Special Measures is the debut album from guitarist JONO WRIGHT. Wright might hail from the Midlands in the UK, but the heart and soul of Special Measures lies some 4000 miles away in Nashville, Tennessee. Named after Wright’s experiences in …
Cranes in the Moonlight by James Filkns
Cranes in the Moonlight, James Filkins first new album in over ten years. The 12 new original acoustic guitar based instrumentals, on this album are acoustically melodic, moody, as well as sonically textured and feature the talents of Polish cellist …
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Espasón, by Gustavo Alonso López
Espasón is a contemporary flamenco album and the second full-length studio project by US-based flamenco guitarist Gustavo Alonso López. The recording contains 55 minutes of original composition, traditional cante flamenco, and improvisation. …
“My Guitar”, New Album from Ingrid Riollot
On her new album, "My Guitar", Ingrid Riollot records 6 compositions written by the great guitarist Australian born John Williams (not the one of Star Wars). Those pieces are wonderful, and so well written for the guitar but, unfortunately, are not …
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Greg Townson Releases New Album “Off and Running!”
Rochester, NY native Greg Townson, an accomplished musician with more than 23 years of experience under his belt releases his new album Off and Running! on Hi-Tide Recordings. It's a sparkling, throwback rock'n'roll album featuring classic songs like …
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New Album: ‘Raia’ by Ludwik Konopko
Ludwik Konopko's releases his latest albom, RAIA. The album includes eight of Konopko's original guitar compositions, in addition to one cover, and one song. It incorporates several music styles, among others jazz, blues and flamenco. Konopko is …
New Album: ‘Histoires’ by Marion & Sobo Band
Franco-American singer Marion Lenfant-Preus and Polish guitarist Alexander "Sobo" Sobocinski bring together 5 musicians and 6 languages for the June 25th release Histoires, a playful tongue-twisting spin on gypsy jazz, world music and …
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Album Review: Seven Original Pieces for Solo Guitar by Bret Williams
Bret Williams has released his third album, Seven Original Pieces for Solo Guitar. Classical Guitar Magazine describes Williams as, "Alluring...accomplished." And Tony Morris, of NPR's Classical Guitar Alive! program describes Williams' playing on …
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Album Review: “A Time When Things Were New” by Ben Gateno
Classical guitarist, Ben Gateno, releases "A Time When Things Were New", a 19-track album of early twentieth century solo guitar pieces . This album is a collection of solo guitar music specifically from 1920s in the genres of classical, …
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“Not Our First Goat Rodeo” – New Album From Grammy-winning Lineup of Duncan, Ma, Meyer, and Thile
Sony Music Masterworks released Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the long-awaited follow-up album to the GRAMMY Award-winning The Goat Rodeo Sessions, with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile. NOT OUR FIRST GOAT …
An Tran releases “Stay, My Beloved”, Fingerstyle Guitar Tribute to Vietnam
Frameworks Records and An Tran recently announced the release of the debut album from Vietnamese classical guitar virtuoso, An Tran. Stay, My Beloved is an album featuring all Vietnamese guitar music. An Tran’s debut album, Stay, My Beloved, …
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Album Review: “Already Gone” by Chris Titchner
Chris Titchner's new release, "Already Gone", combines catchy songwriting with a complete disregard of stylisitic homogeny. Folk, pop, New Orleans jazz...they all coexist on an album anchored by Titchner's consistent acoustic guitar work, …
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Band Arrangements Outperform Solo Fingerpicking on “Adrian Bellue Project” Album
Fingerstyle guitarist, Adrian Bellue, was the artist in residence in the Furch Guitars booth on Thursday, January 16 at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Every two hours he performed some traffic-stopping, crowd-gathering fingerstyle …
Don Ross Louder Than Usual
Acoustic finger style guitar with... Full band? Horns? 11-minute songs? Don Ross singing? Yes! Earlier this year, fingerstyle guitarist Don Ross released an album with full band, titled "Don Ross Louder Than Usual". And it's really good. I will go …
