Specially written by Irene Gómez for Strings By Mail Articles. 2023 has offered the opportunity to realize some interesting and contrasting facts, such as the birth of Wes Montgomery, Bach’s moving to Leipzig, Liszt arriving to Paris and the passing of the great American pedagogue Julia Crane. During March, the month of his birth, let’s […]
Read moreBy Brad DeRoche Brad DeRoche is an active concert and recording artist. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Classical Guitar Performance from Eastman School of Music and records for the Centaur Label.He serves on the board of trustees for the Guitar Foundation of America and is currently Professor of Music, Music Department Chairperson […]
Read moreSpecially written by Irene Gómez for the Strings By Mail Articles. In past years, this series celebrated worldwide anniversaries such as the 400 years of passing of Shakespeare and Cervantes and the publishing of the first books for vihuela, 100 years of the death of Scott Joplin and the passing of Claude Debussy, to name […]
Read moreBy Brad DeRoche Brad DeRoche is an active concert and recording artist. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Classical Guitar Performance from Eastman School of Music and records for the Centaur Label.He serves on the board of trustees for the Guitar Foundation of America and is currently Professor of Music, Music Department Chairperson […]
Read more“When I heard Jack, it knocked me out. He had an atypical tone and went in and out of the root, messed with time. Jack was the greatest bass influence I ever had. It put me on this path since 1967,” says Berlin.
Read more“I put Holdsworth up there with Paganini and Liszt. Terrifying.” – David Lindley
Read moreGuitarist’s unique instrument perfect for his personal expression By Ross Boissoneau Some people just aren’t satisfied. Take guitarist Trevor Gordon Hall. After practicing, performing and recording for years, he abandoned his guitar for a kalimba. Okay, that’s an overreach. He never even entertained the thought of giving up guitar, but he did embrace the sound […]
Read moreBy Brad DeRoche Brad DeRoche is an active concert and recording artist. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Classical Guitar Performance from Eastman School of Music and records for the Centaur Label.He serves on the board of trustees for the Guitar Foundation of America and is currently Professor of Music, Music Department Chairperson […]
Read moreOne name that should be on the tip of the tongue when it comes to great and influential players is Duke Robillard.
Read moreBy Ross Boissoneau If someone does two things well, they’re a double threat. Three makes a triple threat. So Paul Brown must be at least a sextuple threat: composer, arranger, producer, engineer, guitarist, collaborator. Oops, make that septuple: the guy’s a singer too, you know. Reached by phone at his home studio, Brown talked about […]
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