Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Joyce Cooling


I remember seeing Joyce Cooling in 1988 in San Francisco when she was playing with the band Viva Brasil. I thought Joyce had unlimited talent back then, she was amazing. Joyce taught herself to play the guitar by ear. When a musician can do that they have a gift. Joyce was raised in New York, but lives in San Francisco. Joyce Cooling had some chart topping hits throughout her career that included "South of Market", "After Hours", "Imagine That", "Callie", "Expression", "Mildred’s Attraction", "At the Modern", "Cool of the Night" and "Mm Mm Good" I like everyone of theses tunes. Yes! This guitarist with a blues, rock and Brazilian grooves landed herself some awards and nominations during her career, the Gibson Guitar Award for Best Jazz Guitarist of the Year, Oasis Award nomination for Best Female Artist of the Year, California Music Awards for Best Jazz Artist, Smooth Jazz Awards for Best Female Artist of the Year and Smooth Jazz Awards Best Guitarist of the Year. Joyce Cooling is a talented guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. If you ever get a chance to see her playing in the San Francisco area you won’t be disappointed. Tune into Streetwise Radio and listen to tunes from this cool jazz guitarist Joyce Cooling. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on MyGen365, Live365, Athena365, iTunes and Live365.
LM



Saturday, March 16, 2013

Gary Fuston



Two words to describe Gary Fuston’s sound melodic and unique. What I like about Gary’s guitar playing, he keeps it simple. Gary has cool melodies that are influenced by R&B, Hip Hop, and Jazz. His catching grooves are what you hear when you listen to of Gary’s music. Gary Fuston is based out of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area. He is a multi-talented artist that is a music composer producer, internet radio DJ host and music promoter. Some of my favorite tunes are “To Know You”, “Tears Away”, “Smooth Cruise”, and “On the Radio”. Gary Fuston is so underrated. I’m so glad DJ Michael Ealey turned me on to this remarkable artist. He is definitely going on my playlist. Tune into Streetwise Radio Jazz Café and listen to Gary Fuston’s music. You Can also listen to Streetwise Radio on MyGen365, iTunes, Athena365, Live365 and Pandora.
LM

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Greg Howe



DJ Michael Ealey of Streetwise Radio is playing jazz fusion, instrumental rock and hard rock guitarist Greg Howe. Being a musician’s wife, I have heard some amazing underrated artist over the years. Greg Howe is one talented musician’s that has been around for over thirty years. While writing this and listen to his music, Greg Howe has remarkable talent and versatility that makes is guitar playing superb. Greg Howe was born on the east coast, New York, New York. Now he resides in Long Beach, California. Greg Howe began playing the club scene in 1980’s in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with his brother Albert. Greg Howe went solo in 1987 and released his self-titled debut album in 1988. He hit it out the park it was his biggest selling album because it was popular during the shred era. During his career he has put out 9 albums and in 2013 he is coming out with a self-titled studio album. Greg Howe’s versatility has enabled him to play with a diversity of our artists. The late great Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Lady Antebellum, P Diddy, T-Pain, Enrique Iglesias, Salt-n-Pepa and Justin Timberlake to name a few. Some of my favorite songs of Greg Howe’s are ‘Punk Jazz’, ‘Jammin' on Sunny’, ‘Come And Get It’, ‘Garden of Harmony’ and ‘Song for Rachelle’. You can listen to this amazing artist on Streetwise Radio. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on iTunes, Pandora, MyGen365, Athena365 and Live365.

LM