Alex de Grassi was born February 13, 1952 in Yokosuka, Japan but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started music on the…
Artist Profiles: Alex de Grassi
Tag: guitar
Artist Profiles: Bill Frisell
In a career that spans more than 20 years and numerous recordings, guitarist, composer and bandleader. Frisell’s Nonesuch discography includes 16 albums, ranging from original…
Artist Profiles: Eduardo Niebla
Spanish, born in Tangiers of Spanish parents from Andalusia on the 29th July 1955, Eduardo is the seventh son in a family of eleven, nearly…
Artist Profiles: Daniel Stelter
Daniel Stelter was born in Germany. His passion for music started early: he began playing the classical guitar at the age of eight, and was…
Artist Profiles: Arty McGlynn
Arty McGlynn, born in Omagh, County Tyrone, was one of the leading guitar players in Ireland. He started playing guitar at the age of eleven,…
Artist Profiles: Donal Clancy
Donal Clancy was born in Canada in 1975 and later moved to Ireland. He has been involved with the best bands in Irish music, starting…
Artist Profiles: Thakur Chakrapani Singh
Thakur Chakrapani Singh is an innovative guitarist from India. During his childhood he was introduced to a blend Sur and Taal as his family always…
The Córdoba Guitar Festival 2018 Opens Tomorrow
The Córdoba Guitar Festival in Spain will celebrate its 38th edition from July 4 to July 14, 2018. This year, the highlights include guitar geniuses…
Artist Profiles: Vassilis Ketentzoglou
Greek composer, guitarist and musicologist Vassilis Ketentzoglou was born in 1979 in Athens and grew up in Rhodes island. He is formally a classical-trained classical…
Masterful String Intensity by Kittel & Co.
Kittel & Co. – Whorls (Compass Records, 2018) Whorls is the debut album of a superb string band led by fiddler Jeremy Kittel, who was…