By Michael Mckinney Drum circle groups are gaining popularity today and their emergence presents a tantalizing possibility for Classical and Flamenco guitarists. I recently had the thrilling experience of sitting in with a drum circle on several occasions and expect to do so again. There’s nothing like it to test your improvisational skills, but before […]
Read moreBy Ross Boissoneau A Renaissance woman. A label owner. An investment banker. An award-winning banjoist. A boundary breaker. Alison Brown is – or in one case was – all these things and more. The celebrated artist has a new recording coming this summer on which she collaborated with everyone from with Grammy Award-winning musician/actor/author Steve […]
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 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 […]
Read moreBy Ross Boissoneau Last time out we looked at some new and occasionally experimental music by guitarists far and wide. This time around, we tune into some bluesy swing and fiery jazz before heading farther afield. Duke Robillard is well-known in blues circles. The founder of Roomful of Blues and onetime guitarist for the Fabulous […]
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