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Jon Mclaughlin cresce ad Anderson, Indiana, suonando il piano come auto-didatta fin dall'età di 4 anni. Mentre frequentava la Highland High School, Jon si rompe entrambi i polsi, interrompendo così la sua attività musicale. Riscoperta la sua vena musicale, frequenta musica presso l'Anderson University. Pubblica il suo primo album indipendente intitolato "Up Until Now" nel 2003 ed un album auto-intitolato viene rilasciato nel 2004 nelle zone locali. Nel 2006 firma un contratto con la Island Records e pubblica il suo primo album: "Indiana". Inizia così a seguire in tour artisti come Kelly Clarkson, O.A.R., Sister Hazel, Cowboy Mouth, Paolo Nutini...

Mary McLaughlin is a singer/songwriter who is steeped in the Gaelic song tradition of her native Ireland. Mary records, performs and teaches workshops in singing skills, performance technique and Gaelic song and culture. Mary was born and raised in Northern Ireland. At the age of eleven Mary began to learn Gaelic and was influenced by ‘sean nós' (old style) singing which she heard in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish speaking area). She was also heavily influenced by Latin Church music in her early years. During her adolescence she began to listen to contemporary singer songwriters from the USA, in particular Joni...

In the late '80s and early '90s John McLaughlin recorded and performed live with a trio including bassist Kai Eckhardt and percussionist Trilok Gurtu. The group recorded two albums: "Live at The Royal Festival Hall" and "Que Alegria", with latter featuring Dominique DiPiazza on bass for all but two tracks. These recordings saw a return to acoustic instruments for McLaughlin, performing on nylon-string guitar. On "Live at the Royal Festival Hall" McLaughlin utilised a unique guitar synth (from Wikipedia "... the Photon guitar synthesiser, a setup whereby transducers mounted on an acoustic guitar are used to control a synthesiser bank...

Billy McLaughlin is a guitarist and composer For twenty years, he astounded audiences around the world with his complex and rhythmic music. In 2001, Billy was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia, an incurable neuromuscular disease that rendered him unable to play his own music. By 2002, Billy McLaughlin's career was over. In 2006, Billy began a comeback. He was doing the unthinkable - relearning his songs left handed. Billy McLaughlin is astounding audiences once again with both his story and his music. .

John McLaughlin (b. 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English jazz- and jazz-fusion guitarist and composer. Born on 4th January 1942 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he played with Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra performed a technically virtuosic and complex style of music that fused eclectic jazz and rock with eastern and Indian influences. His guitar playing involves a range of styles and genres, including jazz, Indian classical music, fusion, and Western classical music, and has...