From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Julie Bergman Tristan Seume has made his way into the top tier of acoustic guitar instrumentalists in the United Kingdom not only due to the extraordinary fingerstyle abilities demonstrated on his original and interpretative recordings, but also his penchant for sharing his skills. In addition to being in high demand The post Guitar Talk: Connecting with Leading UK Fingerstylist and Educator Tristan Seume appeared first on Acoustic Guitar.

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: What do you get when you mix a fingerstyle acoustic award winner in Toronto, a prog-hop artist from LA, an extreme shredder in Vienna and more? That was exactly what guitarist/composer Chris Woods set out to discover when he started writing ‘Octet.’ Written by The Chris Woods Groove Orchestra and commissioned by Elixir® The post Eight Global Artists, One Virtual Performance appeared first on Acoustic Guitar.

From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Kenny Berkowitz Forty years ago, back in the days when people dubbed their favorite music onto cassettes, my buddy Chris came to work with Pierre Bensusan’s debut, Près de Paris. I thought it was astonishingly beautiful, and even though a lot has happened since—Chris has become a musicology professor, and The post Album Review: Pierre Bensusan Reimagines His Guitar as an Orchestra on Beautiful ‘Aswan’ appeared first on Acoustic Guitar.