During the BBC Proms 2011 Bergström performs with great success at the Royal Albert Hall with Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich. The following year, the recording of the same score is released on CD and […]
Tag: Review
#Review of SubString Bridge (2002, Bis Northern Lighs BIS-NL-CD-5019) by Mats Bergström on #neuguitars #blog
Mats Bergström has taken guitar performance into so many directions and with such skill, it’s a challenge to simply define his career. He is a highly successful soloist, chamber player, accompanist, and arranger, and in most […]
#Review of Sonata by Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 on #neuguitars#blog
http://www.nicolamontella.com/ Review of Sonata by Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 First CD for the young talented Italian classical guitarist Nicola Montella. Born in 1987, Nicola Montella has been studying classical guitar since he was eight, under […]
#Reviews of Deeprint by Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Reviews of Deeprint by Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 http://www.santicostanzo.com/ The first thing that strikes me about this cd, about this deep imprint left by Santi Costanzo following the other prints of his mentor Paolo […]
#Review of Rational Melodies by Tom Johnson (2010, New World Records) on #neuguitars #blog
Rational Melodies by Tom Johnson (2010, New World Records) Essayist, journalist and composer born in 1939 in Colorado and long lived in Paris, Tom Johnson shows another way to American minimalism, bringing the idea of […]
#Review of Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! by David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! by David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 David Fiucynski is a genius. I think that this would be enough to close here the review of his latest album, dated 2016, which, mea […]
#Review of Local Objects by Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Local Objects by Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 http://www.zsofia-boros.com/ Hungarian-born but from a long time living in Vienna, Zsofia Boros is an extraordinary classically trained guitar player, devoted to the interpretation of the best […]
#Review of An Afternoon in Austin by Susan Alcorn and Eugene Chadbourne, Boxholder Records, 2002 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of An Afternoon in Austin by Susan Alcorn and Eugene Chadbourne, Boxholder Records,2002 http://www.susanalcorn.net/ For this record An Afternoon in Austin, or Country Music for Harmolodic Souls, Dr. Chadbourne and Mrs. Alcorn sat down […]
#Review of Soledad by Susan Alcorn, Relative Pitch Records, 2015 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Soledad by Susan Alcorn, Relative Pitch Records, 2015 Susan Alcorn play fantastic and beautiful music in this amazing “Soledad”, a new solo pedal steel guitar cd completely dedicated to the music of the […]
#Review of Guitarscapes by The Gothenburg Combo, 2014 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Guitarscapes by The Gothenburg Combo, 2014 Nice, really nice. Everything is nice in this record, starting with the cd’s cover, very unusual for a contemporary guitar record refers instead to 80’s sound and aesthetic […]
#Review of Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra In C, Invada, 2013 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra In C, Invada, 2013 Adrian Utley, guitarist of the famous trip-hop group Portishead, returns to the stage with a record that should teach something to those who dismissed summarily […]
#Review of DésAccordes In C, Gazul Records, 2005 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of DésAccordes In C, Gazul Records, 2005 http://desaccordes.free.fr “DésAccordes’s rockers fundamentally ‘romantic’ soul led Director Erik Baron turn In C into a four-part piece, just as a conventional symphony, which is quite unusual for […]
#Review of In C by The Styrenes, Enja, 2002 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of In C by The Styrenes, Enja, 2002 In Cleveland, a whole proto-punk scene developed around these sound. Like Ubu, though, the primitivism was studied – artistic gesture rather than lumpen impulse. The Electric […]
#Review of Granados, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Ginastera, Mompou by Duo Resonances Frédérique Luzy & Pierre Bibau , Calliope Records 2013 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Granados, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Ginastera, Mompou by Duo Resonances Frédérique Luzy & Pierre Bibau , Calliope Records 2013 Bravi . Really good these two classical guitarists French Frédérique Luzy and Pierre Bibault , aka […]
#Review of Guitars Ladies by Heike Matthiesen, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Guitars Ladies by Heike Matthiesen, 2016 “The problem is that music today is as massively organized a masculine domain as it was in the past. Without significant exception, women play a crucial but […]
#Review of Sylvano Bussotti Complete Music for Solo Guitar by Sergio Sorrentino, Creative Sources Recordings, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Sylvano Bussotti Complete Music for Solo Guitar by Sergio Sorrentino, Creative Sources Recordings, 2016 “Three composers have influenced me – listening to their music as much as their personal acquaintance: Luigi Dallpiccola, when […]
#Review of Streams by Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016) on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Streams by Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016) I waited for this disc with high expectations. The Danish guitarist Jakob Bro is now emerging as one of the new worldwide leader in jazz and […]
#Review of El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 http://www.smarogregoriadou.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/smarogregoriadoureinventingguitar%5B…%5D
#Review of Reinventing Guitar II Smaro Gregoriadou, Delos Productions, 2012 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Reinventing Guitar II Smaro Gregoriadou, Delos Productions, 2012 http://www.smarogregoriadou.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/smarogregoriadoureinventingguitar%5B…%5D
#Review of A Little Less by Pablo Montagne and Adolfo La Volpe, Amirani Records, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of A Little Less by Pablo Montagne and Adolfo La Volpe, Amirani Records, 2016 http://www.amiranirecords.com/editions/alittleless “A little less conversation, a little more action please” sang Elvis Presley in 1968, and Pablo Montagne and Adolfo […]
NeuGuitars 