Antoine Dufour Existence

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Adrenaline Rush
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Beauty of Discipline
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Paranoid Android

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Gareth Pearson : Urban Echoes Vol 1

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Barely out of his teens, Gareth Pearson continues to challenge the most discerning guitar aficionados, as well as every notable player he’s come in contact with. His proficiency on the acoustic guitar is practically legendary. Urban Echoes is Gareth Pearson's first studio recording.

Antoine Dufour Existence

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To Run in a Dream
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In My Own Rhythms
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Hide and Seek

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Antoine Dufour : Convergences

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Antoine Dufour's forth solo CD, Convergences, moves forward where his last CD, Existence left off. Dufour's style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, Convergences "Is his attempt to develop songs influenced by some of his favorite artists and bands and make them into his own."

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Funky Sex Republic
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Republic Avenue
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GR Station

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Guitar Republic

Acoustic Guitar Trio

Guitar Republic is the new solo-duo-trio concert by Sergio Altamura, Stefano Barone and Pino Forastiere: music in the widest sound spectrum you may imagine, from the pure acoustic guitar sound to experimental electronics. Rock, improvisation, minimalism, mediterranean colors and rhythms are performed on the same stage by three different citizens of the same Guitar Republic.

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I Know Your Pain
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Orange
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Blood and Ice

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Ewan Dobson

Solo Acoustic Guitar

The development of Ewan Dobson into the artist that he is today has been an journey to say the least. After his humble beginnings with his first electric guitar playing heavy metal and hard rock music to the discipline of his classical training, Dobson has expanded his repertoire to include Bluegrass, Folk, Techno, Trance, Video Game and Contemporary Fingerstyle music. The culmination of all of these diverse influences has fuelled his creativity to compose his own unique brand of music and resulted in creating the artist that he is today.

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Shifts of Attention
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It's Your Favorite
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Rapid Eye Moment

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Jimmy Wahlsteen : 181st Songs

Instrumental

"181st songs" contains multitrack recorded material with expressive guitar arrangements and brilliant guest musicians. The core of all songs is the acoustic guitar mixed and enhanced with percussion, strings and lots of additional guitars.

Antoine Dufour Existence

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Swing in a Round
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String Fusion
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Intenso

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Antoine Dufour : Tommy Gauthier : Still Strings

Folk / World / Jazz

Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier combine to make CD full of diverse styles including Folk, World, and Jazz influences. The level of virtouosity on Still Strings is at the highest level, even so, the music is always in front and held there from start to finsih with great results.

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Final Blu
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Down Roma Traffic
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Conversations

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Sergio Altamura : Aria Meccanica

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Sergio Altamura latest release plays more like a movie soundtrack than a instrumental guitar CD. Aria Meccanica plays out scene by scene, creating countless images and setting dark and beautiful moods throughout. Through Altamura's innovative use of looping and effects he takes the compositions to impossible heights and adds so many layers of texture, it builds to full orchestra.

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Almost Gone, Barely Here
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Three Mile Bikeride
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Standing Still

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Craig D'Andrea : Getting Used to Isolation

Solo Acoustic Guitar

"This CD represents a big change for me. I want to let go of my consistent routines, make a change, live each day in a new life. This is me stripping away all preconceived notions; leaving behind all the ordinary prosaic facets of my day to day life, and embracing the unknown."

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Wild Parking
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Ripresa
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Dominic

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Forastiere : Live

CD/DVD

A live performance by Italian guitarist, Pino Forastiere. Filmed in late-2008; the performance is both beautiful and technically stunning at the same time.

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Rito
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Why Not?

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Forastiere : Why Not?

Solo Guitar

Italian guitarist, Pino Forastiere is a remarkable virtuoso. His techniques and musical ideas are a true mix of acoustic and classical guitar styles. "Why Not?" is his third solo release and is the most bold in terms of style and composition.

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Intro
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TCLD
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Alexander Supertramp

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Stefano Barone : particolare#uno

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Stefano Barone's debut CD features entirely original compositions, ranging from the funk of Spankie to the intimate melodies of The Return, to tracks of more complex execution and performance like Metronix, Batman, Alexander Supertramp and Minimalaction, a composition for 12 guitars which he usually performs live with the help of a multitrack machine.

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Fur Ludwig
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Matador
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Hommage to Barrios

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Kelly Valleau : Musica para la Guitarra

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Musica para la Guitarra, is the first solo cd from Kelly Valleau. Nine originals and a couple killer arrangements to tweak your ears. Dark, dissonant, melodic, rhythmic music.

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GAD Zooks
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Mist of the Mourning
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Foxfire / Kilnamona

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Dean Magraw : Foxfire

Solo Guitar

This collection of solo guitar compositions represents a confluence of dwellings, personalities, and events... represented in sound.

