. Jake’s approach to t...

Send us Fan Mail Stuart Ryan is a sensational guitarist. Known for acoustic finger style, country, R&B and Neo Soul.  From recording guitars on Amazon Prime movie scores to topping the charts with his best-selling guitar instruction books, Stuart Ryan is a versatile and sought-after guitarist. Ryan began his professional career in 2003 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine’s ‘Acoustic Guitari...

Send us Fan Mail Mike is one of the UK’s most experienced exponents of the guitar. He has toured live, written music for soundtracks, is an MD for artists, recorded numerous sessions, is an experienced tutor and has endorsed and demonstrated for over 25 years. Mike continues to be heavily in demand as a live guitarist and educator. Mike has worked and performed with countless high profile artists...

Send us Fan Mail Keyboardist Emily Francis is an in-demand session musician, playing for several independent and signed artists as well as being an artist in her own right with contemporary prog-jazz group the Emily Francis Trio. Making her mark very much as a keyboard player and “sound-smith”, her work has been featured in the UK’s largest jazz magazine “Jazzwise” and played on the likes of Jazz...

Send us Fan Mail Guitar Virtuoso Brett Garsed gives an amazing insight into how he developed his unique style. We talk about his many influences, music education, living and touring across USA, Current life in Australia and even touch on the Alien movie Saga.  Support the show Follow me Instagram @ timloveguitar Youtube @timloveguitar   Website is here

Send us Fan Mail A Wonderful talk with Singer Songwriter , Emma Stevens.  Life has been something of a whirlwind for the down to earth surfer chick from Guildford, since embarking on a solo career in 2012 and bursting onto the scene with her distinctively catchy pop melodies, fused with folk instrumentation and a touch of country. The increasing popularity of this uniquely versatile “what you see...