This trio “Brothers” combines Will Ackerman‘s Grammy Award winning acoustic guitar, Jeff Oster‘s signature and soulful flugelhorn, with Tom Eaton‘s artistic musical sensibilities on piano, keyboard, and bass guitar. Their beautiful New Age sound received a received a Grammy nomination for this recording at the 2022 Grammy Awards. They won Best Instrumental at the 18th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) with their song “The Confluence”.
https://williamackerman.com/

RATING: ***** (5 out of 5 Stars)
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Abby Posner is a working multi-instrumentalist in Los Angeles for the past 17 years, she pushes the musical boundaries. Set aside her varied musical responsibilities to pay the rent she has crafted an intriguing album. Interesting songs, light-hearted in approach but with intense well-played articulate tunes. Her song “Emergency Use Only” won her a runner-up award in the Folk category of the 18th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards).
https://www.abbyposner.com/

RATING: **** (5 out of 5 Stars)
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Garmarna is a Folk Rock band from Sweden. Garmarna was founded in 1990. Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Gotte Ringqvist and Rickard Westman were inspired by old Swedish music, which they had heard in a theatre. They began searching for old tunes and instruments. After two years of playing together, Jens Höglin joined the band on drums. They were finalists in the 18th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards)’s Open category with their song “Vå Systrar”.
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RATING: **** (5 out of 5 Stars) 
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