JCrowe

Reading/Performance at Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery

Drop by Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery on October 27, 2016 6:00 p.m. at 704 Main Street in downtown Evanston,…

9 years ago

Drop City Screens Tomorrow in Glasgow

The feature film documentary DROP CITY by Joan Grossman & Tom McCourt, which features Julia's music in its soundtrack, will…

9 years ago

A Heritage of Guitar-Making

The address of 225 Parsons in Kalamazoo, Michigan should be a bucket list destination for any fan of vintage Gibson…

9 years ago

Guitar Lessons With Julia

Julia is offering Private and Zoom guitar lessons for children and adults.  Ms. Crowe is an award-winning guitarist and composer,…

9 years ago

A 5th String Subbing Cicada

I am looking forward to the moment when cicada season passes so I can hear myself think again. The tree…

9 years ago

Scotty Moore’s interview in My First Guitar

In honor of Scotty Moore's memory, I am posting his complete interview here from My First Guitar:  Tales of True…

9 years ago

Outlaw Jazz with the Speakeasy Jazz Cats

It’s no surprise that Dusty Tovsen, a roving bandleader, singer and guitarist of the Speakeasy Jazz Cats, has the sort…

9 years ago

A Guitarist Carves Out Long Lost Notation

A Guitarist Carves Out Long Lost Notation [6/22/16 UPDATE:  Tim has launched a Kickstarter campaign for this project.  Please visit the…

9 years ago

My First Guitar Book Trailer now on Barnes & Noble

The animated book trailer that I created and produced for My First Guitar is now officially part of the Barnes…

9 years ago

Recreation of Whistler’s Peacocks

For the fun of it, I am sharing a link to this post of a painting effort that I completed a…

9 years ago

Taimane Gardner’s Dynamic Transformation of the Ukulele

It is hard to believe that the music Taimane Gardner plays comes out of a tiny ukulele. Her playing convey…

9 years ago

A Kora Player in Jackson Square

A Kora Player in Jackson Square While darting one morning from New Orleans’ Treme District into the French Quarter, a…

10 years ago

Stereopticon Album Release Party Photo Album

Gary Lucas and Jann Klose celebrated the release of their spirited and spectacularly joyful 4-star MOJO Magazine reviewed album, Stereopticon, Monday…

10 years ago

Completed Illustration

I'm happily back into the full swing of key-framing and will have some great stories forthcoming here soon on some compelling…

10 years ago

4-Star Review for Stereopticon!

Congratulations to Gary Lucas and Jann Klose on their recent 4-star MOJO review for their album Stereopticon!

10 years ago

Guitarist Sylwia Kloc

Guitarist Sylwia Kloc Sylwia Kloc, who wrote the review of the recent February 2016 Herrera-Limón concert at the Americas Society,…

10 years ago

Gary Lucas & Jann Klose’s Stereopticon – Album Photo Shoot

I shot the cover for Gary Lucas and Jann Klose’s Stereopticon album during the dog days of summer in the…

10 years ago

Happy Birthday to Sugar Blue!

Through completely crazy serendipity, I was fortunate to be invited to celebrate harmonica legend Sugar Blue’s birthday with his family…

10 years ago

Anthony Ocaña’s Ethereal <i>In Trance</i> Album

Anthony Ocaña's In Trance Anthony Ocaña, the Madrid-based, Dominican-born guitarist, has released his fifth album In Trance featuring an ethereal…

10 years ago

Luna Monti and Juan Quintero Duo’s New York Debut

The outstanding Argentine folk duo, Juan Quintero and Luna Monti, made their New York debut earlier this month at the…

10 years ago

Topchii and Dukić at Carnegie Hall

The final concert of this season’s D’Addario Performance Series featured the Carnegie Hall debuts of soloists Marko Topchii and Zoran…

11 years ago

Drop City screens in New Zealand

The film documentary DROP CITY, which features Julia's music, will be screening in four cities in New Zealand--Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin…

11 years ago

Guitar Legend Dick Dale – “Misirlou” at the start

[Note to readers: this is the second installment of The Guitar’s interview with legendary guitarist Dick Dale, the creator and pioneer…

11 years ago

LANDR – A Guitar Soloist’s Experiment

Released this past year, LANDR is a new online mastering process designed to provide quick, DIY sound engineering. It is…

11 years ago

Dick Dale Talks Guitars, Amps, Lions and a Yacht

[Note to readers:  this story is from a 2015 interview, but I am reposting in memory of Dick Dale, who…

11 years ago

The Met’s Historic Guitar Concert Videos

The Met's Historic Guitar Concert Videos The Metropolitan Museum of Art currently showcases several concert videos on their official Youtube…

11 years ago

Old Postcards from Madrid

Old Postcards from Madrid One thing I could not get right in Madrid last year was timing.  The city shuts…

11 years ago

My First Guitar Mentioned in Marc Maron’s Podcast

My First Guitar mentioned in Marc Maron's Podcast Thank you to Marc Maron for mentioning My First Guitar: Tales of…

11 years ago

Berta Rojas at the Latin GRAMMYS

Last month, Latin Grammy-nominated classical guitarist Berta Rojas had the honor of presenting awards to several artists for the televised…

11 years ago

Los Romeros at the 92nd Street Y

The Romeros performed late October in the 2014-15 season of the 92nd Street Y’s Art of the Guitar series. Pepe Romero and Celin…

11 years ago

Guitarists Lin and Baranov at Carnegie Hall

Guitarists Lin and Baranov at Carnegie Hall Guitarists Chiawei Lin and Anton Baranov performed late October in the opening concert…

11 years ago

<i>Drop City</i> Screens in Istanbul

The film documentary Drop City, which features Julia Crowe’s guitar music in its soundtrack, will screen again this year in Istanbul…

11 years ago

JIMMY PAGE by Jimmy Page, with Jeff Koons, too

Jimmy Page, the official autobiography by Jimmy Page, released October 14, 2014 by Genesis Publications, is available for £40 from…

11 years ago

Muriel Anderson’s Double CD: Nightlight/Daylight

Muriel Anderson's Double CD Muriel Anderson is back home, preparing for Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois concerts after touring recently through…

11 years ago

Lenny Kravitz Comes Home

Lenny Kravitz is celebrating the next 25 years of a Grammy-filled career with the release of his tenth studio album,…

11 years ago