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March 6, 2021 By John Stropes

Qin Tang Cup 2nd Annual Masaaki Kishibe Fingerstyle Competition

I have the good fortune to work with guitar players around the world—interesting, talented, diligent guitar players. Huang Cong, who resides in Fujian province in China aims to bring the music of Michael Hedges to the foreground in China. He recently won the Qin Tang Cup 2nd Annual Masaaki … [Read more...] about Qin Tang Cup 2nd Annual Masaaki Kishibe Fingerstyle Competition

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Aerial Boundaries, Huang Cong

March 6, 2021 By John Stropes

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon – Ants (Official Art Track)

“Ants” is a remarkable composition that represents a new direction for Leo Kottke. Like “Gewerbegebiet,” it is in open G tuning, but sounds in Dm. This unusual approach opens up new possibilities. A transcription of "Ants" is available at https://www.stropes.com/leo-kottke/. … [Read more...] about Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon – Ants (Official Art Track)

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March 6, 2021 By John Stropes

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon “Flat Top” from Noon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpM1WYB12W4&t=6s Flattop was a villain in the early Dick Tracy comic strips. His son, Flattop, Jr., was the inspiration behind the title of this composition by Leo Kottke. This performance by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon brings some joy to our pandemic … [Read more...] about Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon “Flat Top” from Noon

Filed Under: Blog, Uncategorized Tagged With: Flattop, Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon

11th Cambridge Fold Festival Pocket Programme cover with an orange and red colored monkey swinging on circle ring

January 16, 2021 By John Stropes

11th Cambridge Folk Festival

Many thanks to Graham Pearson for contributing this rare “pocket programme” from the 11th Cambridge Folk Festival to the archives. On Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, 1975, you could have seen Bert Jansch at 8:30pm and Leo Kottke at 10pm! Were you there? … [Read more...] about 11th Cambridge Folk Festival

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Man in black shorts with red striped shorts and grey t-shirt playing an acoustic guitar, wearing headphones in front of microphone

December 6, 2020 By John Stropes

New Antoine Dufour Video

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December 4, 2020 By John Stropes

Wilson Center 2020 Guitar Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Wilson Center 2020 Fingerstyle Guitar Competition — Huang Cong, Matt Harp, and Zach Tremblay. … [Read more...] about Wilson Center 2020 Guitar Competition Winners

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two men wearing masks leaning over table discussing transcriptions and a mural of a lighthouse by the sea in the background

October 31, 2020 By John Stropes

Michael Hedges/Rhythm, Sonority, Silence, second printing

Michael Hedges/Rhythm, Sonority, Silence, second printing Reconstructing the digital files for reprinting the book has been a daunting task. Thanks go to Brian Burke for his forensic investigation of data files, and to Ben Kammin who resurrected the original music files and reconstructed the … [Read more...] about Michael Hedges/Rhythm, Sonority, Silence, second printing

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