TagsTagsThis wild piece by Ewan Dobson goes through a million changes, with an almost metronomic precision. And I want to congratulate him for losing the weird masks and psychedelic background effects. Much better without, dude. (If you've seen his other videos you know what I mean.)
Today's insanity break features some very creative use of tuning pegs by acoustic guitarist Trevor Gordon Hall. Related: Trevor Gordon Hall - Kalimbatar
Swedish wunderkind Jimmy Walhsteen has a new album out, and here's a great track titled "Halifaxation." Some beautiful tones in this one, from Jimmy's slotted Larrivée guitar. More samples from this excellent album: [Video]
UPDATE at 10/31/11 5:56:05 pm Here's an Amazon MP3 widget that lets you hear samples from Trevor Gordon Hall's latest album, Entelechy. (And if you buy the album at Amazon, we get a small cut of the purchase price.) [Video]
Today's musical interlude: Craig D'Andrea, performing "Falling for Twelves" from his new album, ...And The B.L.T.'s.
From Antoine Dufour's new recording, Sound Pictures.
Tonight's musical interlude is brought to you by Don Ross, finger-picking the living hell out of his composition, "It's Fun Being Lucky," from the album Breakfast For Dogs.
Today's insanity break is another great track from Andy McKee's most recent recording, Joyland.
Our musical interlude for the evening: acoustic guitarist Andy McKee with "Hunter's Moon" from his most recent recording, Joyland. (The audio track for this video is a little low; adjust your volume accordingly.) And here's an Amazon MP3 widget with more samples from this excellent album: [Video]
A beautiful tune played on a terrific sounding guitar, by one of the world's great finger-pickers. [Video] Here's an Amazon widget with more clips from the excellent album on which this tune appears, Breakfast for Dogs: [Video]
Don Ross's finger-picking skills are crazy. And so's the song he's covering in this new video. [Video]
Music of the street: Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen play "It's Your Favourite" from Jimmy's album 181st Songs. (iTunes Store.) [Video]
Our music break for the evening is an acoustic guitar duet with two excellent players, Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen, featuring a special appearance by a fire truck. [Video]
For today’s insanity break, Gareth Pearson plays bass line, accompanying chords, and melody all at once, on a tune you may recognize. From Gareth’s album Urban Echoes Vol. 1. [Video]
Here’s some mighty fancy finger picking from Gareth Pearson, doing an original tune called “Adrenaline Rush” from his album Urban Echoes Vol. 1. [Video]
Time for some acoustic guitar gymnastics from Andy McKee, in a tune called “Hunter’s Moon” from his latest album Joyland. [Video]
Today’s insanity break is some very nice finger-style acoustic guitar from Gareth Pearson, who has an album coming out: Urban Echoes Vol. 1. [Video]
Another great new video from acoustic guitarist Antoine Dufour to start the morning. [Video]
Antoine Dufour covers Imogen Heap’s electronic tour de force “Hide and Seek” on solo acoustic guitar, and catches the essence. Absolutely beautiful. [Video] Here’s an Amazon widget with more audio samples from this fine album. [Video]
This new video might be the most impressive performance yet from Antoine Dufour, a complex piece in 7/8 from his new album Convergences titled “To Run in a Dream,” with flawless false harmonics and gorgeous tone. (The ending is incredible.) [Video] Samples from the rest of the album: [Video]
Acoustic guitar maestro Antoine Dufour shows off his innovative finger-style technique, in a tune from his upcoming album Convergences. [Video] Here’s an Amazon MP3 widget that lets you listen to samples of the rest of the songs on this great record. [Video]
Jimmy Wahlsteen provides the rhythm for himself by tapping on the back of his guitar neck with a thumb ring, in this solo performance of “It’s Your Favorite” from the album 181st Songs. (iTunes Store.) [Video]
Here’s a midday music thread featuring Don Ross on the Frameworks guitar. [Video]