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31st October 2022 Track Leave a comment 2020sBandcampclassicalfolkguitarTrack of the Week

Shingles

The Milky Way above a shingle beach in Suffolk The word 'shingle' has many meanings. It could denote a roof tile or small pebbles on a beach. Several places have 'Shingle' in their names: Shingle Cove (in Antarctica) and Shingle Street (a community and conservation group in Suffolk, UK), for example. And, in the plural,…Read more Shingles

21st March 2022 Album Leave a comment 2020sacousticguitarnews

Sympatheia

For the next two weeks or so, Calum Graham, acoustic guitarist extraordinaire, is running a crowdfunding campaign for his next album. He has appeared in these pages twice before (Waiting, Billie Jean) and on both occasions I have marvelled at his work. CG's last album, Thread of Creation (2019), was self-released and doesn't appear on…Read more Sympatheia

16th August 202126th December 2021 Band/Artist 1 Comment 2020sacousticguitarsinger-songwriter

Jon Gomm

No, this isn't a picture of Obi-Wan Kenobi trying to figure out what this alien device can do. Nor is it a hooligan hoodie who has accidentally stuck his fingers to his mate's guitar with superglue. This is Jon Gomm, the British equivalent of Calum Graham. In an earlier post here I said that Calum…Read more Jon Gomm

12th October 2020 Track 1 Comment 1970s1980sguitarjazzSpanishTrack of the Week

Mediterranean Sundance

For some of us the social distancing rules that Covid-19 has brought about are torture and the self-isolation rules are a prison. The virus itself is a black cloud that dampens our spirits and darkens our moods, a devilish presence that constantly haunts our souls. But there is a silver lining. We have had to…Read more Mediterranean Sundance

10th September 2017 Track 1 Comment classicalfunkyguitarTrack of the Week

San Francisco Drive

Now that we have escaped from Hotel California let's go on a San Francisco drive with Petteri Sariola. "Who's that?", you ask. Well I'd never heard of him either until Spotify dropped a track called The Clockwork into my Release Radar last week. That track turned out to be an unbelievable guitar performance by Sariola…Read more San Francisco Drive

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