Antoine Dufour Existence

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Catching the Light
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Song for Stephen
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Ashes in the Sea

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Antoine Dufour : Existence

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Antoine Dufour's third solo cd, Existence, is his best yet by far, with epic compositions that break ground on the instrument and move more towards a progressive rock sound than displayed on his first two CDs, Naissance and Development. Dufours style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, "The acoustic guitar is an instrument which has a very rich sound, and offers infinite possibilities to the player."

Antoine Dufour Naissance

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Scratch (solo)
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Glimmer of Hope

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Antoine Dufour : Naissance

Solo Acoustic Guitar (Bass, Fiddle, & Percussion)

Antoine Dufours’ thirteen original compositions come to life on this CD. Naissance (Birth) is a fitting title for this CD as it is his first completely original and solo project. The CD is receiving critical acclaim and along with appearances and awards at major festivals, Antoine is building a National reputation for innovation and creativity.

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Rylynn
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For My Father
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Drifting

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Andy McKee : Art of Motion

Solo Acoustic Guitar

In my humble opinion, Andy is the most innovative and exciting fingerstyle guitarist to emerge in years. Still in his 20's, Andy has developed a mastery of the 6-string guitar and the harp guitar that leaves me speechless. He is the most textural player of the instrument since Michael Hedges, and he creates sonic architecture worthy of the great modern composers for any instrument. - Don Ross

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Gates of Gnomeria
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Ebon Coast
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Andy McKee : The Gates of Gnomeria

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Gates of Gnomeria is a collection of Andy McKee original songs and two covers. His cover of Björk's Venus as a Boy is a stunning multi-track arrangement of one of her best known songs from her debut. Joined by Bassist Jeff Schmidt on two songs, A Sphere and Dependant Arising, the songs on Gates of Gnomeria as a collection are more laid-back than on Art of Motion and convey larger musical ideas at the same time.

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Dolphins
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Rylynn
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Spirit of the West

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Don Ross & Andy McKee : The Thing that came from Somewhere

Acoustic Music

The new cd includes duets versions of five familiar tunes composed by each guitarist, two duet arrangements of compositions by Russell Ferrante and Mike Marshall, and two solo tracks by each of Don and Andy for a total of 11 great performances.

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Tochigi
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Brooke's Waltz
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Rockbarra

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Don Ross : Music for Vacuuming

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Don Ross's latest released, Music for Vacuuming, shows a renewed optimism in Don's creative approach thanks to the wonderful changes in his life.

One of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world.

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Abyssal
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Nocturne
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Gospel

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Peter Ciluzzi : Music without Words

Solo Acoustic Guitar

From the Music Without Words CD liner notes;

I play music because I need to. I also play music because it expresses that which words so often cannot. A good deal of the music I listen to has no words, and though I’ve written a handful of songs with lyrics, most of what I play and write also has no words.

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Blasting Cap
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Stonecutter
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Tribes

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Preston Reed : Metal

Solo Acoustic Guitar

One of the most unique and challenging guitar albums EVER. Reed runs the gamut of orchestral and multi-textural jazz to bluegrass and down-and-dirty funk, it will slip into your heart after one listen.

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A Ripple Effect
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Alone In The Mist
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Muse

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Erik Mongrain : Equilibrium

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Erik is a musician who is constantly researching and exploring the world of music. For almost two years now, Erik has resumed standard guitar posture and has been writing at tremendous speed songs in which the harmonies and melodies are profoundly inspired.

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Topeka
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Loveproof
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Afterglow

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Jon Gomm : Don't Panic

Acoustic Guitar

Don't Panic is the new album from British virtuoso acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jon Gomm. Don't Panic is the follow up to debut album Hypertension, released in December 2003. The new CD features strong songs, exhibiting Jon s genuine grasp of a wide range of genres from blues to jazz to rock to country, which comes from his lifelong experience as a session musician and musical academic.

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The Mystery
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Lewis & Clark
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And So It Goes

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Tommy Emmanuel : The Mystery

Solo Acoustic Guitar

The Mystery, Tommy Emmanuel's sixth US album, was inspired by Emmanuel's travels; each of the album's compositions is a musical snapshot or sojourn; a journey that brings us together with places and people; a journey into self discovery.

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Sentimentales Pyromaniaques
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La Dame de Clevedon
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Sur un Fil

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Pierre Bensusan: Antiplanos

Solo Acoustic Guitar

French acoustic fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Pierre Bensusan has put together a 10th solo album, showcasing a varied program of gorgeous vocal numbers, provocative improvised pieces, intimate ballads and strikingly original composed works on Altiplanos.

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Sliabh Gal Cua/Kishor's Tune
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An Droichead Bheag/The Chandelier
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Exile

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Tony McManus : Ceol More

Celtic Guitar (U.K.)

Ceol More resoundingly confirms McManus’s standing as one of today’s most gifted and groundbreaking instrumental artists. Establishing such a reputation is certainly an honour, yet poses itself as a challenge to live up to. With his latest recording, McManus executes this challenge with a humble grace and indisputable passion.

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