Live: The Art of Steel-String Guitar - Master Fingerstyle & Acoustic Techniques for Performances, Recording & Home Practice

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Product Description Their music is as diverse as their cultures...from the Mediterranean, Canada, Scotland, and the United States, four artists of the steel-string guitar create a spellbinding acoustic journey into a world of Celtic, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Traditional, and original music of the world. This CD is an exhilarating interplay of solos, duos, trios, quartets...a powerful new experience in Acoustic Guitar Ensembles. Review "...such exciting, varied, satisfying and just downright musical music that I just wanted more...of the whole thing." -- Brian Miller, BBC Celtic Roots Online"...these guitar giants...brought a cosmopolitan sensibility and power to the interpretation of many different kinds of music." -- Il Secolo XIX, April 19, 2003 (an Italian national newspaper)"It's a magnificent disc - well recorded, edited and paced and, of course, the music is simply mouth-wateringly sublime." -- Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Breakdown, Nashville Public Radio About the Artist Dan Crary is a musical legend. In his 50th year of performing internationally, Crary is recognized as one of the founders of the flatpicking guitar technique. Dan weaves blues, Celtic, folk, classical, and country influences together with memorable stories that audiences loves. Dan Crary makes the possibilities of the guitar come alive in every dazzling performance. Beppe Gambetta's distinctive sound is a multi-cultural tapestry of traditional, original and classical music reflecting a colorful array of musical influences...from his native Genova, Italy to central European dance tunes, Celtic music, American bluegrass and more. Gambetta is acknowledged as Europe's premier flatpicking guitar stylist. Don Ross' remarkable fingerpicking style is hallmarked by amazing technical ability combined with great emotional intensity. With Scottish immigrant father and Mikm'aq aboriginal mother Don grew up around a diversity of music. He was already experimenting with alternate tunings and writing original music at age 10. Don is now one of the most respected musicians in Canada. Tony McManus is celebrated for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristics of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes onto guitar strings. Tony's fiendishly dexterous and dazzingly original playing draws from the entire Celtic world-Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Cape Breton, Buebec, along with jazz and east European music. Ranked alongside the guitar world's great, McManus is increasingly recognized as a pioneer in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres. See more