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Egberto Gismonti’s Concert at Symphony Space

Egberto Gismonti's Concert at Symphony Space Egberto Gismonti returned to New York on September 12, 2014 after a 10-year hiatus…

11 years ago

A Nobel Prize Winning Guitarist

On the day the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced in 2008, Dr. Martin Chalfie slept through the official phone…

11 years ago

Luthier Thomas Fredholm

Guitar maker Thomas Fredholm started making acoustic steel string guitars then dedicated himself to making classical guitars for two decades…

11 years ago

Egberto Gismonti: A Pre-Concert Interview

Egberto Gismonti:  A Pre-Concert Interview In advance of Egberto Gismonti’s concert September 12th at Symphony Space, presented by the Americas…

11 years ago

Oscar Peñas’ New Album Reflects a Jazz of Many Colors

Catalan-born, New York-based jazz guitarist Oscar Peñas has released his fourth album and second U.S. release, Music of Departures &…

11 years ago

Berta Rojas’ First Latin Grammy Nom

[11.29.22]. CONGRATULATIONS TO BERTA ON HER LATIN GRAMMY WIN!!  As you can see, we interviewed her during the early days…

11 years ago

The 14th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes

The 14th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes ran from June 24th to June 29th, featuring Masters from the Academy:…

11 years ago

Fábio Zanon: Americas Society Concert

The 2014 New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes opened with a June 24, 2014 evening concert with guest artist, Brazilian…

11 years ago

It’s Child’s Play for Badi Assad in Her Cantos de Casa

Badi Assad, named as one of Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Guitarists, has released her latest album, Cantos de Casa, (Songs…

11 years ago

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters’ 25th Anniversary Concert

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters celebrated their 25th Anniversary concert at Le Poisson Rouge last night with special guests…

11 years ago

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at Town Hall

The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performed this past spring at Town Hall as part of the People’s Symphony…

11 years ago

Paco Peña: Flamenco and the National Identity in Spain

Pleased for the mention of My First Guitar in Art Lark: An Alternative Cultural Daybook, on this piece about Paco…

11 years ago

Regional Mexican Music: A Photographic Feast

Documentary and news photographer Chris Vail covered much of Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain for Reuters during the 80s…

11 years ago

LAGQ’s Matthew Greif Tells His First Guitar Story

Matthew Greif of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – My First Guitar Interview [Note to readers:  The last incarnation of the…

12 years ago

Barcelona-Style Hot Chocolate Recipe

I am working at the moment on a few new guitar stories to be posted possibly toward later in the upcoming…

12 years ago

Dancing to Architecture

Dancing to Architecture - Gaudí's Casa Batlló During my last year of college, long before the advent of mobile phones,…

12 years ago

My First Guitar Reader Letters

I give my thanks to those who have mailed incredibly heartfelt letters in response to reading My First Guitar. I…

12 years ago

Laurence Juber Goes Back to the Egg with His Memoir

Laurence Juber, the two-time Grammy winning guitarist, arranger and composer, has recently released his memoir recounting his days as the…

12 years ago

Buono and Desiderio at Carnegie Hall

Emanuele Buono and Aniello Desiderio Perform at Carnegie Hall The closing concert of this year’s D’Addario Performance Series at Carnegie…

12 years ago

Vaux’s Swifts: A Music Video by Julia Crowe

  If you would like to purchase this track directly from the iTunes Store, it would be appreciated, thank you!…

12 years ago

Conte’s Market Jam

Every Friday morning in Yorkville, from 10 AM to noon, a small cadre of neighborhood retirees and actors from the…

12 years ago

Grotesques and Guitars

Grotesques and Guitars These are nighttime photos of Carrer del Bisbe Irurita or Bishop’s Walk in El Barrí Gotic, Barcelona.…

12 years ago

Sharon Isbin’s Troubadour: A Film Documentary

Sharon Isbin's Troubadour:  Troubadour, a documentary on Sharon Isbin’s storied career premiered earlier this month at Lincoln Center. Filmmaker Susan…

12 years ago

Gary Lucas: Guitar Cinefantastique

Grammy-nominated songwriter, composer and innovative guitarist Gary Lucas, who has been dubbed the “Guitarist of a Thousand Ideas,” is also one of…

12 years ago

La Boqueria of Barcelona

I was especially jet-lagged upon arriving in Barcelona after a 2-hour flight delay out of JFK due to poor weather…

12 years ago

Richard Bruné Unbreaks Guitars

Richard Bruné Unbreaks Guitars Luthier Richard Bruné, who is based in Evanston, Illinois, recently repaired guitarist Rene Izquierdo’s Antonio Marin…

12 years ago

Duo Résonances: A Resonant Guitar Duo from Paris

Duo Résonances:  Frédérique Luzy and Pierre Bibault, the international prize-winning guitarists of Duo Résonances, have released their self-titled debut CD…

12 years ago

International Guitar Day at Mannes

International Guitar Day at Mannes This past Monday, Michael Newman and Laura Oltman, the Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes, hosted a three-hour…

12 years ago

World Premiere of Ciupinski’s Guitar Concierto

8.23.14:  [NEWLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE FULL-LENGTH VIDEO/RECORDING OF CONCIERTO.] The world premiere of composer Jakub Ciupinski’s Guitar Concierto took place…

12 years ago

Notes of Note: Welcome to The-Guitar.com

Welcome to this page, which I’m viewing as a moveable feast as I work on my next book, a historical…

12 years ago

Minimalist Music for Guitar Plus

Minimalist Music for Guitar Plus:  The closing concert for the sixth season of the Guitar Plus chamber music concert series…

12 years ago

Notes of Note: The-Guitar.com’s Logo

The Guitar  Where did the vowels go? I replaced them in the title graphics with the following items: 1.  Fretboard…

12 years ago

David Russell’s Guitar Master Class in New York

David Russell's Guitar Master Class in New York Grammy award winning classical guitarist David Russell held a three-day guitar residency…

12 years ago

Bats & Umbrellas – a Music Track by Julia Crowe

A track called Bats & Umbrellas from Smoke & Steel with a view overlooking the front lawn of West Dean…

12 years ago

Moth: An Animated Music Video by Julia Crowe

"Moth" is my most recent animated video, completed this past December.  The track is from EMPIRE OF LIGHT.  If you…

12 years ago