Pino Forastiere Gives a Guitar class From 1 to 8 with Echoes February CD of the Month Hear Forastiere‘s From 1 to 8 featured on Echoes Monday February 6 Most instrumental musicians name their songs after they’re written, but on his new CD, From 1 to 8, Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere skips that exercise entirely.…
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International Guitar Night Lands
It’s only the first month of the year, but already this has to be THE tour for finger-style guitar enthusiasts. International Guitar Night is in it’s 11th year and tomorrow they launch their US tour at Crossroads Music in Philadelphia. This is a monster show of finger-style guitarists that we’ve featured for the last 4…
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Guitar Republic-New Dimensions for Acoustic Guitar
Three Italian Guitarists Turn Finger-style Guitar On Its Ear. Last Stop, The Monkey in NYC If there’s one type of CD that crosses the Echoes transom most frequently, it’s finger-style guitar. And at this point, it’s rare to find something new in that world. Tommy Emmanuel is a virtuoso with frightening technique. But his music…
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Forastiere, Antoine Dufour and Craig D’Andrea: An Invasion of CandyRats Guitarists
It was an international guitar morning here at Echoes as three virtuoso guitarists played live on the show. Echoes has always been a home to finger-style guitarists. Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, Alex De Grassi, Kaki King and Preston Reed are among those who have graced the Echoes Living Room. Today we had three players from…