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An amazing project with tons of happy looking little guitarists playing great. I like how everyone is dressed so causally, makes for a colourful stage. It’s also a good idea mixing electric instruments in there to fill out the sound.…
John Williams and Richard Harvey, performing Harvey’s ‘Enfield Dances’. Footage live from their ‘World Tour’ concert in Aichi, Japan. William’s sounds particularly good with other instruments, such clear and articulate playing. There’s a real nice change at 2:05 into the…
Andrey Parfinovich plays Torre Bermeja by Albeniz at the 54th Tokyo International Guitar Competition in 2011. He placed fourth. I really like the clarity of the fast arpeggios as well as the care to the full sounding tone on the melodic…
I’ve posted about this project once before but here is a video of the result! Pretty uplifting video with all the kids in there, bravo to everyone involved. Berta Rojas plays Tambito Josefino accompanied by the Recycled Instruments Orchestra from…
One of my students is playing El ultimo trémolo, also called Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios or El último canto by Agustín Barrios Mangoré so I was looking for good examples for her to follow. Who better than David Russell. An excellent…
Tal Hurwitz recently placed second at the Boston 2013 competition. Here he plays the excellent first movement from Lennox Berkley‘s Sonatina. Really nice video too, multiple angles and everything. Great performance too, super clean and articulate with a glassy clear but…
Berta Rojas plays “Salsa Roja” by Vincent Lindsey-Clark, this is also the title track of her new album full of South American music. Dancers: Marisol Moreno and Alfredo Pino. See the YouTube link for an extensive list of crew members…
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Seattle guitarist Michael Partington play on several occasions since he is over in my area of the Northwest. Always a good show with clean but exciting playing. He just put out a number of…
Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz Villegas and violinist Augustin Hadelich have a new album out filled with some very nice selections including Piazzola, Falla, Paganini, and Sarasate. Here’s a nice video about the album, looks like a great, spicy album. Thanks…
Thomas Viloteau plays Music of Memory by Nicholas Maw (1935-2009). Maw was a British composer who wrote occasionally for guitar. I think there are only three or for works, two solos, and a work for tenor and guitar. I thought…
I was trying out some new gear and a beautiful chapel near my house. I plan to record there but this first session was just an experiment. Hope you enjoy. Performed by Bradford Werner in Victoria, BC, St Mary the Virgin…
Scott Tennant plays “Angela’s Theme” from TAXI. From the Delos CD: “Mozart TV”, a collection of famous TV themes in the style of great composers. Again, no videos of any of this, but I wanted to post the tune, so…