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Excerpted
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Guitar
magazine, December 2001, No. 108.
News
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Richard Smith took home first prize in the fingerpicking
guitar competition and Adam Wright was the winning flatpicker
at this year’s Walnut Valley Festival, held September 13–16 in Winfield,
Kansas. Mark Anthony Cruz and Andy McKee nabbed the second and third
place awards in the fingerpicking division while Steve Lewis and
Matt Lindsey were the second and third place flatpickers.
Singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has signed a multi-album
contract with Rounder Records. A greatest-hits disc will appear
early in 2002 followed by Cockburn’s new studio recording later
in the year. Rounder will also reissue 18 earlier Cockburn titles,
originally released between 1970 and 1990, and will distribute True
North Records, Cockburn’s Canadian label.
Bruce Cockburn.
Photo by Andrew McNaughtan.
The Bluegrass in the Schools committee of the International
Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) offers supplemental funding grants
for in-school programs that present bluegrass music. For more information,
call (888) 438-4262 or go to www.ibma.org.
The winners of the 2001 International Competition of Guitar, held
July 5–7 in Mottola, Italy, were guitarists Emiliano Castiglioni
(first place), Marcin Dylla (second), and Krivocapic Goran and Devine
Graham Anthony, who tied for third. The ten-day festival featured
concerts and lectures, and the competition drew 36 competitors from
around the globe.
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Events
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The Django Reinhardt Festival will take place November 27–December
2 at Birdland in New York City. The Gypsy jazz extravaganza features
performances by Frank Vignola, Boulou and Elios Ferre, Dorado Schmitt,
Angelo Debarre, Bucky Pizzarelli, and others. For more information,
go to www.stratta-philips.com.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) will appear at the
Herbst Theater in San Francisco on December 1 as part of the Dynamite
Guitars program of the Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Learn more about the series at www.omniconcerts.com.
The Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts,
presents The Banjo: The People and the Sound of America’s Folk
Instrument December 1, 2001–August 25, 2002. The exhibition
includes banjos, sheet music, lithographs, and paintings
from the 1800s through the end of the 20th century. Call (781) 861-6559
or visit www.monh.org
for more information.
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The JazzConnect recording competition is accepting submissions
online through December 15. First prize includes a gig at Blues
Alley in Washington, D.C., which will be recorded live for a CD
release. For complete details, visit www.jazzconnect.com.
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Cyber
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The 13th Fret (www.13thfret.com)
is hosting a step-by-step pictorial detailing the construction of
Omega Guitar’s Liberty Tree guitar, which Kevin Gallagher
crafted from the wood of one of the trees used as a meeting place
by the Sons of Liberty at the dawn of the American Revolution.
Liberty Tree
fretboard.
Swing guitarists will want to check out www.freddiegreen.org,
a not-for-profit Web site that honors Count Basie guitarist Freddie
Green and his music. The site includes transcriptions, a biography,
articles on technique, and descriptions of Green’s guitar and setup
preferences.
MusicLoversAuction.com is designed by musicians for musicians interested
in buying and selling music-related items. The site’s auction
categories include CDs, musical instruments and parts, software,
videos, rehearsal space, studio time, sheet music, and lessons.
Check it out at www.musicloversauction.com
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