Classical Guitar Reviews and New Releases – Accessories, Gear, Guitars, and more.
English guitarist and composer Laura Snowden has a new album filled with her own compositions to be released on October 24th, 2025. I’ve featured Snowden a number of times on the site playing more traditional guitar repertoire but this album…
The Life and Times of Catharina PrattenEmma RushWrite-up and Liner Notes Emma Rush has an interesting new album out with a repertoire theme centred around Catharina Pratten. As she mentions, “The Life and Times of Catharina Pratten includes seven previously…
What Chair Do I Use for Classical Guitar? In this video I look at the best two chairs for classical guitar that I’ve found so far. One is a drum throne and the other an antique piano stool. The Drum…
What I Saw in the Water21st Century Works for Guitar Duo ChromaDuo with Rob MacDonald Tracy Anne SmithNaxos Records, 2024 Listen, Stream, Buy: What I Saw in the Water by ChromaDuo Learn more about the album via Naxos Wonderful to hear this…
A review and demo of the Xvive U8 Acoustic Guitar Wireless System. This is a clamp mounted wireless mic that works on classical or acoustic guitars. Learn more or See Buying Options at the Xvive Website Or Buy it at…
Mozart and Haydn: Classical Guitar Transcriptionsby Andrew Wilder Listen or buy via Spotify, Apple, or BandCamp. Great to hear the new album by Andrew Wilder with 14 of his own transcriptions of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Franz…
JoLuck A6 Cantabile Classical Guitar Review – I’ve really enjoyed testing and playing the A6 Cantabile classical guitar from JoLuck. They have a great line of small scale guitars at various price points and design options so check out their…
Pale Blue Dot Cochran and McAllister Duo Sacred Black Records, 2024 Listen or Buy the Album via Spotify, Apple and More Great to hear the new album by Matthew Cochran and Matthew McAllister featuring music by Matthew Cochran, Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner,…
Review of Le Support for Classical GuitarA full demo and review of an excellent new support for classical guitar. Buy or Learn more at Le Support Big thanks to Le Support and Thomas Viloteau for sending me their new guitar…
English Renaissance Lute MusicArranged by Nicholas Shinbin Buy The Book or Learn More via Amazon Big thanks for Nicholas Shinbin for sending me his sheet music collection titled A Selection of English Renaissance Lute Music Arranged for Classical Guitar. As…
Distant Times. Distant Shores. by Brett GuntherArtist Website Listen to Samples or Buy the Album via his Hearnow page Great to hear a new album by Canadian classical guitarist Brett Gunther. Distant Times. Distant Shores. features a wide range of…
Mystic Flute, Op.22 by Alan HovhanessArranged for Guitar, Originally for PianoArranged by Aaron Larget-CaplanEdition Peters You can purchase the hardcopy sheet music from Edition Peters. Big thanks to Faber Music and Edition Peters for sending me this new edition and arrangement…