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Len Collins’ Guitar Breakthrough DVD

David Hodge — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:57:50 +0000

Len Collins' Guitar Breakthough DVD is a breath of fresh air. This DVD lets you sit in on seven "lessons" spread out over the course of three hours on two discs.

Jack Frost & the Christmas Band – Volume 1

David Hodge — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:59:31 +0000

Nine Christmas songs done in an "easy jazz feel" - right down to the vocals straight from the 1940s to the wonderfully articulated piano lines.

Bradford – The Ninth Ring

David Hodge — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:49:36 +0000

While there is certainly more than enough guitar technique on display here, there is also a very welcome sense of melody and song. This alone makes “The Ninth Ring” worth the listen.

Ahmond – A Boy You Once Knew

Alan Green — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:39:59 +0000

Nine songs that blend influences as diverse as Inglesias and Madonna. This is a thoughtful, soulful CD with many standout tracks.

Jan Jankowski – Tunes for Solo Guitar

David Hodge — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:26:38 +0000

Jan Jankowski's Tunes for Solo Guitar consists of thirteen wonderfully crafted tracks of Jan playing his guitar like a magician who can blur the borders of traditional genres.

John Scott Evans – Above the Sun

Alan Green — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:53:20 +0000

Wonderful melodic finger style guitar from someone who’s played with artists as diverse as Chet Atkins and the Atlanta Chamber Orchestra.

Asteria EP

Alan Green — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:36:53 +0000

The latest release from a young, ambitious five-piece band out of Crown Point, Indiana who definitely know how to rock.

Blues You Can Use Book of Guitar Chords

Special to Guitar Noise — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:46:05 +0000

A quick visit to the Guitar Noise Forum will let anyone know that many of our members are big fans of the "Blues You Can Use" series of tutorial books. Mark Morrow found (and purchased) the "Blues You Can Use Book of Guitar Chords" on a recent visit to his local guitar store and shares his findings and thoughts with you all.

Starpics

Special to Guitar Noise — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:42:00 +0000

Starpics are plectrums or guitar picks handcrafted in Australia from semi-precious and precious stones. Guitar Noise stalwart Vic Lewis gives us this thoughtful look at these stone beauties.

Natasha Borzilova – Cheap Escape

Alan Green — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:56:26 +0000

Natasha Borzilova, formerly of Grammy-nominated Bering Strait, originally from Russia and now living in Nashville. This is her first solo outing.

Andre Marins – Internal Dive

Alan Green — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:54:22 +0000

Andre Marins began studying classical guitar at eleven, and went on to study Jazz improvisation. This album is a fusion.

The Rosetta Stone of Guitar

Nick Torres — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:42:13 +0000

Have you ever wanted to just be able to land anywhere on the fretboard and play? The Rosetta Stone of Guitar is an instructional DVD/book that teaches a really easy set of patterns. It isn't about learning to solo, it's about learning to see.

The Guitar Lesson Companion by Susan Palmer

Nick Torres — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:40:33 +0000

The Guitar Lesson Companion is a hybrid of lesson companion, instruction manual and method book. On the surface, it seems to be a throwback to the Method books of old. But to dismiss this gem of a book as that beginning guitarist’s nightmare would be foolish.

David Fagin – For Promotional Use Only

Special to Guitar Noise — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:38:55 +0000

As founder and lead singer of The Rosenbergs, David Fagin led a crusade for artists' rights against unfair recording contracts, yet his solo CD is virtually free of politics.

Kathy Reichert – Live at Borders Books, Highland Park, Illinois, May 12, 2007

Special to Guitar Noise — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:32:14 +0000

Guitar Nose contributor Mike Roberto caught Kathy Reichert (a Sunday Songwriters Group mainstay) playing last month at a Saturday night performance at Borders Bookstore in Highland Park, Illinois. Read all about it!

PlaneTalk by Kirk Lorange

Nick Torres — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:35:39 +0000

Another outstanding tutorial DVD from the author of PlaneTalk! This DVD guides you through the ins and outs of playing slide guitar in standard tuning, as well as Drop D. Plus it uses a fantastic three-way split screen method that displays slide placement, the left hand and the right hand all at the same time.

Victor L. Wooten – The Music Lesson

David Hodge — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:30:46 +0000

A mysterious, seemingly mystic teacher arrives to assist a struggling bass player make sense of both music and life in Victor Wooten's (bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) book. Both entertaining and enlightening.

eMedia Essential Rock Guitar

David Hodge — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:25:30 +0000

If you're someone who feels you learn better with visual aids, there's a lot here to help. You get good views of both the left and right hands play cool features like interactive chord charts (not to mention a two hundred and fifty chord dictionary) and animated fretboards.

The Sheryl Bailey Three

David Hodge — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:40:08 +0000

Live @ The Fat Cat, the latest CD from the impossibly talented trio of Sheryl Bailey (guitar), Gary Versace (Hammond B3 organ) and Ian Froman (drums), was recorded last November in one of New York City's top jazz clubs and displays the Sheryl Bailey 3 at its finest.

Eric Mantel – The Unstruck Melody

Nick Torres — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:23:03 +0000

A virtual workshop on great guitar playing across many styles and genres, Eric Mantel's The Unstruck Melody is sure to strike a chord with some part of your musical psyche.