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My interview with Julian Lage (opens the original)
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Julian’s gifts to the guitar world are many— and have been since he was a youngster. His ascent has been striking in the past few years, if inevitable. Even Bob Dylan has noticed! I seems like a good time to finally reprint my in depth interview with him from 2019 that originally appeared in the book “Guitar Talk” (Terra Nova Press). It’s becoming rare to see such content with Julian these days, he’s beyond busy. This far-ranging, casual but deep discussion took place at my apartment in Fort Gre
Honoring Guitarist Pat Martino (again) (opens the original)
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Back in late 2019 I caught wind of the fact that guitarist Pat Martino was suffering from lung disease. In all likelihood, he would not perform again. Part of our mission with the Alternative Guitar Summit is to honor living players and composers. So I began to organize a night where we’d play his music at the Jazz Standard with an All-Star lineup. We invited Pat not knowing whether he'd actually be able to make it. The concert was scheduled for April 22, 2020. You know the rest.<a class="image-
The mystery and power of procrastination (opens the original)
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Recently, I had a student present me with a problem. He’s trying to write some new music, a piece that will challenge him, something with some new orchestration and complexity. He’s excited about it, he’s got good ideas, he’s listening to a lot of great work. However, he’s a bit stuck.He’s procrastinating.Subscribe nowHere are the questions he’s asking. Do they sound familiar?“The biggest chall
Two music camps, a Jack DeJohnette Memorial, performing with Jaimoe: (opens the original)
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The sheer amount of musical excellence I was exposed to over the past two weeks may be unprecedented in my life. Catskills Crossroad Blues Camp, Jack D’s three and a half hour memorial in Kingston organized by Pat Metheny, Danny Melnick, and Terri Lyne Carrington, The 9th Alt Guitar Summit Camp, and a performance with Allman Bros. drummer, Jaimoe.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z2Ru!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F
Blues icon Bobby Rush (opens the original)
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Today I begin the Alternative Guitar Summit camp up at Big Indian.So there's not much time to talk about all that happened last week at the inaugural Catskill Crossroads Blues Camp.But I did want to share this snippet.Here is Bobby Rush at age 93! The blues he is playing here is what you might call the real deal. It goes back to the earliest forms of the 20th century, as exemplified by people like John Lee Hooker, who learned it from folks like Willie Moore and Blind Lemon Jefferson.<p class="ct
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