Archive for March, 2010
Walter Strauss – Ishi
One of the fascinating things about acoustic fingerstyle guitar is the variety of individual styles possible. For this reason I created the ‘Fingerstyle at FARwest 2009–Six Approaches‘ video, which captures intimate performances by six different fingerstyle players filmed at the the annual Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West) last November. Of the six guitarists presented, Walter [...]
Garrin Benfield – Unbound
I’ve known San Francisco based singer-songwriter Garrin Benfield for some time. In the mid ‘oughties’ (this century has turned out sucky for decade names so far,) we were booked on the same bill at a local SF acoustic music showcase night. At the end of the evening, Garrin and I jumped onstage for an impromptu [...]
Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicking, Fingerstyle Guitar, Folk Music, Guitar Technique, Modern Fingerstyle Players
