https://the-guitar.com Devoted to all things guitar Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:02:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://the-guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cropped-jetpackiconnew1-54ac28ebv1_site_icon-32x32.png https://the-guitar.com 32 32 https://the-guitar.com/2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival-rock-blues-winner-interviews/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:10:56 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3220 The rock guitar division judges for the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival were: Wisconsin-based guitarist and instructors, Roger Brotherhood and Matt Schroeder; and Milwaukee-based guitarists and instructors Peter Mac, Peter Roller, John Shiely, Steve Roberts, ... Read more...

The post 2017 WCGF – Rock & Blues Guitar Winner Interviews first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival-jazz-winner-interviews/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:06:22 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3211 The jazz guitar division judges for the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival included guitarist, composer and former Music Director of The Tonight Show Band, Kevin Eubanks, Hal Leonard jazz instructional series author Mike DeRose, Milwaukee-based ... Read more...

The post 2017 WCGF Jazz Guitar Winner Interviews first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival-fingerstyle-guitar-winner-interviews/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:01:00 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3204 For the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival Fingerstyle Division, guest artists Mike Dawes and Antoine Dufour served as judges, along with guitarists Peter Finger, Kurt Plahna, Billy McLaughlin, John Stropes, Macyn Taylor and Candyrat Records ... Read more...

The post 2017 WCGF Fingerstyle Guitar Winner Interviews first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival-classical-guitar-winner-interviews/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:00:44 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3200 This year’s Classical Guitar division judging panel included: Meng Su and Yameng Wang of the Beijing Guitar Duo; concert guitarists Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan, who both teach at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s ... Read more...

The post 2017 WCGF Classical Guitar Winner Interviews first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/masterclass-gems-nuggets-2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:13:29 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3182 Masterclass Gems & Nuggets The 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival afternoons were devoted to various master classes in several musical genres. While the classical guitar masterclass with The Beijing Duo focused on addressing specific technical ... Read more...

The post Masterclass Gems & Nuggets – 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/overview-of-the-5th-annual-2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:25:42 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3140 The Wilson Center Guitar Festival celebrated its 5th annual international guitar competition this past August 17-19 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, with a record number of 105 contestant applicants competing for $32,000 in cash prizes, an $10,000 ... Read more...

The post Overview of the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Festival first appeared on The Guitar.]]> https://the-guitar.com/something-about-nothing/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:29:05 +0000 http://the-guitar.com/?p=3113 Kevin Eubanks’ Something About Nothing Julia’s speaks with guitarist Kevin Eubanks about his new CD Release, Something About Nothing, at the Wilson Center Guitar Festival for DownBeat Magazine.

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