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Festival International de la Harpe Guitare
Another milestone that will go down in history – Europe’s first harp guitar festival! As recently announced in our Forum and elsewhere, our harp guitar brethren across the pond – headed by Philippe...
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Indonesian Custom Harp Guitar Craze!
You all remember Iwan Hasan from Jakarta, I expect…he’s the one-time student of John Doan, who played his similar 1991 21-string John Sullivan harp guitar on the very first harp guitar compilation CD,...
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A Visit with Fred Walecki
Does everyone know Fred? It seems so, and he seems to know everyone in the music biz. The famous “Walecki dynasty” of Westwood Music started when his father Hermann opened the rare instrument store...
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McCollum’s Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 1
Today’s blog started out as a simple (and melancholy) story about one of the last harp guitars of the late Lance McCollum…specifically, to announce “last call” on the unique instrument I’ve had listed...
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McCollum Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 2
Continuing the last blog, I want to now discuss the “legend” of the Lance McCollum-Michael Hedges harp guitar. In doing so, I hope at the same time to create an archive of Lance’s brief harp guitar...
View ArticleThe Water is Wide Tribute CD Reviewed
Nice to see that Minor7th.com (specifically reviewer Celine Keating) “gets” our Stephen Bennett tribute CD…the music, the concept, the instrument, the cause. Equally nice to see someone carefully...
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Harp Guitar at the Kennedy Center
Just back from France to find that our friends Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts (who have graced 2 of our Harp Guitar Gatherings) just finished a great gig at the Kennedy Center. A full hour is presented...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 1
It was about a year ago that I heard from my French friend Philippe Fouquet about a local classical guitar society working towards putting on an all-harp guitar festival. This was exciting news, as it...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 2
After the Festival’s day of prep, it was time for… The Concerts: I’ll lump them both together, if that’s OK. Each of the 5 performers did a set of 4 tunes…I forget the exact order, but nevertheless:...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 3
Besides the two public harp guitar concerts, the festival featured a small Luthier exhibit, courtesy of the four builders previously mentioned. There were the 3 instruments by Sean Woolley, 2 of...
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Groove Jazz Harp Guitar and Other New Music
Well, the first task I’m catching up on after the month-long series on my France trip is something two years behind now: updating the Harpguitars.net Music page, where we list all CDs and DVDs that...
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Ken & Company
Here’s some harp guitar news I suppose I should’ve mentioned weeks ago…(I’ve been buried in other harp guitar music projects – like Brad Hoyt’s outrageous and long-awaited new CD [in mastering now] and...
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Artistry of the Harp Guitar
Ken Bonfield actually advertised this concert as “Beyond Six Strings” (an old standby many of us have used for such special shows). I prefer my title riff on his own “Artistry of the Guitar” show....
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Checking in on Tim Donahue’s Plan for Electric Harp Guitar Global Domination
I have to hand it to our friend Tim Donahue – he doesn’t seem to be resting on his laurels. Having just received a new CD by one of the customers of his production EHGs (both fretted and fretless), I...
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Brad Hoyt: Ready for Another Close-up
Brad is going all-out for the release of his latest CD Far Away From Everyday. The official release date is December 2, but promo copies are available and starting to make the rounds via a jazz music...
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Wikipedia Harp Guitar Notables of the Month
By now, you all presumably know my feelings about Wikipedia (my last rant is here). Yes, I try to ignore their “Harp Guitar” entry, but yes, I try to check it at least a couple times a year – for sheer...
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Harp Guitar Arts & Leisure
All of the above can be found at the 11th Harp Guitar Gathering this weekend! Co-host John Thomas wrote a lengthy promo piece that has appeared on several local news sites already. At left is from the...
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New Merchandise at the 11th Harp Guitar Gathering
Before I get started on the HGG11 series (waiting on photos – please send yours in asap!), I wanted to mention the new products that showed up this year (many a complete surprise). As mentioned a...
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HGG11 Open Mic Sessions: Old and New Faces
As mentioned last issue, at the 11th Harp Guitar Gathering, we held our usual Friday night open mic, with a similar Round Robin Sunday morning. We even fit in one extra open mic during Saturday lunch!...
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HGG11: Sir Gregory on Super-Trebles
As I wait for photos from our Certified Harp Guitar Photographer Chuck Thompson, I’ll jump ahead a bit… As mentioned in the 11th Harp Guitar Gathering overview, for my segment on Saturday just before...
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