Truly great guitar playing

As a six-string dude myself, there’s nothing I think is finer than someone who can blow the roof off the sucker with a guitar. And Saturday night, Adrien Moignard and his band, L’Ensemble Zaiti (about whom I penned a story last week, I’m happy to...
Refugees in Song

Refugees in Song

Following the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959, the Drepung Loseling Monastery, in the hills on the northern outskirts of Lhasa, was closed, along with nearly all of Tibet's 6,500 monasteries. Many were completely destroyed. Most of Loseling's monks were...
Behind the Beat: Old Guitar, New Generation

Behind the Beat: Old Guitar, New Generation

Compilation albums happen for all sorts of reasons, but the new album Selmer #607 has as its centerpiece something quite unusual: a single guitar, played by all of the album's contributors.That guitar is, well, Selmer #607. The brand (and style of guitar) is...