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Ce projet musical et artistique la« La Symphonie Astrale », poème symphonique concertant pour guitare classique et orchestre composé par la guitariste Jean-Félix Lalanne et créée en première mondiale à Lyon le 13 mars 2005 aux Concerts de la Cité, sous la direction de Philipe Fournier…..

Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter and singer Sonny Landreth is a musician's musician. The blues slide guitar playing found on his two Zoo Entertainment releases, Outward Bound (1992) and South of I-10 (1995) is distinctive and unlike anything else you've ever heard. His unorthodox guitar style comes from the manner in which he simultaneously plays slide and makes fingering movements on the fret board. ….

"Prior to this, his debut CD, Clive Carroll would simply pick up his guitar, saunter down to his local pub and play for the regulars. Not much new or exiting there you might think. However, the man has an awesome technique to sit along side his degree in composition from Trinity College, London.
His style is a composite of disparate influences with classical and contemporary strands woven together into a distinctive sound that will prick up the most stoical listener. He has a metronomic right-hand reminiscent of the best classical players but he also draws from many of the Anglo-American finger pickers of the last thirty-odd years. For example, on "Clonlara" he invokes a Martin Simpson feel without any hint of copying.
He pays due tribute to others - Michael Hedges on "Aerial Discoveries" and Nick Drake on "Southbound" and "Promise of Spring" - but the tunes will impress on their own merit even if the listener is unfamiliar with any of the names above.
I remember the downbeat magazine used to run a regular feature where they would invite some star musician to listen to a handful of records and guess the identity of the performers. If Clive Carroll happened to be one of the mystery artists I wouls defy anyone to venture the opinion that this was a debut recording! Such is the level of compositional skill and technique that he sounds like a veteran of the scene.
On the evidence of this CD, this man is a world-class player who cannot be allowed to languish in his local pub or on the periphery of the music business. This really is a major talent with the unfortunate handicap (like others before him) of not having a convenient "file under pop" label to attract the public at large.
The fact that the CD is endorsed by two of the UK's finest exponents of finger-style guitar - John Renbourn and Chris Newman (who also does a great production job) - is no sop. Carroll is a richly talented player and composer who should be applauded for his eclecticism as much as his virtuosity.
If you have the remotest interest in the guitar and you are not knocked out by this man I am happy to exhibit my nether regions in the proximity of Fenwick's frontage!"

Autour de la guitare est un spectacle de Jean-Félix Lalanne basé sur une rencontre entre des guitaristes actuels, choisis pour leurs personnalités et leurs spécificités, et des chanteurs. Rythmé par des arrangements de Jean-Felix uniquement à base de guitares autour de thèmes instrumentaux ou de chansons, ce concert est composé d'une « cellule de base » de guitaristes à la fois solistes et accompagnateurs.

Dès le premier morceau, te voilà emporté dans la danse, irlandaise de surcroît. Les cordes vibrent, la Takamine livre son âme sous les doigts d’un artiste de talent. Michel Haumont a voulu fixer un moment de sa vie, tout entière consacrée à la guitare, cet instrument magique. « Cette guitare a parcouru le monde », disait Le Forestier, phrase reprise dans le livret dans une présentation multilingue….

great fingerstyle guitar player !!!Clive Carroll was described by Acoustic Guitar magazine as ‘Probably the Best and Most Original Young Acoustic Guitar Player and Composer in Britain’!!!

two french guitarist fingerstyle playing live…

Unplugged is an acoustic live album by Canadian Rock Legend Bryan Adams. The album was recorded completely in September 26, 1997 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Adams was joined by Irish piper Davy Spillane and Michael Kamen who wrote orchestrations for many of the songs and brought students from the Juilliard School to play them.
The album includes only thirteen of the songs recorded at the show.